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Job Title: Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
Location: Runcorn - WA7 4UY
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
About us:
LKAB's commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) is fundamental to our success as a company. By embracing everyone and ensuring that every employee (or potential employee) feels a strong sense of belonging, we build a workforce with diverse perspectives and identities.
Our overarching goal is achieving Zero Harm and everyone who wishes to join our organisation must work within the framework of our six Golden Rules to create a safer, more secure workplace environment for people to thrive in.
About the role:
LKAB are looking for an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to ensure high standards of operational efficiency, innovation, and continuous improvement.
This role will be instrumental in ensuring that the plant realizes its full potential in terms of safety and quality, increasing uptime and reducing breakdowns of machinery, working alongside the performance manager and maintenance supervisor to identify maintenance priorities, fault find, and use predictive maintenance methods to ensure maximum plant operation.
You will support both planned and reactive maintenance work and plant improvements and projects throughout the plant, across a variety of machinery and equipment of varying ages and processes, ensuring accurate logs and records are maintained.
Responsibilities & Key work tasks:
1. Carry out a full range of engineering and maintenance duties for the entire site, diagnosing and resolving faults.
2. Use predictive maintenance methods and knowledge of machinery and environment to ensure maximum uptime of plant and equipment.
3. Use of CMMS system to record maintenance and breakdown activities.
4. Proactive in maintaining, developing, and implementing site improvement processes or projects to make the plant safe, deliver site efficiency and performance.
5. Scheduling work, resources, time, and ordering of parts and equipment in line with the maintenance budget.
6. Executing work to specific Health and Safety, Company and Industry Standards and Regulations to ensure operational excellence, quality and safety.
7. Support local contractor management processes ensuring they are following Health and Safety Standards.
Candidate requirements:
1. Time served apprentice.
2. BTEC National/NVQ or equivalent.
3. IOSH preferred.
4. Experience in Lean Manufacturing Methods and Root Cause Analysis will be advantageous.
5. Experience of safely maintaining medium to heavy plant (Preferably screening, crushing, milling, dust extractions, mixers, conveyors, pneumatic blowers) with basic skills in machining, welding, pneumatics, and hydraulics.
6. IT Skills particularly Microsoft Office suite.
Characteristic requirements:
1. Shows a positive attitude to safety and the environment within the workplace.
2. Continuous improvement mindset - proactive in identifying and suggesting areas for improvement.
3. Professional and can work autonomously and will deal with setbacks and challenges.
4. Ability to work in a dynamic team or work on your own.
5. Candidate must be comfortable working at heights and in confined spaces.
Benefits:
1. Company pension increasing in employer contributions after 5 years service.
2. Life insurance (Death in Service).
3. Employee Assistance Programme for employee, partner, and family.
4. Salary Extras - Store discount scheme.
5. 5 Days volunteer leave.
6. Reframe cancer support.
7. My Menopause centre.
8. Cycle to Work Scheme.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Technician, Site Maintenance Supervisor, Service Engineer, Field Service Technician, Service Technician, Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Technician, Electrical Engineer, Electrical Technician, and Repair Engineer will also be considered for this role.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Industries: Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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