Maintenance Engineer

Company: White Horse Plastics Limited
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Location: Stanford in the Vale
Job Description:

Overview

Please note: we are only able to consider candidates who already have the legal right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we cannot provide visa sponsorship for this role. White Horse Plastics is a UK based injection moulding company specialising in the manufacture and assembly of components for the medical, consumer and engineering sectors. Our services cover all aspects of production, assembly & packaging. Our legacy lies in the automotive market, where we have been a trusted supplier for over 40 years. More recently, we have expanded into the medical sector and since attaining ISO 13485, have been producing millions of medical components a year at our premises in South Oxfordshire. We are also a biopolymer moulding specialist and have been working with a project partner to scale up the production of innovative materials for the sustainable packaging sector. With over 50 years’ experience (founded in 1973) White Horse Plastics has the single-minded objective of providing total solutions for their clients.

Responsibilities

  • Diagnose and repair electrical/mechanical faults that occur on plant and/or equipment.
  • Further develop/improve the preventative maintenance programme for all plant and/or equipment (hydraulics, robots, ancillary machines automatic assembly).
  • Validation of new plant equipment, automation and upgrades, arranging and liaising with outside contractors if and as required.
  • Process/equipment troubleshooting and failure analysis.
  • Ensure all items of plant and/or equipment is in good safe working order.
  • Maintain and update PAT testing and register.
  • Manage new equipment installation, arranging and liaising with outside contractors if and as required.
  • Strive to improve the efficiency and safety of plant and equipment.
  • Maintain a high standard of record keeping for all repairs and servicing of plant and/or equipment as required for audit, traceability and warranty purposes, in accordance with the Quality Management System.

Requirements

  • Apprentice trained or formally qualified in mechanical and/or electrical engineering.
  • A good working knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics and electronic/electrical automation controls. Some knowledge in PLC programming would be a further advantage.
  • Qualified electrician with 17th/18th Edition regulations or equivalent.
  • Logic fault-finding & problem-solving skills
  • Experience of Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM).
  • General troubleshooting problems on a variety of plant and equipment.
  • Must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.

Personal attributes

  • You will be a team player with good communication skills at all levels.
  • Good personal and operational organisational skills.
  • Tidy.
  • Self-motivated.
  • Highly focussed problem solver.

What we offer

  • You would be joining and working alongside a highly skilled and motivated team, with a fully equipped and staffed machine shop that will support you in your role.
  • Typically, a 4 day/40 hour working week, which would generally be Monday – Thursday, but mutual flexibility on working hours is offered to suit the successful applicant’s personal circumstances and cover where additional hours or occasional Fridays are required to meet operational needs.
  • 20 days (5 working weeks) paid holiday allowance, plus all statutory holidays – 28 days total.
  • Starting salary £37,000+ dependent on experience.
  • Company pension scheme.

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Posted: April 11th, 2026