At a Glance
- Tasks: Ensure all plant and equipment run smoothly with effective maintenance and improvements.
- Company: Join a leading refining and packing company focused on reliability and innovation.
- Benefits: Attractive salary, shift allowance, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Mentorship opportunities and a chance to work on exciting capital projects.
- Why this job: Be part of a dynamic team making a real difference in plant performance.
- Qualifications: Experience in automated maintenance and relevant engineering qualifications required.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 45000 £ per year.
Location: Thames and Plaistow Sites
Reports To: Maintenance Supervisor or Manager
Shift: Mon-Fri: 1 week days, 1 week afternoons, 1 week nights
Salary: £55,700 + 24.3% shift allowance: £69,235
Position Scope: Provision of an effective maintenance service to all plant/equipment used within the refining and packing areas, with emphasis on improving plant availability & reliability.
Detailed Roles & Responsibilities:
- Carry out plant isolations.
- Maintenance responsibility for all mechanical, electrical and electronic systems employed within the Process, Packing, Utilities and Jetty sections.
- Carry out reactive maintenance when required by plant priorities.
- Progress to agreed maintenance plans.
- Plan, schedule & agree daily/weekly workload with the Area Maintenance Leader, incorporating Preventative, Predictive and improvement activities.
- Plan plant insurance inspections liaising with the insurance inspector when required.
- Complete plant improvement projects as time allows.
- Supervise maintenance activities optimizing available on site resources and contractors to ensure expedient, high quality repairs, servicing and improvement projects.
- Administer and review SAP maintenance system for budgeting, historical trend & reliability analysis, and in order to maintain accurate SAP inventories.
- Undertake detailed RCA on component failures, generating and implementing modifications & improvements to address reliability and performance issues within the plant.
- Provide cost estimates for improvement projects and generate capital requests for these projects.
- Participate in capital projects at all stages of implementation through to commissioning including pre-delivery inspections & installation of new plant for area of responsibility.
- Meet with suppliers or potential suppliers and carry out audits/visits to suppliers’ premises when required.
- Mentor, train and advise on engineering practices and Maintenance issues at all levels.
- Plant reliability measured in up time, OEE & lost opportunity.
Essential Work Experiences: Comparable experience of maintenance within an automated continuous process environment, which may include PLC and/or HT systems. Experience of Predictive/Preventative maintenance techniques and regimes.
Essential Education Requirements: Preferably an HNC/NVQ 4 in an engineering discipline, at least BTEC/ONC in relevant discipline.
Maintenance Technician employer: Tate & Lyle Sugars
As a Maintenance Technician at our Thames and Plaistow Sites, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to ensuring the highest standards of plant reliability and performance. We offer a competitive salary package, including a generous shift allowance, and foster a collaborative work culture that prioritises employee development through mentoring and training opportunities. Our commitment to innovation and continuous improvement means you will have the chance to engage in meaningful projects that enhance your skills and contribute to the success of our operations.
