Maintance Engineer

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Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Salary: £23.91 per hour (£43,421 basic salary) + 10% night shift allowance + overtime opportunities
Contract: Permanent
Shift Pattern: Customer Demand Led Rota (CDLR) - 3 x 12-hour shifts per week (1816 annualised hours)

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\nThe Opportunity\n
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We're looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join a well-established manufacturing site in Bradford.

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The role involves a mix of planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdown work across a variety of production machinery. Around 70% of the workload is mechanically focused, making this a great opportunity for either a mechanically biased or multi-skilled engineer who enjoys fault finding and problem solving.

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\nKey Responsibilities\n
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• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive breakdown repairs.
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• Diagnose and rectify mechanical and electrical faults.
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• Maintain production machinery and associated equipment.
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• Work on conveyors, bearings, motors, pulleys, timing belts, sensors and pneumatic equipment.
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• Support continuous improvement and reliability initiatives.
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• Complete maintenance records using maintenance management systems.
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• Assist with machine installations, testing and commissioning activities.
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• Work closely with production teams to minimise downtime and maximise performance.
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• Ensure all maintenance activities are carried out safely and in line with company procedures.
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\nWhat We're Looking For\n
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We're open to engineers from a variety of manufacturing backgrounds.

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Whilst an electrically biased engineer would be advantageous, strong mechanically biased engineers with some electrical fault-finding experience are also of interest.

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\nEssential\n
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• Experience working as a Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Engineer or Electrical Maintenance Engineer.
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• Manufacturing or production maintenance experience.
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• Experience carrying out reactive and preventative maintenance.
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• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
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• Experience working on production machinery.
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• Knowledge of conveyors, bearings, motors and mechanical drive systems.
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• Good communication and teamwork skills.
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• Positive attitude and willingness to learn.
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• Multi-skilled maintenance background.
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• Electrical fault-finding experience.
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• Experience working with:\n
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  • Pneumatics
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  • Hydraulics
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  • Sensors
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  • Timing belts
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  • Pulleys
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  • Lathes
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  • Milling machines
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  • PLC fault finding
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• Experience within packaging, FMCG, food manufacturing, plastics, recycling or other manufacturing environments.
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\nQualifications\n
\nEssential\n
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• Engineering apprenticeship, NVQ, City & Guilds or equivalent engineering qualification.
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• Previous maintenance engineering experience.
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\nDesirable\n
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• Mechanical or Electrical Engineering qualification.
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• Multi-skilled engineering training.
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• Additional electrical qualifications.
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\nShift Pattern & Benefits\n
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• £23.91 per hour (£43,421 basic salary).
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• Additional 10% night shift allowance.
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• Overtime opportunities available.
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• 3 x 12-hour shifts per week.
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• Annual rota provided in advance.
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• Annualised hours contract (1816 hours per year).
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• Maximum of four working days per week.
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• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.
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• 20 protected holiday days.
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• Pension scheme through Legal & General with employer contributions up to 11%.
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• Training and development opportunities.
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• Excellent work-life balance.
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\nWhy Join?\n
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• Join a stable manufacturing business with approximately 130 employees onsite.
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• Supportive and experienced engineering team.
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• Opportunity to work on a broad range of manufacturing equipment.
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• Training available to help develop your skills and career.
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• Annual rota provided in advance, offering excellent visibility of your working year.
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• Genuine long-term career opportunity within a business that values attitude, reliability and continuous development.
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\nThe Ideal Candidate\n
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The successful candidate will be someone who:

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• Has a solid maintenance engineering background.
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• Enjoys fault finding and problem solving.
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• Takes pride in their work and working environment.
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• Works well as part of a team.
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• Has a stable employment history.
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• Is looking to continue learning and developing their engineering skills.
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• Wants to build a long-term career within a supportive engineering environment.
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If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.

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