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Maintenance Engineer 
permanent nights
£54,000 - £55,000 

two shifts available:

Shift pattern

Position 1

Week 1: Sunday to Tuesday – 6pm to 6am (36 hours)
Week 2: Saturday to Tuesday – 6pm-6am (48 hours)Position 2

Week 1: Wednesday to Friday – 6pm to 6am (36 hours)
Week 2: Wednesday to Saturday – 6pm-6am (48 hours)average 42 hours a week 

This is an unbelievable opportunity for a mechanically maintenance engineer to work with an fmcg business who are booming and investing heavily into automation, they have loads of exciting projects currently and a huge budget having increased sales year on year, this is a great time to join a growing business. You will be working on fast paced manufacturing machinery. 

The company turn over millions of pounds and have 9 automated lines across a large plant. The environment is exceptionally clean and spacious. They manufacture niche products for a variety of industries. This is a great opportunity to work with state of the art machinery including an array of ABB pick and place robots. Please note ** 25% of this role involves machine setting. 

Benefits for the maintenance engineer:

enhanced pension
growing business - incredible stability
Occupational Health
Corporate Gym Membership
EAP Scheme
 Benefits Portal with discounts/cashback and offers for electrical bias maintenance engineer

Experience required for the mechanically biased maintenance engineer:

Exp. working as a mechanically biased maintenance engineer for 5 years 
Must have experience on belts, chains, straps, pulleys etc 
Ability to read d schematic drawings
Attitude is key for this role, loads of development and progression opportunities for the electrical maintenance engineer* we currently offer a £500 referral fee

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