Info about the company
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A well-established and growing business currently delivering a record year with a strong pipeline of new orders landing driven by involvement in high-profile, flagship projects. With over 50 years of heritage, the company combines stability with clear upward momentum, offering genuine career progressionwith many employees having advanced rapidly from apprentice level into senior positions.
The culture is close-knit and supportive, reflected in exceptional retention, with many employees staying 3040+ years and often introducing family and friends into the business. Alongside professional development, the company promotes a strong social environment, with regular activities such as running clubs, football, karting, and team events, creating a workplace where people genuinely enjoy working together.
Info about what the Maintenance Engineer role entails
As a Maintenance Engineer working in a team of 5 covering the UK you will be supporting maintenance contracts (fault analysis & preventative maintenance) in London, Manchester, Newcastle, Dublin etc. When not on site you will also act as a resource supporting project teams with testing and commissioning activities.
You will get lots of visibility across the business with lots of different technologies - always learning and developing new skills.
Essential Requirements of a Maintenance Engineer (Fault Finding / Projects)
Fault Cause analysis / fault diagnosis experience - ideally with PLCs
Able to read and understand schematic diagrams
Root cause analysis experience diagnosing software issues / faults
Keen to learn and hungry to develop experience in different technical areas with complicated systems and subsystems
Able to work under pressure in customer facing environments
Self-motivated, willing to travel UK wide and be on call (either as a main or standby 50% of the time and paid at £1.75 per hour + overtime when called out)
Full UK driving license
Desirable Requirements of a Maintenance Engineer (Fault Finding / Projects)
Electrical / Electronics / Software TestingQualifications
Experience point to point testing of wiring panels.
Knowledge of PLC technologies (any PLC is good Mitsubishi, Siemens, Rockwell, Omron, Allen Bradley, etc) - understanding how the logicworks, able to fault find logics and interrogate the system. xsngvjr
Knowledge of control solutions and systems integration - SCADA (is the overall system), the application is Panorama, Codra is the HMI at the top end.
Benefits
Company Car - choose from a selection of vehicles including estates if preferred - can be used for personal use
Life assurance
25 days holiday (increasing to 28 days over tenure) + bank holidays
Health care scheme
Company pension scheme
Support for formal qualifications and professional development
Flexitime
Pay for professional subscriptions
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