WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?
- Permanent role
- Teesside location
- £50k OTE
- Annual Salary - £40,497.60 (£19.47 per hour) rising to £44,179.20 (£21.24 per hour)
- £100 payment for each week on call
- £80 payment per call out
- Enhanced overtime paid for each hour when on call-out
- Working hours Mon to Fri 08:00 to 16:30 – Days only
- 40 Hour week
- Additional overtime paid at enhanced rates
- On call rota, 1 week in 5
- 23 days holiday plus statutory holidays
- Pension Scheme
- Onsite parking
THE BUSINESS
Our client is a well-established UK manufacturing organisation specialising in chemical processing and contract manufacturing services. Operating for over three decades, they support a diverse customer base across sectors such as speciality chemicals, agrochemicals and industrial products.
Their North East facility is a highly automated, process-driven production environment, featuring a wide range of equipment including mixing, milling, granulation and extrusion systems, alongside bulk material handling and packing operations.
The site operates within a safety-critical, regulated environment, with strong emphasis on process safety, continuous improvement and engineering reliability. Maintenance teams play a key role in ensuring high levels of plant uptime, supporting both reactive and planned preventative maintenance activities across mechanical and electrical systems.
The business has a reputation for technical problem-solving and continuous investment in plant and technology, offering a stable and forward-thinking environment for engineering professionals.
THE ROLE
- Maintaining paint plant, coating and wash based facilities
- Carryout fault finding activities and undertake timely repair of equipment in the following areas; Conveyor systems, fluid tanks, pumps, motors, bearings, electrical systems
- Fault diagnosis, servicing and repair of the facilities across the sites
- Ensuring that all equipment is suitable for use and does not compromise health, safety or environmental requirements
- Provides support to the Engineering Manager to assist in their role
- Ensuring the safe, efficient operation of the Engineering department
- Providing Engineering support to the production department
- Performing an extensive range of tasks relating to routine, reactive and planned maintenance on the company’s equipment and its safety
- Maximising the availability of equipment to enable efficient production operations
- Ensuring maintenance records are developed and maintained
- Accountable for ensuring that Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Standards are applied during engineering activities in all production plant areas in accordance with company policies, guidelines and procedures
THE PERSON
- Has served in a similar role, preferably in an automated manufacturing environment
- Educated to HNC level or equivalent in a Multi-Skilled discipline
- Has experience maintaining automated facilities, fault finding and implementing improvements
- Possess a good knowledge of pumps, motors, conveyor systems including pneumatics, hydraulics and electrical
- Has experience refurbishing pumps, motors and bearings
- Familiar with fabrication and welding techniques is advantageous
- Able to produce technical reports with good working knowledge of maintenance systems
- Provide a comprehensive multi-skilled maintenance service comprising of: assessing the nature of problems, implementing assigned tasks, carrying out the appropriate risk assessments, preparing materials schedules and carrying out work specifically in the area of engineering maintenance
- Inspect and test all works on completion ensuring the work complies with all relevant legislation, regulations and specifications
- Ensure a sufficient level of spare parts and equipment are identified and held at the appropriate level
- To reuse, recycle, repair component parts to reduce waste as part of the Company’s Environmental policy and commitment
- Respond to out of hour’s call-outs due to electrical or mechanical breakdown, ascertain situations, procure the appropriate action and implement accordingly
- Carry out some project work comprising both electrical and mechanical input
TO APPLY
Please send your updated CV to Harry Mann or apply direct by calling Westray Recruitment Group