Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Job Description

REED Engineering & Manufacturing are working with a leading Manufacturing company with a global customer base.Mechanically biased Maintenance EngineerWe currently have a vacancy for a mechanically biased technician, please see details below:• Mechanically biased technician with some tooling experience or tooling• Role is 50%-50% split of ‘on plant’ & workshop activities• Responsibility for the routine maintenance of existing production tooling, working closely with both internal external stakeholders as required.• Perform effective planned preventative inspection & repairs on press tooling.• Perform scheduled Planned Preventative Maintenance on production equipment to minimise unplanned downtime and quality concerns [such as hydraulic & power presses, conveyors, resistance welding machines, hydraulic guillotines, stretch & shrink wrap machinery] .• Work with the Maintenance Managers to produce & develop effective maintenance strategies, procedures, and methods.• Liaise with Production and Quality departments to ensure Tooling availability to press quality parts.• Documenting breakdowns; identifying route cause with the company Breakdown Analysis Procedure and remedial action to help identify and resolve reoccurring issues.• Act as area champion for workshop & toolshop workplace standards• Repair and refurbishment of existing tooling.• Maintain tooling documentation within quality requirements.• Track and monitor tooling asset performance• Coordinate and technically support tool trials and process implementation.• Prepare tooling for manufacturing in line with production plan.• Assess condition of all tooling following production & perform minor reworks / repairs utilizing in house & external facilities.• Liaise with external tool makers to arrange for and manage major repairs where required.• Communicate associated failure modes and remedial actions and work collaboratively to deliver tooling improvements and improve MTTR/MTBF.• Ensure a high standard of 5S housekeeping is maintained throughout the departmental and manufacturing facility.• Drive and support process improvement initiatives related to mould tooling.About the individual• Happy to work independently and in a team• Diligent with attention to detail• Resourceful, proactive and pragmatic in problem solving• Able to deliver to schedule• Flexible and enthusiastic• “Can do” attitude• Strong team-working abilities• Be a logical problem solver with excellent fault-finding abilities.• Strong communication skills, able to report across all levels.• Be experienced on high-speed production press tooling.Either of the following are available ref shift patterns:3 shift - days 6am until 2pm Monday to Friday, nights working 10pm until 6am Sunday to Thursday and afternoons working 2.00pm until 10pm Monday to Friday,Weekend team - 12hrs Sat and 12hrs Sun plus either an 8 hour shift Friday or Monday (dependant upon priorities), both patterns includes a 30 minute per day meal break - 3 0n 4 off.Salary £31,406.96.