About the role
We reward our people, you’ll have good benefits, a competitive salary, bonus scheme, ongoing development, and an opportunity to develop your career. This full‑time role is 40 hours per week Monday to Thursday, based at Witney Oxfordshire.
You’ll have 25 days holiday per year, pension, sick pay, life assurance and inclusion in our Flexible Benefits programme that includes cycle to work scheme, gym membership, dental insurance and dine out discounts as well as access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
As a Maintenance Engineer for our backshift, you’ll be an important member of the manufacturing team, responsible for meeting or exceeding production targets while ensuring our automated systems remain fully maintained and operational.
Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, you’ll work in a fast‑paced environment, taking responsibility for our planned preventative maintenance programme, ensuring all machinery and equipment meet optimised performance while meeting health & safety requirements and relevant legislation.
* Ensure all plant and buildings within the factory are maintained through a PPM programme, meeting production targets while maintaining a safety‑focused culture.
* Manage the use of approved maintenance contractors where required, ensuring works are undertaken to the highest compliance standards and minimising business impact.
* Ensure automated systems are fully operational with minimal downtime, resolving any issues as they arise and minimising impact on customer timelines.
* Implement and maintain the PPM using our CMMS system (FIIX).
* Contribute to the introduction of new products and manufacturing techniques (CIP/5S) with the introduction of new process equipment and modification of existing plant and equipment.
* Support continuous improvement initiatives and maintain a proactive safety culture.
Qualifications
* Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Maintenance Electrician or Maintenance Fitter in a production‑related maintenance role with exposure to PLC fault diagnosis. IPAF MEWP Licence (Type 3A & 3B).
* Recognised qualifications in a relevant core trade with the ability to maintain and repair both simple and complex machinery, ideally within an automated process manufacturing environment.
* Comfortable taking decisions and recommending solutions based on data. Good working knowledge of PUWER/LOLER/COSHH and other relevant Health & Safety regulations.
* Experience in maintaining robotics/cobotics and an understanding of data communications in a machine environment/field buses/IP addressing and common communication protocols. Competent in working with IT networks (EtherCAT/Ethernet/Profibus/Profinet/Modbus/TCP‑IP/UDP).
About Us
Our ambition is to reduce waste and reduce carbon, creating positive futures for generations to come. Our automated facility in Witney, Oxfordshire is known for its state‑of‑the‑art robotics, technology driving quality and innovation, building over 10,000 timber frame homes a year to the highest standards. Our products are award‑winning, accredited and sustainable.
We’re part of the Donaldson Group, a legacy of over 160 years with over 1,500 employees across the UK. 14 businesses, from timber importing, timber merchants, retail, timber engineering and off‑site, we’re a business with long‑standing customers and even longer‑standing employees.
Our culture is friendly, open and welcoming. If that working environment sounds good, we encourage you to get in touch and explore this opportunity further.
#J-18808-Ljbffr