Mechanical Engineer

Maintenance Technician, £45.070 + 15% shift allowance, Irvine

Responsibilities:

• Perform safe and effective reactive and planned maintenance on production plant and equipment, ensuring both production and site downtime are minimised
  
  
• Complete all routine maintenance tasks on schedule
  
  
• Install new equipment as required
  
  
• Interrogate, fault-find, and resolve issues across company equipment and systems
  
  
• Actively participate in summer and winter overhaul programmes, ensuring all plant machinery is serviced, repaired and maintained appropriately
  
  
• Engage fully in continuous improvement initiatives, meetings, and assigned tasks
  
  
• Complete work permits and ensures all duties are carried out in full compliance with health and safety standards
  
  
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues at all levels to support wider business objectives
  
  
• Contribute to special projects when required
  
  Requirements:
  
  
• Time-served, multi-skilled maintenance professional, ideally holding 18th Edition Wiring Regulations certification
  
  
• Experience working within a production environment and operating on shift patterns
  
  
• Desirable knowledge of PLCs, servo drives, robotics, and line automation systems
  
  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capability to prioritise tasks and meet demanding deadlines
  
  
• High attention to detail, strong standards, and a results-driven mindset
  
  
• Flexible and willing to work shifts
  
  
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both production and maintenance teams as well as management
  
  
• Excellent planning and organisational abilities, with the capability to follow direction as needed
  
  
• Self-motivated, customer-focused, and able to work independently using own initiative
  
  
• Proven experience working with the systems noted above