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Our company has a respected and established presence in the region for many years, producing a well-known product that has garnered global recognition. With a low staff turnover, we pride ourselves on creating a supportive and stable working environment for our employees.

Due to expansion we are seeking to recruit proven Reliability Engineer, to join our established team.

Benefits:

In return for your skills and experience, we offer:-

  • Starting Salary c£52,000

  • Day Working

  • Enhanced Sick Pay Scheme

  • Company Funded Pension

  • Life Assurance

  • Excellent Holiday Entitlement

  • Genuine Career Development & Further Education Support

  • Gym Membership

  • Healthcare

  • Early Friday Finish

    Duties of a Reliability Engineer

    Working within a team of likeminded professionals, you will be required to support on site maintenance technicians, working with them to resolve issues and make improvements to production processes, that heavily rely on automation.

    Requirements of a Reliability Engineer

    You must be qualified Electrically or Mechanically and have proven experience of planning projects within manufacturing or production environments. Alongside having experience of improving plant reliability by critiquing data that relates to OEE, MTBF & MTTR and implementing changes to improve performance.

    Allied to your systems experience you must also have experience with Siemens S7 / TIA Portal Plc, WinCC Flex HMI and ideally Robot applications.

    You’ll be part of a stable, well organised maintenance team with experienced, long serving colleagues, supporting and maintaining a broad range of automated plant and equipment.

    The role is commutable from Burntwood, Cannock, Rugeley & Tamworth

    Please Note: Candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK.

    Our aim is to help you secure the best possible future for yourself & this is a totally FREE service to all our Candidates.

    If you believe that your skills and experience match what we are looking for please call me or APPLY and I will be in touch.

    Should you want to learn more about any of our MAINTENANCE, RELIABILITY & SERVICE ENGINEERING vacancies, or should you just want to discuss your particular needs, then please do not hesitate to contact me to have an informal, confidential chat.

    Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Maintenance, Reliability & Service Engineering Recruitment Support since 1994

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