Engineer
Job description
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We’re looking for a skilled and reliable Maintenance Engineer to join our Maintenance and Facilities team, w0rking across our Kidderminster sites including Vision Labs, International Glazing Services and Lens Online. This is a hands on role for someone who enjoys variety, takes pride in their workmanship, and understands the value of teamwork in keeping complex operations running smoothly.
You’ll be a trusted presence on site, collaborating closely with Shift Leaders, Team Leaders and colleagues across all departments. Clear, open communication will be part of everyday life, whether you’re sharing updates during shift stand ups, flagging risks early, or supporting teammates when workloads peak. A calm, practical approach and a willingness to muck in will be key.
Your role will centre on responding quickly to breakdowns, maintaining and repairing specialist lens coating and processing equipment, and delivering planned preventative maintenance to keep downtime to a minimum. While working on machinery, you’ll assess condition, identify emerging issues and record actions accurately using our CMMS system. Safety and standards matter here, so you’ll ensure equipment is returned to safe working order, guarding is in place, and work areas are left clean and organised.
You’ll bring solid electrical and mechanical experience, confidence working with PLCs, AC/DC drives, pneumatics and basic hydraulics, and the ability to read electrical and pneumatic schematics. Just as importantly, you’ll be comfortable working on your own initiative, prioritising effectively, and applying logical problem solving skills under pressure.
In return, you’ll join a supportive, well established engineering team with opportunities for structured training, including UK and European travel. If you enjoy being trusted to do a proper job and being part of a team that values reliability, collaboration and continuous improvement, we’d love to hear from you.
Working hours: 37.5 hours Monday - Friday. 6am – 2pm & 2pm – 10pm (rotates each week)
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⭐ Highlight your PLC and AC/DC drives experience prominently as these are specifically mentioned technical requirements
🔧 Emphasise preventative maintenance experience and CMMS system knowledge to show you understand proactive equipment care
📊 Quantify your maintenance achievements: "Reduced equipment downtime by 25% through structured preventative maintenance"
🌐 Mention any experience with optical/lens manufacturing equipment or similar precision machinery
🤝 Showcase examples of cross-departmental collaboration and shift handover communication skills
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- •Reduced equipment downtime by 30% through structured preventative maintenance programme covering 15 production machines
- •Diagnosed and repaired PLC faults on coating equipment, restoring production within 2 hours of breakdown calls
- •Implemented CMMS tracking system improving maintenance record accuracy by 95% and enabling predictive maintenance scheduling
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Specsavers' reputation for precision optical manufacturing makes this Maintenance Engineer position particularly appealing, especially given my experience with PLC systems and pneumatic equipment in industrial settings. Your focus on preventative maintenance and CMMS systems aligns perfectly with my proactive approach to equipment reliability.
My background in electrical and mechanical maintenance, combined with experience reading technical schematics and working with AC/DC drives, has prepared me to handle the variety of specialist lens equipment across your Kidderminster sites. I understand the critical importance of minimising downtime in manufacturing environments.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Describe your experience working with PLCs and AC/DC drives in an industrial setting
- ›How would you approach troubleshooting a breakdown on lens coating equipment you're unfamiliar with?
- ›Walk me through your process for conducting preventative maintenance on complex machinery
- ›How do you read and interpret electrical and pneumatic schematics?
- ›What CMMS systems have you used and how do you ensure accurate record keeping?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to prioritise multiple urgent maintenance requests
- ›Describe a situation where you identified an emerging equipment issue before it became a breakdown
- ›Give an example of how you've collaborated with production teams during equipment repairs
- ›Tell me about a time you had to work under pressure to resolve a critical equipment failure
- ›Describe how you've contributed to continuous improvement in a maintenance role
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to prioritise multiple urgent maintenance requests
Describe a situation where you identified an emerging equipment issue before it became a breakdown