We are looking for an Electrical & Automations Engineer at our Wisbech, Purina manufacturing site. Are you an experienced Electrical & Automation Engineer who is looking to share your skill set in a role that offers an opportunity for you to shine? Are you keen to make your mark in your next career step? Then this could be the role you're looking for.
We're looking for someone to provide Electrical & Automation support to the factory engineering team. This person will deliver cost-effective maintenance activities to site assets in line with the annual maintenance plan and situation demands. To actively seek and implement new improvement methods to increase reliability. Other key day-to-day activities will be:
1. Attend breakdowns to both plant and equipment to manage day-to-day needs of the production department.
2. Building strong awareness of departmental needs to maximise production output and ensuring the smooth flow of the operation.
3. Provide a site-wide support function to production and engineering, utilising analytical tools to improve plant reliability in helping achieve plant objectives and maximise efficiency while minimising total cost.
4. Assist with root-cause analysis, implementing robust countermeasures, and supporting first line operator development, TPM, centre lining and SMED activities.
5. Work with Shift manager, Operators and the wider engineering team to provide expertise in Electrical, Mechanical and Pneumatic control systems ensuring efficient plant operation.
6. Coach and mentor the maintenance team members to develop their automation and electrical capabilities.
7. Implement performance improvement projects as identified by the teams.
To be successful in this key role, we expect you to ideally have experience working in a FMCG manufacturing maintenance environment and have strong service orientation amongst internal stakeholders with lots of proactive initiative and attention to detail.
Minimum qualifications include:
1. Educated in Electrical Engineering to Degree Level, a minimum of Level 3 NVQ / ONC or completion of a recognised apprenticeship and 5 years' experience in an Electrical position in a FMCG manufacturing environment.
2. Experience in Electrical, Instrumentation and Allen Bradley SLC500 & ControlLogix a necessity or practical equivalent.
3. Wonderware SCADA, InTouch would be advantageous.
4. Experience of SERVO systems in relation to FMCG machinery.
5. Ability to fault find within electrical panels and apply a logical fault-finding approach to breakdowns and problem solving.
6. Proficient with Microsoft products.
7. Knowledge of BS 7671 IET 18th Edition Wiring Regulations, EN 60204-1 Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines & EN ISO 13849-1. Safety of machinery - Safety-related parts of control systems is advantageous.
8. Strong problem-solving skills and continuous improvement mind-set.
9. Proven ability to actively apply skills in a safe and effective manner.
10. Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences.
At Purina PetCare, we're passionately committed to helping pets enjoy happier, healthier and longer lives because we're pet owners too.
Our Wisbech factory makes some of the UK's most well-known and much-loved brands, such as Felix, Winalot, Gourmet, and Purina ONE, and is constantly developing to meet the changing needs of our consumers.
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum (dependent upon experience) plus excellent companywide benefits. What can we offer in return? Great benefits you'd expect from a business the size of Nestlé - in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.
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