We currently have an opportunity for a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

About KNDS UK:

With over a century of engineering expertise and innovation, KNDS UK is a renowned world leader in rapidly deployable military bridging systems and a key partner in the UK MoD’s Boxer armoured vehicle programme.

We are proud of our heritage and our reputation of providing the highest quality engineering solutions for over 100 years. As a trusted partner to military customers around the world, our employees are the very heart of our company. We have a skilled and experienced workforce dedicated to achieving excellence in all areas of the business such as Manufacturing, Engineering, Project Management and Business Support functions.

As our business evolves, we are looking to strengthen our workforce with talented and motivated individuals across a range of disciplines and currently have this opportunity available.

About the role:

The primary purpose of this role is to support manufacturing maintenance performance, to improve asset and equipment availability and achieve the required level of performance. The role will involve supporting the adherence to the Agility Maintenance schedule to deliver quality daily maintenance and repair plans, to a high standard. This includes carrying out scheduled, planned, reactive and preventative maintenance activities, that support manufacturing equipment OEE.

Key duties include, but are not limited to:

• To support manufacturing asset / equipment weekly schedule, to ensure assets and equipment are available to operate, at the required level of performance, when manufacturing require, via the delivery of quality maintenance activities and standards.

• Support the transition from a reactive, to a planned preventative maintenance culture.

• Demonstrable knowledge of Manufacturing CNC equipment and tooling with demonstratable competence in fault diagnostics, maintenance and repair

• In-depth knowledge of PLC, Invertors and Drives, demonstrable competence in fault diagnostics, maintenance and repair

• Supporting the adherence to the Agility Maintenance; (scheduled, planned and reactive maintenance and repair plans), to a high standard, to maintain manufacturing equipment OEE.

• Analysis of failures modes to create preventative maintenance regimes.

• Recording accurate feedback on tasks completed, including spare parts used, time taken, any changes required to the instruction, and ANY safety, reliability or performance concerns

• In the event of a breakdown or critical defect being reported, use fault finding / diagnostic skills and provide leadership / support / technical guidance to carry out prompt reactive investigations.

• Provide feedback on findings in an appropriate and professional manner, report writing and leading problem-solving activities to identify root cause and prevent re-occurrence, for issues that affect safety, operational reliability, services or asset performance.

• Work closely with line managers to establish mean time between failure techniques and apply cost effective mean time to repair methods to minimise production disruption and downtime impact and support the development / robustness of Maintenance strategy at KNDS.

• Responsible for the delivery of robust reports / data integrity, from asset inspections and maintenance; to detail any identified defects that are unable to be rectified

• Contribute to any PPS reports associated with significant downtime

• This role is expected to be flexible to support the manufacturing production requirements, to deliver the weekly schedule while also maximising production uptime and machinery performance.

• The role must have comprehensive SHE awareness to enable them to be aware of and to report any SHE issues that may arise

What we’re looking for:

Candidates must have the following essential qualifications and experience:

• Multi skilled (preferably electrical bias) Technician/Engineer - HNC/HND Electrical / Mechanical Engineering

• Recognised H&S training and competence

• CNC machine maintenance experience is advantageous Haas, Matsuura, Unisign, DMG Mori

• Problem solving skills using common problem-solving techniques

• Experience in a similar environment

The following are desirable:

• Experience in working in a modern lean manufacturing environment

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following skills and aptitudes:

• Demonstrable knowledge of Manufacturing CNC equipment and tooling with demonstratable competence in fault diagnostics, maintenance and repair

• In-depth knowledge of PLC, Invertors and Drives, demonstrable competence in fault diagnostics, maintenance and repair

• Fault finding / diagnostic skills and ability to identify defects and recommend appropriate action

• Demonstrable practical knowledge and experience of maintenance and machinery control systems required

• Ability to assess SHE risks arising from work activities and control risks accordingly

• Use of PC’s and capability to use common applications and company systems

• Basic report writing skills

• Able to work to deadlines and adapt to changing conditions

• Develops a collaborative approach to meet multiple and potentially conflicting requests

• Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate effectively and clearly at all levels of the business

• Ability to prioritise, use own initiative and organise work with minimal supervision

• Exceptional organisational skills and ability to work effectively under pressure

• Able to work to deadlines and adapt to changing condition positively

• Team worker and ability to work under own initiative

• Accurate and consistent performer with an eye for detail

• Excellent interpersonal skills ability to build strong supplier and internal relationships and influence stakeholders

• Develops a collaborative approach to meet multiple and potentially conflicting requests

• Able to collate, analyse and evaluate information

• Able to demonstrate good listening and questioning techniques

Why you should join us:

When you become part of the KNDS UK team, you will enjoy employee benefits such as:

• Competitive salary

• Attractive pension (4% employee contribution, 7% employer contribution)

• Half-day Friday

• Life assurance scheme

• Company sick pay scheme which increases with service

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• Additional Holidays & Long Service rewards

• Wellbeing initiatives, such as Free Fruit on Tuesday’s

• Cycle-to-work Scheme

• Free on-site car parking

• On-site electric vehicle charging points

We’re also very proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant since 2018, achieving their Silver Award in 2020 and Gold Award in 2024. We actively support and encourage service leavers, reservists and cadets to join our team, recognising military skills and qualifications in our recruitment and selection process.

If you are passionate about Maintenance and eager to contribute to a thriving workplace environment, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Recruiters please note that we have a list of approved recruitment agency partners in place and we will contact agencies directly should we require support. Any unsolicited CV’s received via an agency will be accepted with thanks but without fee.