Shift Maint Electrical Engineer/Electrician

Recruiter
Anonymous
Location
Swanley
Salary
Competitive
Posted
01 Jul 2019
Closes
29 Jul 2019
Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Full Time
Shift Engineer (Electrical)

Swanley, Kent

GBP14.67 per hour

Our client is a market leader within the paper manufacturing industry, due to continued growth they are looking for a shift electrician to join their engineering team. As a Shift Electrician will be part of a team performing all customary electrical activity during their conventional shift pattern, obviously with great emphasis on machine efficiencies and productivity. The Shift Electrician will liaise predominately with their Engineering Supervisor, however will propose guidance and support to other departments as and when deemed necessary, in particular the manufacturing dept.

Key Responsibilities

?? Strive for continuous productivity / efficiency improvements across the full spectrum of our manufacturing equipment.

?? Recommend and implement both engineering/electrical and procedural improvements so as to achieve our desired result of both enhanced productivity and machine efficiencies.

?? Will promote the availability of historical technical data

?? At the request of the engineering manager will be involved in engineering CAPEX projects, this may entail some travel.

?? Have a broad understanding of and promote Health & Safety practises denoted within in our Health & Safety Policy Document

?? Have broad understanding of manufacturing within a Quality Management System {BRC} and how this will affect the engineering department and their staff.

?? Will advise the engineering supervisor/manager of any training requirements they perceive are necessary for both individual members of staff or as a department, obviously with a clear focus on the benefits to be attained

?? Under the guidance of the engineering supervisor/manager will establish a broad understanding of the economics of our business so as to ascertain how their decisions will affect our overall profitability.

?? Will establish a good team ethic between the respective shifts with technical information flowing freely within the department.

?? Will promote the flow of technical information to all production staff.

?? Will strive to understand the functionality of our converting equipment so as to give guidance to all manufacturing staff.

?? Embrace a diverse approach to all engineering/electrical duties within a continuous manufacturing environment.

?? Could be involved as part of our maintenance team for first line action for any emergency repairs concerning the fabric of our buildings, have the ability to make safe until recognised tradesmen can be utilised.

?? New machinery installations, working as part of our engineering dept with outside contract staff to perform duties of this nature.

?? Engineering staff are also utilised for more technical aspects of product changes, this will involve automatic case packing equipment, poly wrapping machines, Kraft wrap over wrap and banding equipment, etc after such changes it is essential the electrician concerned can initiate running adjustments so as to ensure optimum machine efficiency can be attained, this will involve full understanding of the functionality of our conversion equipment in conjunction with our operating staff.

?? MUST adopt a safety conscious approach to all duties, lock off systems/procedures, permit to work, hot work permits, etc, etc.

?? All Engineering staff will be utilised as and when production staff have exhausted all their knowledge to ensure our converting equipment is manufacturing to our desired standard and efficiency. All Engineers are our skilled labour and will be required to assist in a live manufacturing environment to ensure these goals are attained