T.Q.R. LTD
Night Shift Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer
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Night Shift Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer
Maintenance Engineer - Static Night Shift
TQR are working exclusively with a global Manufacturer based at their Plymouth site to recruit an experienced Maintenance Engineer on a static night shift due to a vast increase in their order book.
Reporting to the Maintenance Team Leader, the successful candidate will play a critical hands-on role in ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of all machinery on site. The position is responsible for both reactive and planned maintenance, first-fix repairs, and accurate CMMS documentation.
Working closely with the Maintenance Team Leader & Production Team Leaders, the successful candidate will contribute to asset uptime, quality performance, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
Safety & Compliance:
- Complete all maintenance tasks in line with site safety procedures, risk assessments, permit-to-work policies, and legal requirements.
- Perform dynamic risk assessments prior to each job; escalate hazards where required.
- Maintain tidy, safe work areas using a clean-as-you-go and 5S approach.
Reactive & Corrective Maintenance:
- Respond promptly to equipment breakdowns across manufacturing and site services, ensuring permanent and robust fixes.
- Communicate findings, actions taken, and follow-up needs to the Maintenance Team Leader.
- Support root cause analysis (RCA) and contribute technical insights to CI initiatives.
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Planned Preventative Maintenance:
- Execute PPM tasks as scheduled, ensuring quality completion within timeframes.
- Identify and report defects, trends, or improvement needs during PPM routines.
- Support continuous improvement of PPM routines to enhance asset reliability.
CMMS & Data Integrity:
- Accurately record defect details, actions taken, fault codes, and parts used.
- Ensure data quality is suitable for analysis by the Engineering team.
- Support improvements in CMMS usage and standardisation.
Technical Support & Expertise:
- Apply strong electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic skills to diagnose complex issues.
- Provide technical support for installation, commissioning, and acceptance testing (FAT) of new equipment.
- Act as a technical reference point for colleagues and apprentices.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Work with Production, Quality, and Engineering teams to ensure efficient factory operation.
- Communicate issues, progress, and solutions through formal and informal meetings.
- Build strong relationships to support uptime, quality, and safety goals.
Essential Experience & Candidate Attributes Required:
- Proven experience working as a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer gained from either manufacturing or engineering.
- ONC / NVQ Level 3 / HNC or equivalent in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
- Completed Apprenticeship.
- Strong fault finding experience.
- Understanding of H&S regulations and safe systems of work.
- Experience with CMMS platforms.
- Competence with pneumatics, hydraulics, variable speed drives.
- Knowledge of RCA tools (5 Whys, fishbone, etc.).
- Strong problem-solving mindset with a structured approach.
- Effective communicator able to articulate technical findings to non-technical colleagues.
- Proactive and self-motivated, with a drive for continuous improvement.
- Calm and methodical under pressure.
- Team player who collaborates across functions.
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The successful candidate will work a static night shift comprising of Monday to Friday 22:00 to 06:00, however, there may be a requirement for you to train on weekly shift rotation of Monday to Friday 06:00 to 14:00 and Monday to Friday 14:00 to 22:00 for the first couple of months prior to starting work on night shift.
If you are an experienced Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer, can commit to a static night shift, and are looking for a new challenge, please submit an up-to-date CV by using the apply button below.
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