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Maintenance Engineer - Glamorgan- up to £38,000 + Benefits - Ref 1904

I am currently recruiting for a Maintenance Engineer to work for a cutting-edge technology company based in Glamorgan. Salary up to £38,000 + Benefits.

The organisation has been in operation for many years and are worldwide leaders within the design, development, and manufacture of their highly intelligent products. As a business they turnover north of £85m, employ 500 people and are constantly evolving their legacy products as well as designing and developing new innovative products to bring to market.

In line with demand for their products and to support the business with their growth plans they have the need to appoint another Maintenance Engineer on a permanent basis.

In this role as a Maintenance Engineer, you will be working on a 2-shift basis pattern. It will be earlys 6am-2pm for one week, then lates 2pm-11pm the next with an early finish of 6pm on Fridays. In this role you will be responsible for conducting PPM and Reactive Maintenance on a range of Automated equipment. There will also be an element of continuous improvement in the role.

Essential Requirements:

  • Previous experience as a Maintenance Engineer or similar
  • Basic understanding of PLC's (searching inputs and outputs)

    Desirable Requirements:

  • Experience with vision systems
  • Experience with cobots
  • Experience with 3 phase motors

    This is a fantastic opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer to work for a growing company who are working with some of the most advanced technology and machinery available. With the ambitious, but realistic plans the company has forecast there will be lots of opportunities to develop and progress internally if this appeals.

    This is an immediate requirement so if you have the required skills and experience then please get in touch with an updated copy of your CV. Either apply direct or contact Adam on (phone number removed)

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