At Lake, we’re innovators – we bring thinkers together to make incredible things happen – delivering real value for suppliers and customers. In fact, it is at the heart of everything we do! We call it ‘Ultimate Customer Value’ and it’s in our DNA.
Our transparent supplier and customer relationships mean unique and compelling sales propositions from concept to commercialisation. As a leading technical distributor of speciality chemicals and minerals, operating across five divisions, we distribute ingredients for pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, paints and coatings, corrosion protection, cosmetics and personal care, and other industrial market applications.
With decades of product and application expertise, combined with deep market trend analysis and regulatory knowledge, we help our suppliers and customers to succeed. What’s more, through new product development, our customers benefit from significant commercial opportunities. And with agile manufacturing we provide a comprehensive end-to-end service of design and development, sourcing, conversion, warehousing, and distribution.
Not only this, but our specialist team and entrepreneurial culture means you’ll always get innovative and commercially beneficial solutions that align with your goals.
Join us and share in our success!
Job Function:
To support the Facilities Engineer with maintenance task administration and documentation, liaising with internal and external stakeholders on spare part sourcing and procurement, service and calibration schedules, setting the preventative maintenance calendar, operating the enterprise resource platform used for asset management, tracking key metrics and producing periodic reports, to reduce downtime and maintain efficiency and capacity of facilities and processes, via a combination of proactive and reactive approaches (Total Productive Maintenance / Troubleshooting).
The role holder will hold fundamental practical maintenance skills to assist the Facilities Engineer in periods of high demand and as a stand-in during leave.
The role holder will be able to develop instruction manuals, provide reports on work carried out and ensure that equipment records are kept up to date. They will also be able to read engineering drawings to identify issues and opportunities.
The role requires significant drive and sense of process ownership to be able to work strategically and systematically as well as react promptly to any breakdowns, communicating with the Manufacturing Services Manager and working efficiently to resolve issues.
Job Description:
- Maintenance administration, scheduling, documentation, procurement, metric tracking, internal and external communication.
- Responsible for managing the Maintenance Store.
- Assist Facilities Engineer on preventative maintenance on machinery and responding to reactive equipment demands.
- Training
Training and Experience:
- Apprenticeship trained, qualified to a HNC or HND level, or have equivalent experience.
- Maintenance experience with light manufacturing machines – Ideally with food or pharmaceutical equipment.
- Troubleshooting experience to resolve pressing in-process issues with equipment.
- Experience with innovation via in-process trial and hands-on learning.
- Ability to document processes for equipment and write operating instructions.
- Experience maintaining a wide range of equipment.
- Experience with setting up liquid and powder filling machines, labelling machines, conveyors would be advantageous.
- Exposure to highly regulated environment advantageous
Technical Skills:
- Safety & Compliance: knowledge of HSE regulations and risk assessments in industrial environments.
- Process Engineering Knowledge – Strong understanding of process design, optimization, and control.
- Documentation: skilled in interpreting as well as writing Process Flow Diagrams and SOP’s.
- Data Analysis Tools: competence in using MS Excel or equivalent.
- Automation & Control Systems: understanding of PLCs, SCADA, and other industrial control systems.
- Advantageous: Quality Management Systems (QMS) – Experience with ISO standards and quality audits.
- Advantageous: Root Cause Analysis (RCA) – Proficiency in tools like 5 Whys, Fishbone Diagram, and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
- Advantageous: Ability to monitor and improve processes using statistical and process improvement methodologies (Statistical Process Control, Lean Six Sigma).
Personal Skills:
- Collaborative in approach, helping to work towards the team and business goal
- Sense of process ownership and taking pride in own work.
- Analytical Thinking: ability to dissect complex problems and identify effective solutions.
- Attention to Detail in identifying subtle process deviations or anomalies.
- Communication Skills: clear and concise reporting of findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Team Collaboration: working effectively with cross-functional teams including operations, maintenance, and quality.
- Adaptability & Flexibility to respond to unexpected issues and changing priorities.
- Time Management: prioritising tasks and managing troubleshooting efforts efficiently.
- Continuous Improvement Mindset: proactively seeking ways to enhance processes and reduce downtime.
- Resilience Under Pressure: maintaining composure, focus and effectiveness during high-stress troubleshooting scenarios.
- Sense of Urgency: understanding internal/external customer needs and aligning process improvements accordingly.
- Learning Agility: quickly grasping new technologies, systems, and methodologies.
Pay: Up to £30,000.00 per year
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Redditch B98 9PA: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (preferred)
Work Location: In person
