Mechanical Maintenance Engineer - #1713362

Job title: Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Reference: E114210C

Location: Halewood, Merseyside

Duration: Permanent

Start date: ASAP

Salary: £45,230 Basic pay per annum (potential earnings up to £57,668 detailed below in shift pattern information).

GPW Recruitment are partnering with Ford Halewood Transmissions Ltd (FHTL) in Halewood, Ford is investing £450m into the Halewood site to produce electric power units, its the first site to manufacture EV components in Europe.

Ford Halewood Transmissions Limited (FHTL) are seeking Mechanical Maintenance Engineers to support the business. Mechanical Maintenance Engineers play a pivotal role in ensuring production machinery, assembly lines and equipment are maintained and repaired as required to ensure the maximum operation uptime, working to all relevant FHTL procedures to ensure Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Environmental objectives are met.

Salary Details for an Mechanical Maintenance Engineer within FHTL

Basic annual salary £45,230.

oBasic Annual Salaries within FHTL are all inclusive of 35% premium on all allocated holidays; 33 days holidays per year; 25 vacation & 8 bank holidays)

Shift Pattern Information

FHTL operates across various shift patterns which employees may be assigned to work which is aligned with production requirements on the assigned working area.

Current shift patterns FHTL operate on are: day shift, 3-shift, 2-shift, 6DC & 7DC patterns.

All shifts apart from day shift incur a shift premium on all hours worked.

An example of potential earnings when working across a 3-shift pattern can be up to £57,668 per year.

Please note that working specific shifts or achieving the maximum earning potential is not guaranteed.

FHTL Employment Benefits

Free on-site gym facility inclusive of a sauna & steam room (outside of working hours).

Employee assistance programmes: weekly appointments available for all employees to utilise for free such as massages, circuit classes, nutrition advise, yoga, chiropody, reiki and head massages (outside of working hours).

An on-site physiotherapy and occupational health department is available to employees to support their health and well-being.

Competitive pension scheme (company pays 1.5 times the amount of the employee contributions paying up to 12%)

£750 annual attendance bonus (subject to company T&Cs).

Access Ford's Privilege scheme - allowing you to purchase Ford vehicles at a discount

An excellent work-life balance, including a generous holiday allowance of 25 days (inclusive of set shutdown dates)

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications and Experience required by the Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Essential: Recognised Engineering Craft Apprenticeship and ONC (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering

Essential: PC Literate, Ability to work under pressure, part of a team, effective multitasker with a can do attitude.

Experience

Previous employment in a MechanicalMaintenance Engineering role.

Experience of preventive maintenance, fault-finding, diagnosis of faults on pneumatics, hydraulics, leadscrews, spindles, alignment, machine overhauls, CNC machines and assembly lines ideally.

Excellent communication skills; Technical cross shift handover / line up.

Experience of utilising Mechanical technical manuals and drawings.

Key Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

Perform fault-finding and diagnosis on a range of equipment.

Carry out planned preventative maintenance on a range of pneumatics, hydraulics, conveyors, CNC machines and robots in accordance with the manufacturers recommendations and industry standard practices.

Be responsible for the recording of all work undertaken.

Analysis and resolution of Mechanical faults and repairs, driving for continuous improvements to machinery.

Follow safety procedures and risk assessments.

Work alongside other Maintenance Engineers to combine a great deal of initiative and enthusiasm with a sound understanding of electrical and mechanical issues.

Work with Vendors, Production and Process Engineering teams to ensure optimum uptime and improvements to machines.

Work Pattern

Working days are Monday Friday (weekend work & overtime subject to business needs)

Proposed start date:

ASAP Based on personal availability if you accept the offer of employment.

The Company is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment or harassment on the grounds of race, religion or belief, sex, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability. This vacancy is advertised in line with the FORD equal opportunities policy.

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