Maintenance Team Leaders Days

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Blaenau Gwent
Salary
47000.00 - 47500.00 GBP Annual + Days, fantastic benefits
Posted
14 Jun 2021
Closes
12 Jul 2021
Sectors
Engineering
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
DAYS PLANT MAINTENANCE SECTION LEADERS (SOUTH WALES, MONDAY TO FRIDAY DAYS, NO SHIFTS): WORLD LEADING, PRESTIGE BRAND AND BUSINESS IN THE FOOD & DRINK INDUSTRY. EXCEPTIONAL WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND ROLE, OPPORTUNITY NOT TO BE MISSED. CIRCA GBP47K PLUS FANTASTIC COMPANY BENEFITS AND ENVIRONMENT, EXPANDING SITE.

The Client

Our client is one of the biggest names in the world food & drink industry, with instantly recognisable brands and products. They are a prestige company offering a fantastic place to work and significant opportunities for personal and professional career development. Due to the continued development of their plant, we are looking for several top class maintenance and reliability experts to work on days. This is an outstanding opportunity for leading engineers and technical experts.

The Role

The Plant Engineers, reporting to the Reliability & Maintenance Manager, will be an integral member of a multi-skilled team responsible for consistent professional delivery of effective and efficient maintenance in order to maximize equipment availability and uptime on a specific machine(s) across multiple lines. The Plant Engineer will be responsible for continuous improvement of routine maintenance and inspection, troubleshooting, fault diagnosis/rectification on specific automated & PLC controlled equipment and automated packing machinery. The successful candidate will undertake training and carry out new tasks in support of equipment optimisation, utilisation, performance and reliability in accordance with maintenance reliability measures and recommendations.

Responsibilities

- Be an active member of the Packaging department working alongside Machine Operators and Technical Engineers to ensure departmental KPI's are achieved and to develop and implement a strategy to optimise the reliability and efficiency on specific machines
- Manage own working hours in line with departmental priorities and by request of the Reliability Manager
- To spend majority of time on the shop floor monitoring the line/equipment and challenging poor performance of the machines and upskilling Operators
- Execute activities in compliance with safety standards/guidelines to ensure his/her and colleagues safety
- Execute planned corrective and preventative maintenance schedules that have been allocated
- Reviews and validates standards (SOPs, CILs, SWIs) for Autonomous Teams where required
- To be the expert response breakdowns when escalated by the Line Owner or Reliability Manager
- To create documents to support training of both operators and Packaging Technicians
- Play a key role in developing the operator/technician skill sets through training and coaching
- Collaborate with Reliability Managers, Line Owners and FLMs in creating optimal training documents
- To be actively involved in reviewing the 5Y and feedback to the authors to help improve the quality of RCA and knowledge of the shop floor
- To participate in equipment reliability events, this will include PM, CIL and SOP reviews
- Collaborates with the maintenance planner to ensure that long term and medium term plans are in place for their line/equipment
- To work with the Maintenance planner to identify parts required to be staged to allow the storeman to stage the parts as and when required
- To audit and support actions to improve and sustain 5S in allocated areas or on specific machines
- To attend external training courses, visits to OEMs etc as and when required

The Person

Manufacturing maintenance experience - FMCG, Packaging or Food beneficial, not essential
Time served engineer - HNC qualification minimum
Candidate will be multi-skilled or a specialist in a certain discipline.
Advanced level skill set, qualifications and demonstrable experience working safely in a high speed manufacturing/processing environment within a maintenance department
Experience in operating at a Technical Expert level in a World Class environment delivering proven process improvements.
In depth knowledge of high speed packaging equipment and machinery.
Knowledge of refrigeration systems, steam systems (including steam traps, heat exchangers and associated controls) and compressed air plant is beneficial.
Excellent mechanical/electrical/automation fault finding skills.
Thrives in a fast paced, changing environment and is able to prioritize multiple maintenance requests to ensure key breakdowns are addressed appropriately.
Excellent Communicator
Proactive, enthusiastic personality with leadership skills
Confident, driven and motivated
Experience with CI / TPM / Lean
Is This You?

This really is a fantastic opportunity for the very best maintenance candidates with the skills outlined above, looking for an exceptional opportunity on a days basis. If you fit the bill then do not delay, apply here and we will be in touch within 24 hours to discuss the company and role further

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