Electrician

Recruiter
The SmartList
Location
Isle of Lewis
Salary
Competitive
Posted
10 Apr 2017
Closes
08 May 2017
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
LOCATION: Callanish, Isle of Lewis
JOB TITLE: Electrician
SALARY & BENEFITS: Competitive salary plus weekend contractual overtime and call out payment
WORKING HOURS: Full Time Monday - Friday (40 hour per week - 1 in 5 weekends)

THE COMPANY: Our client are the world's leading chemical company because they offer intelligent solutions for their customers and for a sustainable future. From their cGMP certified site situated in the beautiful and scenic Callanish, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, their own experts oversee the commercial scale manufacture of omega-3 and omega-6 products for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and food sectors. For over 20 years they have been developing novel purification methods for fatty acids, such as the industry-leading Maxomega??? and Crystalpure??? technologies

Our client link and develop people with diverse talents all over the world. For you, this means a variety of ways to advance. Not only your performance but also your personality matter to our clients who firmly believe, careers develop from opportunities.


THE ROLE: : Whilst ensuring that all work activities are carried out in accordance with the BASF Responsible Care Management System and all relevant statutory regulations and engineering standards, you will work as a multi-skilled crafts person across all disciplines in a GMP environment specifically within Electrical Diagnostics, Fault Finding and Repairs / Re Wiring.

To achieve this you will carry out duties where competence has been demonstrated to maintain plant and equipment such that production delays and maintenance costs are minimized and plant availability is maximized. In addition, you will contribute to planning and organising of all tasks, arranging tools and materials where necessary and use the BASF computerized maintenance management system, SAP. You will contribute to reviews of plant performance and ideas for continuous improvement, and provide practical training to operations staff in support of autonomous maintenance.


Key Responsibilities for the Electrician role in Callanish, Isle of Lewis:

- Performing preventative/planned maintenance
- Fault finding, electrical diagnostics and repair of machinery and plant equipment
- Other general maintenance tasks
- For 1 in 5 weeks be available as part of an on call rota


THE CANDIDATE: The successful candidate for the Electrician role must be a qualified Electrician or Time Served, ideally with a Compex certificate although training can be provided for this for the right candidate. It is essential you have experience from a Production or Manufacturing environment and ideally have experience working with Plant Machinery electrics. You should be computer literate and have the ability to work independently and drive tasks to completion within a team environment. Part of this role will require you to work a 1 in 5 week on call rota so must be flexible and be local to Callanish, Isle of Lewis.


Key Experience/ Characteristics preferred for the Electrician role in Callanish, Isle of Lewis :-

- Must be a Qualified or Time Served Electrician
- Previous experience working in a Production or Manufacturing environment essential
- Good IT skills
- Must be able to commit to being part of a 1 in 5 week on call rota
- Must have valid UK Driving Licence
- Previous experience working with Plant Machinery would be desirable


Our clients offer Responsibility from day one in a challenging work environment and "on-the-job" training as part of a committed team. Competitive compensation including attractive benefits as well as excellent career opportunities in an international company.

Does this sound like you? Are you the Electrician our client seeks?

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