NEW VACANCY! (PK8568)
ENGINEER - ELECTRICAL / MECHANICAL
SOUTHERN ENGLAND (Please contact me for further location details)
Salary: Please contact me for salary details + Bonus + 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays + Life Insurance + Pension Contribution + Cycle To Work Scheme
Our client is a leading International packaging manufacturer selling into the Pharmaceutical and Food industries. In recent years the group has developed from a supplier with a strong European regional focus into a group which is active on a global basis in the world's most attractive and fastest-growing markets for packaging. The UK site is focused on providing short lead times to the customer for both small and medium production volumes.
They are now looking to recruit an Engineer to join their team. The ideal candidate will engage with all departments to ensure continual operation of production in a safe and efficient manner. You will supervise/manage and get hands-on daily to repair and maintain machinery in a packaging production-focused environment. You will also actively learn to become the deputy for the Head Of Operations on site.
Responsibilities / Key Activities:
* Organising day-to-day tasks such as resolution of breakdowns and on-site contractors, as well as delivering longer-term projects such as installations and the preventative maintenance program.
* Supervise staff and activities in the engineering department, ensuring safe and efficient uptime of the production machines and ancillary equipment.
* Be an ambassador for HSSE on site. Manage the resolution of machine-related HSSE incident reporting from the shop floor.
* Manage the department with multiple requests and constantly update priorities within a busy manufacturing environment, ensuring successful close-out.
* Assist management with the successful implementation and installation of new plant and infrastructure.
* Assign resources to ensure the timely and safe resolution of breakdowns.
* Prioritise and manage own and team's resources to deliver the plan.
* Plan and implement Continuous Improvement suggestions relevant to the department from the shop floor.
* Oversee the preventative maintenance program and assign resources to keep production and ancillary machines working.
* Work with suppliers to ensure service contracts are in place and the PM schedule is maintained.
* Monitor equipment for obsolescence and breakdown risks and support management in planning investments to reduce breakdown frequency and impact.
* Assist group IT with the identification and replacement of obsolete IT (Drives, PLCs, etc).
* Ensure the team monitors the Statutory register to ensure adherence to compliance-related matters.
Experience / Personal Attributes:
* Electrical and mechanical engineering compliance experience (Electrical bias preferred).
* Problem-solving and fault-finding on machines.
* Knowledge of how a 24h multi-machine production environment operates and the importance of maintaining uptime.
* Experience in dynamically managing time and resources of a small engineering team in a production environment.
* Experience with Electrical and Mechanical engineering-related tasks.
* Experience with installation projects such as plant and infrastructure CAPEX, including managing scheduling of key interventions and milestones and orchestrating external resources to meet deadlines.
* Thrive in an environment with a continuously changing schedule and priorities.
* Problem solve through a disciplined, organised approach.
* Excellent communicator both written and spoken, with the ability to listen effectively, follow direction, and provide feedback.
* Work harmoniously with co-workers and promote teamwork within your team.
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