Responsibilities
- Design maintenance strategies, procedures and methods
- Carry out routine maintenance work and respond to equipment faults
- Diagnose breakdown problems
- Fit new parts and make sure equipment is working correctly
- Carry out quality inspections on jobs
- Liaise with client departments, customers and other engineering and production colleagues
- Arrange specialist procurement of fixtures, fittings or components
- Control maintenance tools, stores and equipment
- Monitor and control maintenance costs
- Deal with emergencies, unplanned problems and repairs
- Improve health and safety policies and procedures
- Work with specialist equipment, such as programmable logic controllers (PLC), which control machinery on factory assembly lines
Requirements
- BTEC certificate in operations and maintenance engineering
- City & Guilds certificate in engineering.
- Related work experience
Skills
- Business skills, as you may be responsible for managing budgets, leading a team and liaising with suppliers
- The capacity to understand a range of engineering functions and procedures
- The ability to lead and motivate others
- Team working skills to work cooperatively and liaise with people at all levels
- The ability to negotiate with, and persuade others
- Good diagnostic and problem-solving skills
- The confidence to respond positively when under pressure