CNC Maintenance Mechanic

You keep twelve CNC machines running: planned service by the hour meter, oil and filter changes, greasing the guideways, checking spindle run out with a dial gauge, changing belts, seals and pumps, and cleaning the chip and coolant system. When a machine stops you read the alarm on the control, check the electrical cabinet with the electrician, replace the part from stock and write the fault, the cause and the repair into the machine book. You order spares from the plant office, keep the small workshop tidy and take a share of the standby phone at weekends.

Trade school or higher school in mechanical engineering

At least three years maintaining production machines

Hydraulics, pneumatics and mechanical drives read from a diagram

Dial gauge, micrometer and alignment work on a spindle

Reading an alarm list on a Fanuc, Siemens or Heidenhain control

Standby duty every third weekend, paid separately

English at B1 for manuals and service correspondence

Net salary from 532 up to 585 EUR per month

Permanent contract, trial period of three months

Standby duty and call outs paid on top of the salary

Manufacturer service courses paid, including travel

Warm meal in the canteen and a cash transport allowance

Own tool set, work clothing and safety shoes provided

Private health check once a year

The plant grows its maintenance lead from the bench, and the mechanic who takes on the spare parts stock and the service plan is the first in line. Courses on drives and on machine geometry are paid.

A machining hall with an oil separator, a lit maintenance corner and a small workshop with a bench and a press. Lockout tags, gloves, ear protection and safety shoes are mandatory and supplied by the plant.