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Maintenance Engineer

Job holder will carry out planned routine machine maintenance to ensure machine running time is maximised; carries out adhoc repairs and troubleshooting for machine breakdowns, maintaining adequate materials to avoid unnecessary machine downtime.

Person Specification

You must be time served to NVQ II in a production engineering, electrical or similar trade OR already have considerable experience in a factory or production environment in a similar role. It would be beneficial if candidates had some electrical experience or qualification, plus the ability to operate a range of production machinery, eg standard lathes, where in house parts are required.

Salary will be dependent on relevant skills, qualifications and experience. We offer excellent, modern working conditions, a standard 35 hour working week, 25 days holiday, 8 public holidays, subsidised onsite canteen and contributory pension scheme.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (Other duties will be as assigned.):

• Routine and Planned Preventative Maintenance - Follows set and planned programmes of routine machine maintenance as instructed by direct manager to maximise machine efficiency, running speeds and times, and to minimise all planned and unplanned machine downtime; maintains accurate records of all tasks performed, times taken and specific issues found/rectified to enable accurate updating of preventative maintenance programmes; identifies, rectifies wherever possible, and reports possible existing and future problems; Maintains and repairs any other specialist factory machinery in addition to standard CNC machines, lathes, etc.
• Diagnose mechanical problems - Investigates, identifies and rectifies as quickly as possible causes of machine breakdowns and running problems on a wide variety of CNC and other factory machinery. Works with other members of the team to solve ongoing or recurrent issues. Provides a troubleshooting service for all factory machinery and any recurrent or one off breakdowns.
• Accurately records maintenance and repair work performed in terms of time taken, parts and consumables used on a day to day and cumulative basis with the aim of closely monitoring, controlling and minimising costs incurred through machine downtime and breakdowns.
• Coordination of parts and consumables ordering with approved suppliers; maintains minimum and approved stock levels of essential parts and consumables; liaises with approved suppliers to ensure costs are strictly controlled at all times and sufficient stocks of critical spare parts are maintained at all times to avoid unnecessary machine down time.
• In house Production of Parts - operate a range of standard production machinery, eg standard lathes, to quickly manufacture in house any bespoke parts required for machine maintenance and to minimise machine downtime. This will involve the job holder also using a range of common hand and powered tools safely and according to company guidelines and instructions.
• General - The company philosophy is to operate a continuous improvement environment embracing the aspects of “Lean management” throughout all areas of the business. As such, it is the responsibility of all employees to participate and contribute towards business improvements, which will ultimately improve customer service, quality and profitability. To this end the Job Description is not an exhaustive, nor finite list of duties. The job holder may be asked to carry out any other associated or different duties, depending on the needs of the business and which he/she is trained and able to carry out safely.

How to Apply

To apply please send covering letter and CV, stating current salary and salary expectations to the HR Manager, Power Jacks Ltd., Balmacassie Commercial Park, Ellon, AB41 8BX or by e-mail to hazelc@powerjacks.com

Power Jacks is a leading manufacturer for precision linear actuation, power transmission and mechanical jacking. The company is based in Scotland where its history for supplying high quality engineered product dates from 1903. The product ranges are detailed on the website www.powerjacks.com and include screw jacks, electric linear actuators, mechanical jacks, bevel gearboxes, planetary roller screws, reduction gearboxes, winches and rotary unions. They can be supplied worldwide singularly or as complete systems, whether in standard or specially engineered designs.

Power Jacks Ltd.
Balmacassie Commercial Park
Ellon
AB41 8BX
Scotland (UK)

Tel: +44 (0)1358 285100
Fax: +44 (0)1358 724105
Email Human Resources
www.powerjacks.com