Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Salary: £62,000 + Overtime

Location: Northampton

Shift Pattern: Monday-Friday, rotating early/late shifts

Hours: 05:30-14:00 / 13:30-22:00

Permanent Position

The Opportunity

Auxo Engineering is working with an established manufacturing business that is investing heavily in its engineering function and increasing its in-house maintenance capability.

We are looking for Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineers to join a small, growing engineering team within a busy moulding facility.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced engineer who enjoys being hands-on, solving problems and playing an active role in improving equipment reliability and site performance.

You will be responsible for a combination of planned preventative maintenance, reactive breakdown response, fault-finding and continuous improvement , working across both electrical and mechanical systems.

The Role

As a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

Responding to machinery breakdowns, quickly diagnosing faults and carrying out safe and effective repairs.

Completing planned preventative maintenance (PPM) to minimise equipment failures and unplanned downtime.

Fault-finding on PLC-controlled machinery, inverters, drives, sensors and three-phase electrical systems .

Carrying out mechanical maintenance and repairs on gearboxes, pumps, valves, bearings, pneumatic systems and hydraulic circuits .

Reading and interpreting electrical wiring diagrams, schematics and mechanical drawings.

Completing risk assessments, permits to work and LOTO/isolation procedures in line with site safety requirements.

Accurately recording maintenance activities through the site's CMMS.

Supporting equipment installations, reliability improvements and root-cause analysis.

Working closely with production and operational teams to identify opportunities to improve plant reliability.

Providing out-of-hours support for essential operational systems when required.

Working alongside external contractors and supporting their activities on site.

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