Purpose of the Maintenance Engineer role:
To ensure the availability of operational assets through the successful delivery of a Total Productive Maintenance schedule and effective response to unplanned maintenance issues so that production downtime is kept to a minimum and health and safety standards are met.
Key Accountabilities:
- To schedule and deliver against a planned preventative maintenance schedule to minimise chance of machine breakdown.
- To repair or resolve machine issues in a timely manner to keep loss of production to a minimum.
- To communicate machine issues that cannot be resolved to machine supplier as soon as all in house options have been exhausted to ensure prompt responses from required service departments.
- To manage consignment stock and order necessary parts required for repair and maintenance of machines to ensure repairs are completed is the quickest time possible
- To keep accurate ledger of all machine breakdowns for data analysis by management and to close works orders in a timely manner.
- To assist in factory improvement and project work to ensure services and facilities are installed correctly.
- To carry out necessary Facility work.
- To chaperone and ensure contractors are site inducted and have approved RAMS.
Requirements for the role:
- Served a recognised apprenticeship and attained an appropriate electrical/mechanical qualification. (City and Guilds, NVQ level 3 mechanical engineering.)
- Able to demonstrate success in maintaining and repairing Electrical and/or Mechanical equipment and systems related to buildings operations.
- Flexible communication skills
- Ability to make decisions.
- PC Literate (Microsoft Office packages)
- Ability to interpret drawings, manuals and technical literature to fault-find.
- Ability and willingness to respond flexibly to working hours in time critical situations.
- Previous experience with Homag machinery & IPAF training would be a distinct advantage but by no means essential.
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Benefits:
- 25 days’ Company holiday, rising to 30 with length of service.
- Employee Health Cash Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- On-site catering & free drinks
