Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer

About the position

Are you an energetic, driven and professional Engineer with skills across a broad spectrum? Can you apply your skills to a dynamic, fast paced work environment? Do you thrive at the prospect of meeting exciting challenges and delivering fast and effective repairs to plant and machinery? If the answer to these are yes then a career within Kongsberg Automotives’ Maintenance Engineering team could be for you!

Responsibilities

You will join a well-established highly skilled and motivated team of like minded Engineers taking on challenges, sharing knowledge and developing your own internal skill set.
Your key responsibilities in this role will be:

• Ensuring all safety protocols are followed and carried out correctly (LOTO).
• Root cause analysis/fault finding on a diverse range of electrical and mechanical equipment.
• Carrying out efficient, effective, and safe repairs to machinery/plant to maximise uptime.
• Offering solutions on ways to improve downtime and also improve health and safety on and around machinery/plant.
• Working in a team environment and is also capable of working independently.
• You will be part of a team which drives PM activity that results in downtime reduction

Requirements

Do you feel like you are prepared to be a strong contributor to the automotive/industrial market due to your experience within Maintenance/Engineering? Then our diverse range of machinery and equipment may be the right challenge for you.

Qualifications:

• HNC/HND/Degree level education.
• Full apprenticeship or suitable experience in a similar role/environment.
• ISOH/HSE or IPAF training preferred but not mandatory.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a fast-paced FMCG environment or similar.
• Have an understanding & knowledge of PLC and HMI instrumentation.
• Fabrication skills will be an advantage
• Some Lathe and Milling work needed (basic/intermediate level).
• Excellent planning, organisational and time management skills

What we can offer

• Competitive salary of £42,600 plus a range of benefits such as 25 days holiday, 5% employer pension contributions, life assurance, discounts to xscape and wakefield council gyms and various company events.
• 3 shift system with rotational weekend cover once every third weekend which is paid at premium rates.
• Learning & development opportunities with KA Learning Lab
• High paced global environment with potential for growth and career development.

Application / Contact

If this sounds interesting and likely the right challenge for you, we look forward to receiving your application!

Please register your CV/resume and cover letter.

Within your application, please inform us regarding your notice period and salary expectations.

The applications will be handled on an ongoing basis and the position may be filled before the application deadline date.