Maintenance Engineer - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Reed Engineering

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    REED Engineering & Manufacturing are working with a leading Engineering & Manufacturing company.

    Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical or Electrically biased or Multi-skilled.

    Responsible for the engineering maintenance activities within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment.

    Providing a proactive service which contributes towards reducing downtime, improving plant performance and reliability using preventative and predictive maintenance methods and techniques.

    You will be highly motivated, with a 'can do' attitude towards your work, as well as having a degree of flexibility to help meet business needs and market demands.

    You will be a major exponent of Health and safety practices, with a strong focus towards work quality and plant standards.

    Carry out both re-active and pro-active maintenance tasks, working across all departments. * You will be required and able to diagnose problems/plant faults constructively and accurately. * Take part in the development, creation and implementation of PPM schedules to achieve maximum machine availability. * Attend and contribute towards daily and weekly planned maintenance meetings/plant priority reviews. * Identify/specify and order engineering parts.


    • Facilitate lean ways of working to minimise waste and maximise efficiency, ensuring departmental objectives are achieved.
    • To participate in training and upskilling activities to help maintain and improve your site and technical knowledge.
    • Able to perform safety & quality risk assessments for engineering work tasks.
    • NVQ, ONC, HNC, HND, C&G or an appropriate apprenticeship.
    • Some electrical experience/qualification or the willingness to undertake electrical cross skilling training.
    Experience in machine tool maintenance. Demonstrable * Experience within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment, although applicants from other industries would also be considered.


    • Good fault finding and problem-solving skills essential - mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical systems.
    • Ability to read and understand electrical and mechanical engineering drawings