Maintenance Technician

Position: Multi Skilled Maintenance Technician

Location: Swindon

Type of work: Permanent

Salary: Up to £50,000

We have an exciting opportunity for a Multi Skilled Maintenance Technician to join a highly regulated manufacturing site. This role plays a key part in maintaining, improving, and ensuring the efficient and safe operation of all plant and equipment, while supporting continuous improvement and site-wide safety initiatives.

Responsibilities of Multi Skilled Maintenance Technician:

• Reliability and continuous improvement work including installation, relocation, and optimisation of machinery, alongside developing robust maintenance strategies.
• Fault finding using PLCs, multi-meters, schematics, and visual inspection techniques.
• Breakdown maintenance, diagnosing issues and repairing or replacing faulty components.
• Carrying out Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and routine servicing of equipment.
• Mechanical maintenance including pumps, solenoid valves, pneumatics, bearings, rollers, gearboxes, motors and related systems.
• Electrical maintenance including three-phase motors, sensors, proximity switches, relays, safety circuits, control panels and LV systems.
• Creation and execution of annual and monthly maintenance plans, including TPM, CAPEX projects and safe systems of work.
• Reviewing and developing maintenance policies and procedures in line with QMS, GMP and health & safety requirements.
• Responding to equipment failures in line with KPI targets and service level agreements.
• Managing spares, consumables and maintenance resources in line with production demands.
• Ensuring all maintenance documentation, records and analysis align with QMS and PPM strategy.
• Supporting the site safety plan and leading on health & safety initiatives.
• Delivering monthly toolbox talks and promoting a strong safety culture.
• Conducting root cause analysis and implementing corrective and preventative actions (CAPA).
• Identifying continuous improvement opportunities and implementing practical solutions.
• Ensuring team members are trained, competent and compliant with operational standards.

Requirements of Multi Skilled Maintenance Technician:

• NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience within an engineering/manufacturing environment, including post-apprenticeship experience.
• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding and repair skills.
• Experience working within regulated environments (GMP/QMS preferred).
• Proactive and self-motivated with strong problem-solving capability.
• Excellent communication skills across all levels.
• Ability to lead by example and contribute to a positive team culture.
• Strong focus on health, safety, and continuous improvement.
• Willingness to develop reporting and leadership skills alongside IT competency (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Desirable:

• Installation and commissioning experience of machinery.
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations.
• Experience fault finding on PLC systems.

If you think this is the right opportunity for you, please send your CV to charlie.boulton@omegaresource.co.uk or contact Charlie on 01453 852544.

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