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Role: Senior Maintenance Engineer

Location: Leicester

Shifts: Panamas days and nights

Salary: £55,000, Pension Contribution and private healthcare

The Company

My client design and manufacture automation for product retrieval and storage systems, they are looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join the site in the Leicestershire area. This site has been there for 12 years and was my clients second site in the UK. This site is highly automated with over 120,000 products on the site moving products from A to B. My client have been established in the UK for over 20 years and in the UK across their sites they turn over nearly £100 million a A year so if you are looking to work for a company with job security this could be the one for you. An initial 18 month fixed term contract with an opportunity to grow into various departments in the business.

The Role

As a Senior Maintenance Engineer your day to day responsibilities will include:

Joining a team of 10 engineers plus a Supervisor and Manager
Your days will consist of different reactive and PPM tasks provided to you by an Ipad that is provided to help keep tasks logged etc
Supervising PPMs and over seeing completion
Being the first point of contact for any engineering problems and being a SME of all kit on site
There will be an opportunity to look into the continuous improvement with the role and have a look at various projects throughout the project
Electrically you will be required to work safely, look into isolation, fault finding and swapping like for like components
Mechanically you will be required to remove and replace components, look at pipe work working objects such as hydraulic and pneumatic systems, valves, pumps, bearings belts and more
Working on highly automated state of the art equipment – including Automated shuttle systems, Some of the latest robotics, Various Conveyor Systems just to name a few!
The Individual

We are looking for a Senior Maintenance Engineer that:

Can work as a multi-skilled engineer – working safely electrically and mechanically
Be confident communicating and working as part of a team
An Engineer that holds a recognised qualification
Perform independently when required and under pressure in certain scenarios
Benefits

As a Senior Maintenance Engineer you will receive:

£55,000 per annum
A competitive pension contribution with private health care and many little incentives such as the cycle to work scheme, employee of the month and more
A lot of overtime available on request
ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation

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