Trainee Engineer

Trainee Maintenance Engineer - Bedford

Shift Patterns - 10am till 6pm/12pm till 8pm/2pm till 10pm

Founded in 2006 by the son of a vet and veterinary nurse, our business was initially an experiment to help the family's veterinary practice sell medication and feeds online. Since then, we have grown tremendously and are now one of the UK's largest and most trusted suppliers of pet and horse supplies, medicines, food, toys and equipment.

Having recently automated our new warehouse premises in Bedford, we now require a trainee Maintenance Engineer to join our team. This is a unique opportunity to join our business and become a super user on our newly installed packaging machine via extensive first-hand training from its Italian manufacturer.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring line efficiency and minimising machine down time
• Planned preventative maintenance of the machine ensuring its smooth operation at all times.
• Ensuring health and safety measures are adhered to at all times.
• Provision of both mechanical and electrical knowledge to ensure any machines issues are dealt with promptly.
• Fault finding, diagnosing and repairing.
• Liaising effectively with line operatives to ascertain the issues/problems being experienced on the machine in order to aid fault diagnosis.

Person Criteria

• Excellent work ethic and attitude
• Fault finding and diagnosis skills.
• Mechanical mind set and electrical appreciation would be beneficial
• Excellent communication skills
• Proactive team player