Maintenance Engineer
Role Overview
Supports safe, efficient operation of laundry production equipment, including washers, dryers, ironers, and associated plant machinery.
The role focuses on planned maintenance, breakdown response, fault diagnosis, continuous improvement, reduced downtime, and equipment reliability.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Supports safe, efficient operation of laundry production equipment, including washers, dryers, ironers, and associated plant machinery.
The role focuses on planned maintenance, breakdown response, fault diagnosis, continuous improvement, reduced downtime, and equipment reliability.
Location and employment
- Work is based at two CanDo Laundry Services sites in Port Talbot.
- Employment is permanent.
Hours
- Main operational hours are approximately 6:00am to 11:00pm.
- Earlier starts may be required for production needs, breakdowns, planned maintenance, or other business needs.
Salary
- Salary is £30,000 to £32,000 per year.
Maintenance and repairs
- Inspect, service, and maintain machinery; complete planned preventative maintenance and identify potential failures.
- Respond promptly to breakdowns and diagnose electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic faults.
- Carry out repairs, escalate specialist issues, and liaise with contractors or suppliers when necessary.
Safety and improvement
- Follow safety procedures, assess equipment risks, and report hazards, near misses, incidents, and equipment concerns.
- Investigate recurring faults and recommend or implement practical solutions to improve machinery performance and reliability.
Records and operational support
- Record maintenance work, faults, repairs, parts, follow-up actions, and stock needs accurately.
- Work with production and management, communicate equipment status, and minimise disruption to production.
- Assist with general site maintenance tasks within competence.
Essential requirements
- Proven maintenance engineer or comparable hands-on technical experience; strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
- Working knowledge of mechanical and pneumatic systems and experience with planned and reactive maintenance.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively, use initiative, and apply practical problem-solving.
- Strong health and safety awareness, proactive approach to reliability, and clear communication skills.
- Relevant technical qualification, such as NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, or equivalent.
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