Multi Skilled Maintenance Electrical Bias Engineer - Houghton Le Spring, United Kingdom - Kelly Services

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Houghton Le Spring, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Job Title:
Multi Skilled Maintenance Electrical Bias Engineer / Supervisor

Salary: 40,000 per annum

Duration:
Permanent

Location:
Hetton-Le-Hole

Shifts:
Dayshift: 06:20am - 14:30pm and Backshift: 14:20pm - 22:30pm

All overtime is paid at time & Half,

Overtime available on Saturdays

Enrolment onto the weekend on call rota after 6 weeks

We are currently working with one of the UK's largest and most progressive timber companies with core activities in sawmilling, I-Joist and pallet manufacture.

They operate five sawmills throughout Scotland; an engineered wood manufacturing plant in the northof Scotland and have pallet and packaging operations at sixteen sites across the UK.

We produce high quality, British grown sawn timber for the construction, pallet, packaging, fencing and agricultural sectors and pallets and packaging for blue chip domesticand exporting businesses.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Electrical Bias Maintenance Engineer to join our team (this position is also suitable for multi-skilled engineers).

This position is to strengthen our existing team and provide cover for our new Hetton site

Your key tasks will be to supervise maintenance technicians, safely carry out preventive and reactive maintenance and process improvement in order to minimise production machinery downtime.

Roles and Responsibilities

You will be responsible for the efficient and effective organisation of a small team of engineers.
Reporting to the Site Manger / Group Maintenance manager, you will be responsible for planning and distributing tasks to ensure planned maintenance is achieved for the mills to run effectively.
To work safely at all times complying with and using (safe systems of work using permit systems, method statement, dynamic risk assessments ).
To efficiently and effectively fault find / diagnose technical / process issues
To coordinate and cooperate with production supervision on a daytoday basis to ensure smooth running of plant and equipment
To resolve breakdown issues with mínimal impact to production.
To identify process and equipment improvement opportunities (maintenance schedules and equipment capability / reliability).
To be flexible in attendance to complete activities.
To follow instructions provided by site management / supervisors.
To maintain a clean and tidy work area at all times.
To be a proactive team member.
Improving technical skills and knowledge at all times.
To be IT competent and be able to complete shift reports detailing all relevant information to ensure continuation and / or review of repair.
Some overtime working is expected
To have some fabrication / welding skills

Technical Responsibilities / Requirements:

Ability to interpret electrical drawings.
Fault finding skills on automation systems.
Experience with AC/DC drives.
Understanding of PLC's.
18thedition IEE reg's Desirable.
Able to test & inspect fixed wiring & equipment installations.
Cable & Containment selection experience.
Install, Build/rebuild of equipment projects.
Site & equipment (electrical) responsibility.
Recognised engineering apprenticeship or similar qualification.

years' engineering experience gained working within a manufacturing environment.

Experience in PPM and fault finding on hydraulics and pneumatics systems on modern machinery and equipment.
Electrical knowledge
Using computer systems.
Sound maintenance / engineering experience in a production environment, ideally a heavy engineering environment.

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