A leading international manufacturer of construction materials including aggregate, asphalt, cement and concrete require a Plant Engineer to join the team.

Plant Engineer

The objective of this role is to support the sites Maintenance plan & improving equipment reliability by carrying out preventive and corrective maintenance.

• Support the maintenance & operations teams and be a central part of the maintenance team by carrying out planned and corrective maintenance on the plant as directed by your team leader or managers.

• Receive work instructions for routine planned and corrective maintenance and carry out the duties as written or directed.

• Work within a team or singly as required by your immediate person in charge.

• Ensure all activities are carried out within the company requirements of safety, environment and quality and performing other duties as requested by your team leader or manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Carrying out planned, preventive and reactive mechanical maintenance to production plant and equipment.

• Specifically, removing, repairing and re assembling conveyors, rollers, and side skirts. Knowledge of pumps, motors, pulleys, bearings, shafts, gearboxes, pneumatics, and hydraulics is essential for this role.

• Good understanding of health safety and environmental impacts of role.

• Experience and understanding of mechanical fitting and maintenance of equipment including conveyors, pumps, pipes, valves, filter systems, pneumatics hydraulics bearings, gear boxes etc.

• Welding and burning for fabrication and maintenance.

• Use of pulling and lifting equipment.

• Experienced in the use of workshop equipment.

• Mechanical fault finding.

• Competency in basic Multi Skilling.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Completed a recognised mechanical engineering apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

• Essential experience working on heavy plant, fixed and/or mobile.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Aviva Pension scheme

• Sharesave scheme

• Life Assurance

• Training & development opportunities

• Employee assistance programme

• Access to our employee benefits platform, giving you discounts on a wide variety of high street shops and brands

Hours

6am-4pm/12-10pm Monday to Thursday.

6am-2pm/2pm/10pm Friday.

Basic working week 48 hours

Overtime

x1.5 in the week and before 12pm Saturday

x2 after 12pm Saturday, all day Sunday and Bank holidays + a day in lieu