JOB PURPOSE

To ensure the production facility is operating at optimum speed and efficiency producing excellent quality product by maintaining, repairing, improving plant and equipment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Safety

• Ensure Company safety policy, rules and procedures are understood and followed on all tasks and improvements
• To ensure H&S compliance relating to maintenance tasks
• Ensure statutory maintenance activities are planned and managed effectively.
• Perform risk assessment as appropriate
• Take part in regular inspections/audits for good housekeeping/6S and machine safety and ensure agreed action are completed

Quality

• Ensure all work carried out is compliant with FFSC standards for food manufacturing

Technical

• Diagnose and carry out mechanical repairs, modifications, machine upgrades and installation.
• Focused on delivering performance targets.  Directly contributes to improved safety, quality, waste and cost.
• Undertake PM tasks utilising skills and experience to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Carry out problem solving and diagnostic checks on mechanical and process equipment recommending changes and improvements.
• Electrical Skills and Diagnostic Technician; Remove and replace major electrical components (such as motors, switch/control gear) and troubleshoot electrical circuits safely.  Able to isolate machinery and re-install electrical supplies for machinery components.
• Instrumentation and Control Skills: Demonstrate understanding of Programme Logic Control (PLC) and Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
• Manage PLCs and Data Acquisition Networks (eg Programme modifications, Force Devices and fault finding).
• Improve reliability of machines with engineering solutions
• Improve performance of machines by development of maintenance tasks
• Fault finding and being able to quickly get to root cause of the problem
• Eliminate repeated faults.

Lead small improvement projects

• Suggest and develop improvements using the Kaizen process
• Document solutions achieved.

Communications

• Communicate problems, solutions, and options clearly
• Inform all relevant people

• Draw information from internal and external sources.
• Document all repairs and changes to equipment in line with company procedures
• Keen to coach, develop and motivate others
• Identify regular maintenance tasks that can generally be done by others

Open to self-development

• Actively monitor and develop own skills and competencies in line with requirements

ALL ABOUT YOU

• 4 years minimum practical experience in electrical/mechanical/control engineering
• Good communication skills
• NVQ 3 or equivalent in engineering
• Basic level of computer literacy
• Ability to analyse and interpret information and data from different sources and media
• Ability to fault find on electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic machinery
• Experience in a frontline maintenance role in a 24/7 FMCG facility

Desirable

• Training in learn manufacturing tools and techniques
• Programme Logic Control qualifications (Siemens S5/Siemens S7/Alan Bradley)