Job Specification

The Role

• Reporting directly to the Maintenance Supervisor, the postholder will be responsible to deliver, upkeep and complete regular planned maintenance of plant and machinery at the site.
• To support of efficient and effective Production as measured in output figures. 
• This comprises attending to day to day breakdowns as well as ensuring that equipment and plan are maintained in line with agreed plans.
• As individuals and within a team, Maintenance Technicians must be able to communication appropriately both verbally and in writing, have good technical skills -
• Mechanical/Electrical /Electro Mechanical - have problem solving ability, an analytical approach, be self-motivated and a team player when providing support to operations and other key stakeholders.           
• Provide Maintenance support to Production by ensuring fast response to equipment problems.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and implement suitable solutions.
• Provide support to on-site engineering projects.
• Provide engineering solutions to recurring incidents of equipment problems- using good fault finding skills.
• Recognise spares requirements.
• Ability to carry out the necessary maintenance on all equipment on the Training Matrix.

The Person      

• Time served Apprenticeship/Ordinary or Higher National Diploma or in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.                                                           
• Experience in a Maintenance Technician role with an emphasis on Mechanical and Electrical engineering                                                      
• A sound knowledge of PLCs is also required.                                                                 
• Experience involving high volume production.                                                                
• Desirable - familiar with the concepts of Lean manufacturing techniques - including TPM, SMED, 5S, Kaizen and autonomous teams.                                                                       

The Benefits

• World class international employer, with a very secure future.
• An opportunity to work on state-of-the-art PLC Controlled production equipment.
• A varied and technical interesting role.
• An immediate start date.