Maintenance Engineer

Job Overview: Our client, a successful injection moulding company supplying to a variety of industries, are looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join their Team.

Remit:

• As Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for the maintenance and repairs to mechanical, Pneumatic and electrical on-site equipment and automation cells.
  
  
• You will have strong electrical/mechanical applications with proven experience of problem solving, fault finding and repairing of injection moulding manufacturing machinery as well as robots, automated systems and assembly lines.
  
  Responsibilities:
  
  
• Diagnose and fault-find mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic issues on injection moulding machines and ancillary equipment
  
  
• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance to minimise downtime
  
  
• Repair and maintain injection moulding machines, dryers, conveyors, granulators, temperature controllers and industrial robots.
  
  
• Support tooling changeovers and troubleshoot mould-related issues where required
  
  
• Carry out routine inspections, condition monitoring, and preventative maintenance
  
  
• Identify recurring faults and propose permanent corrective actions
  
  
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to improve equipment reliability and performance
  
  Experience Requirements:
  
  
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Injection Moulding manufacturing
  
  
• You will ideally have a 16th, 17th or 18th Edition electrical installation certificate
  
  
• You will have a good mechanical application and experience / working understanding with hydraulics and/or pneumatics
  
  
• You will have good proven experience with PLC’s and 3 Phase Ladder Logic fault-finding & problem-solving
  
  
• You will have good clear communication skills for interacting with your team and other department Managers.
  
  
• It is expected that you will have good IT skills with MS Office & Word
  
  
• Experience of training/mentoring Apprentices would be advantageous
  
  Key Words: “Maintenance Engineer”, “Maintenance Engineer”, “Electrical Maintenance Engineer”, “Electro-Mechanical Maintenance Engineer”, “Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer”, “Injection Moulding”, “Plastics”
  
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  Sierra 57 Consult –
  
  Technical Engineering & Manufacturing Recruitment Specialist – Plastics, Packaging & Precision Engineering
  
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