Job Title: Heidelberg Engineer

Salary: £Very generous ex pat package

Location: West Africa

Reference: J79172

Contact: Greg Nelson

Telephone: 0141 647 6688

Categories: Print, Production/Technical, International, Other


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This position has now been filled, but has been left on our website as we have other similar vacancies to this on an ongoing basis that might interest you. More importantly, we have vacancies that are not advertised due to their confidential nature therefore it would certainly be in your interest to email your CV, as a word document, depending on which sector you are in, to :-

Head of Packaging recruitment – Greg Nelson – greg@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head of Print recruitment–Neil Pearson – neil@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head Paper recruitment – Gary Young – gary@harrison-scott.co.uk

Board level, account management and all levels of sales vacancies –

George Thompson – george@harrison-scott.co.uk

Our divisional heads will then email your CV internally to the consultant who specialises in your exact sector, for example a category of packaging is cartons, a category of print is print management, in fact we have over 30 specialist categories. Our specialist consultant will contact you if we have a live vacancy that matches, or contact you in the near future as soon a good match to skill set and experience becomes available.

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A rare opportunity has arisen to join a specialist printer dedicated to pushing the boundaries of technology and providing customers with the best opportunities to deliver their print campaigns. The role as Heidelberg Engineer (electrical bias) will help with the maintenance, fault finding and repair of our client’s machinery.

The successful candidate will:

  • Prioritise and respond effectively to urgent machine breakdowns and perform electrical/mechanical repairs.
  • Undertake general, routine and preventative maintenance/checks of all equipment.
  • Complete machine fault-finding and troubleshooting, as necessary, to reach a prompt resolution.
  • Train production colleagues, as required, in basic machine maintenance.
  • General ad-hoc site maintenance.
  • Compliance with Health & Safety standards.

We are looking for candidates who possess:

  • An electrical/mechanical qualification and a demonstrable background in a similar role.
  • Knowledge/experience of working with Heidelberg equipment
  • The organisation skills to prioritise and manage daily workload.
  • The ability to use own initiative and ‘think outside of the box’ to identify solutions.
  • Skills to multi-task and work to tight deadlines whilst ensuring high standards/health & safety compliance is maintained.
  • Logic and reasoning to identify solutions to fault-find and troubleshoot.
  • The flexibility on start and finish times to respond to machine breakdowns.

The postholder will be in charge of this department with one report.

This highly attractive ex pat package includes:-

Accommodation

2 flights per year

Health care

30 days holiday

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