Overview
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Come and join us as an Electrical Maintenance Engineer at our Waresley site in Kidderminster. Wienerberger UK & Ireland is dedicated to empowering the construction industry to create a sustainable future for generations to come, through an extensive range of high-quality building products, systems, and solutions. We foster long-term partnerships, support exceptional careers, and place sustainability at the heart of everything we do.
About The Role
As an Electrical Maintenance Engineer (internally known as a Maintenance Electrician) at our Waresley site, you will be part of our hands-on inhouse team who keep the plant running by ensuring the equipment runs smoothly. From troubleshooting to planned preventive maintenance (PPM), you will be hands-on with specialist machinery, ensuring everything runs like clockwork. It\'s a dynamic role where problem-solving skills and technical expertise are used daily, and you will be a key player contributing to the efficiency and reliability of our production processes. Our engineers have a varied role, so you’ll get the chance to use a variety of electrical skills associated with being an electrician and service engineer. We will provide you with PPE to enable you to safely and effectively work as an Electrical Maintenance Engineer.
Responsibilities
* Install and maintain all electrical & electro-mechanical plant equipment or machinery
* Operate a preventative electrical maintenance system
* Fault finding and repairs
* Program Siemens and other programmable logic controllers (PLC)
* Use various types of testing equipment to locate and remedy faults
* Promote Lean thinking
* Attend breakdowns
* Contribute to safe systems of work (SSOW) documentation
* Adhere to Wienerberger’s quality system and standards in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001
Hours Of Work
4 on, 4 off shift pattern rotating between days (6:00–18:00) and nights (18:00–06:00).
About You
You will be an electrically biased engineer with experience of working in a manufacturing environment, with a minimum level 3 qualification in an Electrical Engineering discipline. You’ll be safety conscious and have strong experience of health and safety best practice. You’ll enjoy a busy environment, be flexible and able to adapt to different daily priorities to keep the factory running efficiently. This role is sometimes physically demanding and you’ll be fit enough to perform your duties.
* Strong team playing skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication
* Good working knowledge of environment, health, and safety (EHS) processes
* Analytical and problem-solving skills
* Diagnostics experience of electrical motors and pneumatics
* Experience and knowledge of PLCs
Desirable
* 17th/18th edition qualified (training could be provided)
* Hands-on apprenticeship completed
* HNC or HND qualification (or equivalent)
* Experience in heavy industry manufacturing
Benefits
* Salary up to £49,809 (inclusive of allowances/bonuses)
* Pension scheme
* Up to 25 days holiday + bank holidays (pro-rated for shift workers)
* Holiday flexibility (sell up to 2 days) + volunteering day
* Employee assistance and wellbeing programme (including 24/7 online GP, discounts on counselling, mental health support, fitness programmes) and more health & wellbeing benefits
* Financial advice/support (including expert advice from our pension provider, and recommendations on savings & loans options)
* Employee discounts available with various retailers, gyms, and Wienerberger products
* Life assurance (2x annual salary)
* Opportunity to join our Share Incentive Plan and our Employee Profit Participation Programme
About Wienerberger Ltd
Wienerberger Ltd is a provider of wall, roof and landscaping innovations, offering sustainable solutions for new build and renovation. In the UK, we have head offices located in Cheadle and Doncaster, showrooms in London, Belfast and Surrey, with brick and roof tile production sites in Manchester, Co. Durham, Worcestershire, North Warwickshire, West Midlands, North Kent, Surrey and West Sussex.
Closing date for this role is subject to change and may be closed earlier than advertised.
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