Maintenance Engineer

Abingdon
3 months ago
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Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Are you a proactive, hands-on Maintenance Engineer with a passion for keeping machinery running at its best? Do you thrive in a fast-paced production environment where every day brings a fresh challenge? If so, we want to hear from you.

We are currently seeking a Maintenance Engineer to support two busy manufacturing sites, ensuring that all plant, machinery, and equipment operate to the highest possible standards. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in driving a culture of continuous improvement while maintaining safe, efficient, and reliable operations.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Managing and executing preventative maintenance schedules across all production machinery.

  • Working collaboratively with Production, Facilities, Safety and Engineering teams to carry out servicing, repairs, and maintenance activities.

  • Ensuring full compliance with regulatory, warranty, legal, insurance and quality policy requirements.

  • Overseeing critical spares, tooling and servicing needs to minimise downtime and support operational resilience.

  • Liaising with approved subcontract service providers and ensuring all suppliers meet company approval standards.

  • Reacting swiftly and safely to machinery breakdowns to reduce downtime and maintain high efficiency levels.

  • Identifying improvement opportunities through equipment performance monitoring and recommending new projects or working practices.

  • Prioritising daily maintenance activities in agreement with the Planning Lead or Production Manager.

    What we’re looking for:

  • Previous multi-skilled engineering experience, ideally with an electrical bias and holding an 18th Edition Wiring Regulations qualification.

  • Strong background in breakdown response and preventative maintenance (PPM).

  • Skilled in PLC fault diagnostics with solid electrical fault-finding capabilities.

  • Experience with pneumatics, hydraulics, and CNC cutting machinery and weld robots would be viewed advantageously.

  • Experience of working on overhead cranes and systems.

  • Highly self-motivated with strong initiative and a flexible approach.

  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of the business.

    This is a permanent position with a salary guide up to £50,000pa dependent on experience, working a dayshift (flexi hours) with additional employee benefits to include private healthcare, generous pension scheme, life assurance cover, 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, regular training & development opportunities, and access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

    Hines Consulting is managing all applications, and we would love to hear from you if you meet the required criteria. If you would like a full job description and overview of my client’s organisation, then please get in touch today with a copy of your latest CV and a member of our team will make contact

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