Maintenance Engineer

Job title | Maintenance Engineer

Reporting to: | Maintenance Manager

Location | The role will be based at our manufacturing Site in Leicester.

Hours | Either working the Day Shift (Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 4.30pm) or the Double Day

Shift (Monday to Friday, 06:00 to 14:00 & 14:00 to 22:00, rotating weekly)

The Company

The Nylacast Group are a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and supply of engineering plastic solutions, with a global brand presence and 9 worldwide locations.

The Role

The Maintenance Engineer roll will aid the overall effectiveness & efficiency of the division by reducing downtime on machines whilst continuously striving to improve processes to plant & machinery and furthermore to provide a support service to the production and to the Division in relation to maintenance issues to ensure machinery has maximum uptime possible.

Experience & Requirements

Main duties include:

· Responsible for Reactive / Breakdown Maintenance

· Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)

· Support in the improvement of processes and machinery

· Comply with Nylacast Ltd H&S policy and all statutory Safety, Health and Environment requirements and ·ensure that all H&S procedures, engineering best practices are adhered to at all times.

· Ensure accurate & timely records are entered / recorded of all work carried out, root causes of failures and of spares / consumables used.

· Regular sourcing and interaction with our suppliers and sub-contractors for products and services

· Ensure engineering downtime is accurately logged, monitor repair times, and find new methods / procedures to reduce these.

· Provide engineering support to production to ensure efficient performance of all equipment.

Desired Skills and Qualifications:

· Must be a time served engineer (Mechanical or Electrical)

· Recognised engineering qualifications (essential)

· Previous maintenance experience – manufacturing environment preferable (essential)

· Competent electrical / electronic fault finding and analysis skills (essential)

· Self-managing - Must be able to work under own supervision or as part of a team

· Excellent communication skills

Equal opportunities and other information/terms:

Nylacast Ltd welcomes the talent of people from diverse backgrounds to provide expertise dedication and imagination to propel us to a prosperous future. We believe that all employees have a right to be treated with dignity and as such will not tolerate any form of harassment and furthermore Nylacast operates Non-Smoking Policies.

Please note due to the high level of Applications/CV's that we will potentially receive, we will only be contacting applicants that will be taken through to the next stage
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed