Main characteristics
- Location
- Bingley, West Yorkshire
- Company
- Reed Engineering
- Salary
- £41000 - £44500/annum
- Employment type
- Permanent
- Category
- Manufacturing / Surveying
Job summary
A great opportunity has arisen for an experienced multiskilled engineer to join a long-standing manufacturing company with potential for progression and additional training.Job Description:
To ensure that all machinery and the factory building are a safe and efficient place to work and visit.
To monitor, maintain or repair machinery to allow maximum production output and efficiency.
Improve or replace machinery and processes to increase reliability, production output and minimise disruption to the business.
Always Work safely, e.g. isolating machinery, erecting guards etc.
Make personnel aware of any work starting or any other issues via shift supervisors and or others as necessary.
Respond quickly to production machine issues as they arise.
Ensure factory/machines/site remain safe to use or be around.
Check and maintain machine safety devices, fire/smoke alarms and exits etc. at fixed intervals.
Isolate any machinery/areas in an unsafe condition.
Monitor/rectify/report machine or equipment access issues, e.g. guarding, steps, sensors.
Plan, undertake and record maintenance to minimise output disruption.
Plan any preventative maintenance with the works manager and supervisors minimise loss in production time.
Control/monitor the work of third parties/visitors, including experience and competence, to maintain personnel/visitor safety.
Plan and ensure relevant H&S requirements and quality (BRC) checks are undertaken on time.
Keep an organised, well laid-out and tidy workshop, equipment.
Always wear the correct PPE for the job and use equipment in a safe manner (e.g. air).
Beneficial Skills / Qualifications:
NVQ Level 3 or higher in Mechanical engineering Experience of:
Mechanical engineer working with machine tools
Gearboxes and drives
General engineering
Pneumatic controlsIE Regulation trained - 18th Edition ideal - associated controls
Single and three phase motors
Inverters and AC drives
DC Drives
Heater and cooling controls
PAT Testing
Fire Alarm systems/Testing
Additional Details: Pay / Hours etc:
Hours of work
The normal hours of work for this role are 8.00 am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday = 42.5 hrs (This includes a paid lunchtime (30 mins) in case a problem arises).
Call-out / out of hours break-down coverage.
Weekly standby/breakdown down cover alternates between the two engineers. Weekend cover is paid as an additional 8 basic hrs / week, when trained/safe to do so, making a total of 50.5 hrs / week.
Note 2: (- for information only) Production works 24-hrs per day with production shifts a 2-days, 2-nights, 4 day-off shift system. 12 hrs / shift.
Holidays
28-days annual leave including bank holidays.
We shutdown the factory only over the Christmas period and a few days of this holiday are consumed then. Engineers are permitted to work (and save) bank holidays when the factory is running.
Pay
The basic rate of pay is Between £15.85 & £16.90 per hour (as of 01/02/2024) depending on experience.
Overtime, if necessary, is paid at 1.5 x basic rate. We also pay weekly.
Weekend breakdown coverage is shared alternately by our two engineers (once that is safe to do) paid at an additional 8 basic hrs / week.
Note: If called in, each breakdown is paid at 4-additional hours of pay
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