Senior Facilities Maintenance Engineer

Senior Facilities Maintenance Engineer                 Hastings, East Sussex

Onsite, 5 days per week                                                 To £40k + benefits

This is a very interesting role that would suit a proactive, experienced engineer with a can-do attitude, that enjoys responsibility and can work effectively within a growing engineering / manufacturing company.

More: Senior Facilities Maintenance Engineer.  This role would suit an experienced facilities engineer / maintenance engineer with;

• Good leadership and organisation skills
• Flexible, adaptable and proactive attitude to work (small company, many hats, environment)
• Solid practical maintenance engineering skills (electrical or mechanical facilities maintenance, etc)
• Experience of running and coordinating preventative maintenance processes and tasks

Background: The company is a small manufacturer of electromechanical products. You will be responsible for keeping production equipment functional, safe and running to limit costly manufacturing interruptions. This may involve hands-on maintenance or the use of 3rd party companies. Being able to manage preventive maintenance is vital for seamless production.

In addition, you will look after the general facilities of the operation and one other facility within walking distance of the main site. This will involve all aspects of electrical, mechanical systems from power, air-conditioning, lighting, utilities, etc. Hands-on experience in these areas would be useful, but coordinating with 3rd party engineers and technicians is also expected.

These responsibilities are not exhaustive, hence having a flexible and can-do attitude to role is expected. Finally, being able to support site security would be very useful.

Skills / Knowledge and Experience required: Senior Facilities Maintenance Engineer          

• Relevant qualifications associated to facilities management / maintenance would be preferred (e.g. NVQ, C&G – property maintenance, 18th edition electrical, etc)
• At least 5 years of proven experience working within facilities engineering, maintenance engineering or very similar role within a manufacturing, production environment or similar

• Flexible, adaptable and proactive attitude to work (small company, many hats, environment)
• Solid practical maintenance engineering skills (electrical or mechanical facilities maintenance, plumbing, HVAC, generators, IT infrastructure, security systems, etc)
• Experience of running and coordinating preventative maintenance processes and tasks
• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) / NEBOSH / IWFM qualifications would be preferred
• Experience of maintaining, servicing, inspecting and repairing semi-automated or automated production machinery would be very preferred
• Experience of overseeing, managing and coordinating with 3rd party engineering or trades personnel would be very useful (project management experience of qualifications would be good)
• The role could suit somebody with a services background (e.g. Royal Navy, REME, etc)

This Senior Facilities Maintenance Engineer role a full-time, site-based role in East Sussex. It is commutable from Brighton, Hove, Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes, Tunbridge Wells, Haywards Heath, Crawley, Horsham, and Crowborough.