Maintenance Engineer

Abingdon
3 months ago
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Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer
Abingdon
Days
£50,000

A confidential manufacturing business in the Abingdon area is looking for a Maintenance Engineer to support day to day reliability, planned maintenance and continuous improvement across a busy production site. This role suits someone confident with both mechanical and electrical work who enjoys preventing downtime and improving equipment performance.

Key Responsibilities

  • Deliver planned maintenance activities and ensure equipment is serviced in line with company and regulatory requirements.
  • Respond to breakdowns, carrying out fault finding and repairs to minimise disruption to production.
  • Work with internal teams and approved contractors to coordinate maintenance, repairs and specialist support as needed.
  • Maintain accurate maintenance records and update internal systems.
  • Support process improvements by reviewing equipment performance and recommending upgrades or new working methods.
  • Ensure critical spare parts are monitored and available, carrying out routine stock checks.
  • Promote safe working practices including the use of appropriate isolation procedures.
  • Provide occasional support outside of core hours for urgent issues when required.

    Experience and Qualifications
  • Background as a multi skilled maintenance engineer within a manufacturing setting.
  • Confident diagnosing faults on electrical systems, PLCs, pneumatics and hydraulics.
  • Experience working with automated machinery, CNC equipment or robotic systems is beneficial.
  • Proven ability to improve equipment reliability and support preventative maintenance programmes.

    If this role is of interest feel free to send your CV

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