Electrical Maintenance Operator

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a multi-skilled Maintenance Operator to join our rapidly growing Calibration & Maintenance team in Stevenage.

Salary: Circa £42,500 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 5 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…

The opportunity:

We are seeking a Multi Skilled Maintenance Operator to join our Calibration & Maintenance Team, to service Equipment. This will involve working on Process and Plant equipment, Nitrogen Systems, Environmental Chambers, high- and low-pressure systems and ESD Protective areas and equipment. The work is extremely varied, interesting and challenging.

• Working in a multi discipline team to support the Operations team.
• Ensure that both factory and proprietary test and measuring equipment is maintained in line with current procedures.
• Carry out repair tasks in accordance with departmental processes and procedures.
• Generating clear and comprehensive maintenance records for traceability purposes.
• The work is challenging, rewarding and extremely varied.

What we're looking for from you:

• Qualifications required (all of the below):
  • Electrical Engineering / Manufacturing Apprenticeship (Advanced Level or L3 Standard)
  • Electrical Engineering / Manufacturing Level 3 academic qualification (ONC, diploma, etc.)
  • Electrical Engineering / Manufacturing Level 3 vocational qualification (NVQ - not required if you have achieved a L3 apprenticeship standard
• Experience in the maintenance and repair of plant and process equipment.
• Be competent in following manufacturer’s instructions on preventative and routine maintenance requirements.
• Proactive attitude to daily tasking and be able to deal with multiple issues, tasks and priorities concurrently.
• Demonstrated knowledge of defect investigations and fault diagnosis.
• Good attitude to quality and safety.
• Familiarity with vacuum systems, temperature cycling systems and dew-point testing would be an advantage.
• A good understanding of SAP would be desirable.
• Desirable: 18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations, IET Code of Practice for In-Service inspection & Testing of Electrical Equipment.
• Experience of operating low- and high-pressure air processing and test facilities (including bottled gas systems) beneficial.
• Experience of working on Environmental Chambers an advantage.
• Experience in an electronics manufacturing environment an advantage.

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