Maintenance Engineer

JOB PURPOSE
To ensure that all plant and equipment is maintained to maximise operating efficiencies.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Reporting to the Engineering Manager and working as part of a team throughout the site.
- Responsible for the associated administration of your work as well as the H&S of yourself and your co-workers (wearing PPE at all times).
- Working within agreed risk assessments and safe systems of work at all times. Where such does not exist due to the nature of the repair, to ensure that a two-minute risk assessment has been completed and that no person is allowed to operate machinery which they do not have current training/certification for.
- It is your right and responsibility to check that your co-workers are operating safely and if you have any doubts, these are to be reported to your line management and for the job to be halted until a safe operator can be found, or to be recorded as a near-miss if the job has already taken place.
- Responsible for managing the completion of ongoing PPM's in addition to any emergency or unforeseen breakdowns.
- Planning, installation, testing, operation, maintenance and repair of all mechanical equipment and facilities (minimise lost time due to breakdown).
- Demonstrate a flexible, creative approach to problems and troubleshooting.
- Driving positive continuous improvement.
- Ability to ensure the existing legacy plant is maintained to the highest level possible as new plant is invested in and integrated.
- Thoroughly and accurately carry out daily checks on essential plant, equipment and machinery as part of the company preventative maintenance schedule (BOPV5)
- Carry out major refurbishment of plant, equipment and machinery as directed.
- Be available on call out basis to provide cover in the event of emergency breakdowns.
- Follow good housekeeping practices at all times.
- Attend training courses as required

The above is meant to describe the main responsibilities and is not necessarily an exhaustive list of duties. It does not preclude the need to carry out other specific tasks from time to time as may be required.

All tasks must be carried out in compliance with the Company's Health, Safety and Environmental Policies

LEVEL OF AUTOMOMY
Carry out work within own areas of expertise referring to Team Leader as required
No capital spend authority

RELATIONSHIPS
Internal - Maintain good working relationships with all employees within Operations departments
External - Sub-contractors and equipment specialists

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Qualified Multi-Skilled Engineer (NVQ 3, electrically bias)
Knowledge of Motors, Gearboxes and Hydraulic systems (fully Conversant)
Exposure to PLC's (Preferably Schneider) - Not essential but preferred
Must have logical approach to fault finding (I/O signal fault finding skills)
Previous experience from an industrial Engineering environment (heavy plant equipment)
Able to use own initiative when required
Previous experience in a bespoke manufacturing environment
Able to read hydraulic drawings
Basic knowledge of oil monitoring systems
Comfortable in a re-active and PPM environment
Prepared to work in a demanding environment (dirty, oily, loud & hot)
Can-do attitude and positive work ethic
Can demonstrate good experience and /or knowledge for this position i.e. QBE (Qualified by experience)
COMPETENCIES

Customer Orientation - the ability to be pro-active with and act on questions, wishes, needs and interests of both internal and external customers Intermediate Provides customer satisfaction for both internal and external customers
Results Orientation - Being focused on the translation and realization of goals by achieving results on time to standard as required Intermediate Committed to the achievement of set goals
Quality Orientation - place high demands on the quality of a product or service Intermediate Applying quality standards and repairs errors
Ability to learn/Embrace change - Desire and ability to continue growing and demonstrates a positive attitude towards change Foundation Open to feedback and opportunities for development, open to change
Flexibility
The ability to effectively adapt to changing circumstances,…