Facilities Engineer

The role

We have a 6-month fixed term Facilities Engineer position currently available at our Shawbury site near Shrewsbury in Shropshire. This role will support our small Facilities team with preventative and reactive maintenance across all areas of the site and where appropriate sourcing external contractors to accomplish successful delivery of our maintenance and improvement projects. 

Every day is different in the role of Facilities Engineer, you get to interact and support members across the business with aspects such as site safety and installation programmes. It’s therefore essential that you are able to manage and prioritize activities to meet the needs of the business. Management of projects and meeting project deadlines would also be part of the role.

If you enjoy problem solving, being hands on and have a passion for fixing things, then this role would be ideal for you. 

You will be responsible for:

Undertaking and coordinating maintenance tasks to ensure business continuity Identifying, prioritizing and executing maintenance tasks over multiple disciplines You will participate in the scheduling, communication and delivery of effective preventative maintenance Actively ensuring that the appropriate contractors are selected, inducted to site and ensuring they deliver a safe service Participating and contributing to improving site safety and efficiency

  The successful candidate will: 

Need to be a strong team player, have a methodical approach and have the ability to plan, organise and manage their own workload. Have strong written and verbal communication skills. Be computer literate – particularly in Excel and Word Ideally have qualifications to enable them to maintain electrical equipment Project management skills would be advantageous

As a global employer we offer a generous benefit package to all our employees incorporating private healthcare, pension, 25 days annual (Pro rated for duration of contract) leave plus Bank Holidays and semi-flexible working hours.

Smithers MSE LTD is an equal opportunities employer 

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