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Salary: £57,000

Shift: Days and Nights

Location: Stockport

A role is now available to join a market leading manufacturing plant in Stockport. As a Lead Maintenance Engineer you will be working in a fully automated plant, with plans to invest to further upgrade the plant. The successful Lead Maintenance Engineer will be offered a tailored training programme and have ample opportunity to progress both at this site and across the whole group. When applying please make sure you are Multi Skilled, ideally Electrical and have a background in industrial engineering. The applicant MUST be Time Served Apprentice Trained.

Skills required for the Lead Maintenance Engineer:

The Maintenance Engineer will be working on state-of-the-art automated equipment, which includes robots, PLCs (Allen Bradley and Siemens)
Electrical and Mechanical skills, with a bias on Electrical skills; Fault Finding, Trouble shooting 3phase Motors, Control Panelsm, Servo Drives and PLC
The candidate must be Time Served Apprentice Trained.
An Electrical qualification is essential
Experience working in a fast-paced environment; ideally manufacturing.
The Lead Maintenance Engineer will benefit from:

Working on automated equipment, ideal for a technically minded Engineer
Working for a market leading company
Bespoke training is provided for continuous upgrade on skills
Working in a large team, with a room to progress into a more senior role.
Benefits: 10% Pension, Healthcare, Succession Plan, Life Assurance, £60,000 OTE

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