Maintenance Engineer
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Job Title: Manufacturing engineer Location: West Drayton Pay Range: Competitive Contract Type: Perm My client, a leading company in the injection moulding industry, is seeking an experienced Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer to join their team on a Pitman 12-hour shift pattern. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a high-volume, fast-paced manufacturing environment where you’ll be key to ensuring the efficient running of machinery, minimizing downtime, and maintaining a safe and productive workplace. Key Responsibilities – Manufacturing engineer
- Identify unsafe practices, escalate immediately, and propose solutions to overcome issues.
- Verify that manufacturing processes are fit for purpose by ensuring quality and performance targets are met, with no health and safety issues.
- Conduct risk assessments when required to ensure a safe working environment.
- Collaborate with Quality Engineers to assess the effectiveness of quality control systems.
- Develop operating instructions and troubleshooting guides for manufacturing processes/equipment.
- Monitor manufacturing processes and identify potential improvements for efficiency.
- Investigate breakdowns and propose preventive actions to reduce future disruptions.
- Provide training and guidance to colleagues on existing and new equipment.
- Ensure that root causes of issues are identified and robust corrective actions are implemented.
- Participate in process improvement teams to resolve production-related issues.
- Stay updated on industry specifications, technology, and manufacturing processes.
- Attend training courses and participate in a Continuing Professional Development programme to gain professional recognition.
- Comply fully with all current work instructions and Health & Safety regulations while carrying out your duties.
- Carry out any reasonable tasks within your capabilities to support the team.
- Extensive manufacturing experience in injection moulding and assembly equipment.
- Proven experience in implementing new processes and equipment and leading continuous improvement initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
- Ideally educated to degree level, or hold an advanced apprenticeship in engineering (or equivalent work-based experience).
- Engineering experience with strong technical knowledge of manufacturing processes.
- Assembly and moulding equipment experience (desired).
- IEE 17th or 18th Edition certification (preferred).
- PLC experience (desired).
- Air and pneumatics training (desired).
- In-depth knowledge of Health & Safety processes and standards.
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