Shift Maintenance Engineer in Rugeley

Maintenance Engineer, Rugeley – 8 hour shifts days & nights – £51,000 + Benefits

SCOPE AND IMPACT OF POSITION ON THE ORGANISATION

To facilitate all engineering activities associated with maintaining a 24hrs manufacturing plant, to provide breakdown repairs, health and safety improvements and deliver projects to improve plant performance and efficiency.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain and support Health & Safety / Environmental requirements in accordance with internal standards and legislative requirements, application of LOTO and required permit to work procedures.
• Respond to breakdowns and maintain / repair plant and equipment within the required time scale.
• Supply routine breakdown and engineering project status information to engineering team Leader.
• Request where applicable additional support for timely repairs from day shift and contract engineers.
• Ensure engineering interventions meet the required standards and best practice.
• Carry out investigations into problems or production development initiatives, individually or as a member of a project team.
• Contribute when required, to Plant Engineering projects.
• Contribute to the design considerations of equipment and processes within the plant.
• Identify areas to reduce maintenance spend and machine down time.
• Update and control engineering report documentation (Shires).
• Control spares, from placement of order to stock control.

EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE

• Electrical or mechanical apprenticeship with recognised qualifications within the chosen field plus an additional 2 – 3 years relevant experience.
• PLC knowledge an advantage.
• Electrical engineers to provide evidence of 16th or above electrical legislation.
• Knowledge of production processes to achieve conformance of H&S environment and quality.
• Knowledge of Engineering and Technology processes in the spirit of continuous improvement.
• Basic knowledge of systems and processes for managing ordering equipment / spares from placement of order to delivery of component/service.
• Conduct root cause analysis.
• Communication and presentation skills.
• Applies analysis and judgement to assess performance against key measures, to decide between priorities and solve problems.