Junior Maintenance Engineer
- Newtownards, Co Down
- £32,000-36,000 per year
- Contract
- Full-time
Newtownards
Day shift
£32k - £36kVickerstock are currently working with a leading FMCG Company based in Newtownards.Our client is a leading provider within the food sector providing some of the biggest and best house hold brands across Northern Ireland.This is a full-time permanent role within their Maintenance department. Your primary focus will be to ensure the maximum uptime of machinery across the week day shift pattern.Your Responsibilities as a Junior Maintenance Engineer;
- Work continuously to ensure that all scheduled engineering maintenance works including diagnostic fault analysis are actioned.
- In conjunction with the Engineering Management and Production Manager, maximise the utilisation of the site's assets while taking all opportunities to minimise costs.
- Help drive the site's Net Zero Energy efforts by exploring and taking all available opportunities to reduce energy usage.
- Ensure the upkeep of the assets and fabric of the site.
- Responsibilities:
- Carry out schedule-based maintenance work on equipment, buildings and services and repairs, overhauls and installations as appropriate. General maintenance and breakdown activities, resolving causes of defects for allocated cell/area
- Fault find mechanical and/or electrical faults and repair equipment in a breakdown situation. Deliver sufficient callout support and handovers to ensure reliability and performance of the plants machinery in line with agreed service levels.
- Proactively identify and deal rectify potential equipment/services issues
- Work with other functions as part of the manufacturing team to ensure efficient running of the equipment and prioritize work as agreed.
- Proven successful experience in a similar role.
- Experience servicing and repair of electrical, electronic, mechanical, electro-mechanical and pneumatic systems.
- Experience in working in a high-volume production environment with automated machinery.
- IEEE or equivalent qualification.
- Mechanical fault finding, maintenance and installation.
- Experience in carrying out preventive Maintenance on motors, gearboxes, conveyor systems, rollers and pneumatic/hydraulic systems.
- Adjust and calibrate equipment and machinery to optimal specifications.