Craft Engineering Technician

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Durham
Salary
Competitive
Posted
02 Jun 2021
Closes
24 Jun 2021
Sectors
Engineering
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
GBR Recruitment are working in partnership with an expanding & leading manufacturing company recruiting for an experienced Craft Engineering Technician / Craft Engineer with both Electrical & Mechanical skills, time served in a comparable role within a fast paced manufacturing environment ideally producing wood products such as doors, kitchen cupboards, kitchen worktops, bedroom cupboard doors / units, timber framed gazebos or sheds, laminate flooring or anything similar to that going through a heat cured process.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Craft Engineering professional seeking a fresh rewarding challenge.

Overview of the Craft Engineering role:

The main focus of the role is to minimise breakdown time on all site machinery and equipment, achievable through preventative maintenance completion (PPM's), a proactive and reactive approach, as well as combining a can do attitude with experience. During equipment uptime your resource will be utilised on improvement projects to further support the maintenance department and teams.

Duties to include:

* Carrying out Electrical & Mechanical repairs for breakdowns as and when they arise, whilst complying with all Company Procedures including Health & Safety procedures, Directives and department P.P.E. requirements.

* Follow SSOW to the letter, regardless of urgency (safety first mind-set)

* Completing PPM schedules on existing equipment.

* Successfully uploading jobs completed onto the CMMS system for traceability / stock accuracy.

* Obtaining and maintaining inventory of spares as used.

* Maintenance of our biomass boiler system including some cleaning procedures.

* Working with Compressed air safety, generation and use.

* Ensuring all work is carried out in a safe and efficient manner.

* Maintaining work area ensuring team works in a tidy hazard free environment.

* Reporting accidents, incidents and near misses to Team Leader.

* To perform other such duties as reasonably correspond to the general character of the role and are commensurate with its level of responsibility.

Desired skills & experience:

* A time served Qualified Engineer with a proven background in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

* Experienced in woodworking production environments. (Homag, Schelling, IMA, Holzher Equipment knowledge would be advantageous)

* Able to report out daily shift repairs / PPM's unsupervised.

* 17th or 18th edition wiring regulations

* Experience with ERP systems, CMMS - Agility (training provided on our systems)

* PLC knowledge - Omron, Allen Bradley, Siemens.

* Forklift license / licences beneficial but not a must have

This role could suit someone working as: Craft Engineer Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Engineer, Engineering Craft-person, Multi Skilled Engineer, Shift Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Production Engineer or similar

Interviews to take place immediately with an immediate start for the right candidate

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