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