​Candour Talent are currently recruiting for a Multi-skilled Engineering Technician to join our client based in Pontypool.

Location:Pontypool

Employment Type:Permanent/Full Time

Working Hours:Monday to Friday

Salary:£33-37k

Benefits:Training to become a fully qualified Engineer, pension, 25+8 days annual leave, early finish on a Friday

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity for an Engineering Technician to join a well-established team that can deliver engineering support to our operations and cover engineering functions daily. This is a full-time, permanent position, with fully funded and supported training available for the right candidate.

The Role:

• Provide efficient maintenance support to the production function.

• Recording and reporting daily unplanned breakdowns and machinery capability concerns to management.

• Provide proactive machinery maintenance to reduce unplanned breakdowns, reduce costs of remakes, and improve production efficiency.

• Assist with movement, installation, and repositioning of machinery.

• Provide high standard, safe, reliable, and efficient facilities maintenance support to the business as necessary.

• Coordinate with external suppliers and contractors to support production and facilities maintenance as necessary.

• Record and report proactive health and safety concerns.

• Provide support to production and quality functions with defect investigation using proven root cause analysis techniques.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Excellent mechanical, electrical and pneumatic fault-finding experience, ideally in a high-volume manufacturing environment.

• Hands on capability to resolve day to day maintenance issues in an effective and timely manner.

• Relevant qualifications - minimum BTEC L3 and NVQ L3 in maintenance engineering or similar.

• Experience in use of lean management processes i.e., 5S, and problem-solving tools i.e., pareto, root cause analysis and countermeasures.

• Experience of machine setting and parameter adjustment as necessary to ensure optimum quality of finished product.

• Knowledge of Engineering manuals, drawings, schematics, and wiring diagrams.

• Excellent communication skills and a team player

• Desirable, not essential - Forklift Truck licence, MEWP/Scissor Lift licence, 18th Edition Wiring Regulations qualification, Facilities management L3 qualification or similar, IOSH or NEBOSH qualification or similar