Electrical Maintainance Engineer

The role involves maintaining all equipment and control systems at the plant, ensuring production lines run reliably and efficiently. Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring all training relevant to the position is completed and kept up to date.
• Adhering to cGMP environment requirements.
• Carrying out the planned preventive maintenance programme.
• Ensuring production lines operate at maximum efficiency through continuous improvement processes.
• Performing in-depth fault finding, diagnosis, and breakdown repairs.
• Assisting with machine changeovers and training technicians as necessary.
• Providing technical input into key operations projects.
• Carrying out reactive and planned maintenance duties.
• Training production staff as required.
• Supporting quality investigations and performing root cause analysis.
• Assisting in stock control and management.
• Keeping track of all in-house engineering activities and updating stakeholders.
• Providing updates on critical breakdowns to the Engineering Manager and relevant stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• A Time-Served Electrical Engineer.
• Educated to a minimum of GCSE level or equivalent (Maths and English).
• HNC/HND Engineering qualification.

Experience and Knowledge:

• 18th Edition BS 7671:2018 regulations.
• Understanding of 415V AC – 24V DC 3 phase/single phase motors, Servos, VSD’s, VLT’s, Inverters.
• Installation of containment, cable glanding, and controls.
• Ability to understand and interpret wiring diagrams and PLC systems.
• Previous experience in a fast-paced GMP environment.
• Knowledge of preventative maintenance programmes.
• Experience with FMCG packaging machinery or pharmaceuticals.
• Experience in areas such as liquid filling, cartoning systems, labelling, tube filling, and shrink wrap systems.

Abilities and Behaviours:

• Professional and self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative.
• Good interactive and communication skills.
• Team player with the ability to work effectively with colleagues.
• Able to prioritise and manage a varied workload under pressure.
• IT literate (Excel and ideally SAP).
• Good fault finding skills and ability to read ladder diagrams.
• Adaptable and keen to learn.

Benefits:

• Annual bonus.
• 25 days holiday per year plus Christmas shutdown.
• One 'Rescue' health and wellbeing holiday a year.
• Free products and staff discounts.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Paid days off to volunteer for charities.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Nelsons is committed to equity, inclusion, and diversity to drive business results and create a better future for employees, consumers, partners, and communities.