Location: South Marston Industrial Estate
Salary: £40,000 - £42,500 per annum
Working Days / Hours: Monday to Friday 08:00 - 17:00
Contract: Permanent
About Oxwash - come and join the washing revolution!
Our mission at Oxwash is to permanently eliminate the impact of washing on our environment, our clothes and us. We do that by supporting businesses with reliable, premium, and sustainable linen and garment care, whilst achieving net-zero carbon emissions and revolutionising the laundry industry from our locations in our flagship site in Swindon and our London (Battersea) lagoon!
We have raised over £15 million to date and are backed by UNTITLED VC partners Magnus Rausing (Tetra Pak) and Bertie C. (ZuluForest), as well as by other notable investors. We’ve now set our sights on growing our sustainable commercial laundry services for UK customers and expanding overseas in the US.
If you like the look of this role, you identify with our mission, and feel you’d fit perfectly in one of the top 100 organisations to escape to for 2023, then apply to work with us. You could be a part of the only commercial laundry services company in the world that is a Certified B Corporation!
About the role
Reporting to the Head of Operations - this role will plan PPM, lead engineers across 4 shifts, drive day-to-day service and maintenance of the laundry equipment at Big Blue and occasional maintenance of the equipment at our other lagoons as well as liaising with third-party contractors with the primary goal of proactively reducing machine downtime. You will be required to work in a highly automated environment and use your technical skills to ensure maximum uptime and efficiency of the equipment.
Your key responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
* KPI Accountability/Management - Be responsible for and improve our KPIs that are maintenance related. These include but are not limited to downtime reduction and reduction of maintenance related spend.
* PPM Planning - build a robust PPM schedule to ensure the maximum uptime of all equipment. This should be built by building relationships with third-party providers and fostering your existing knowledge to support the process implementation.
* Ensure Servicing & PPMs - Be responsible for the completion of the PPM schedule and servicing via 3rd party contractors or your maintenance team.
* Fault Finding - proactively find and prevent faults occurring to equipment reducing breakages and downtime. Report any defects to the site manager that will impact operations.
* In-House Engineering - provide a core competency of engineering skills and be responsible for maintaining machinery to a high standard and minimising issues. Also to share this knowledge with your team and input into continuous improvement of plant, machinery, and maintenance activities.
* Collaboration with external specialists - where specific knowledge/skills are required, you will be responsible for liaising with third parties to solve any issues with the hardware and plan for future installations with a maintenance mentality.
* Stock management - establishing the critical spares required, monitoring stock levels of spare parts and ordering new items. This is done with cost in mind and ensuring we operate a cost effective model when managing stock.
* Health and Safety - ensuring health and safety procedures are followed throughout the facility and improving processes over time. Also manage external contractors H&S to ensure they are compliant with our standard
Key Relationships
* Head of Operations - you will report to the Head of Operations who will support your development and you in your daily duties.
* Site managers - you will work very closely with the site managers. They will help you prioritise your tasks in line with the Head of Operations based on business needs.
* Shift Managers / Supervisors - you will work closely with the Shift Managers and Supervisors in order to maintain equipment and provide specialist skills as and when required.
Technical competency
* Fully qualified engineer - with experience in electrical and mechanical engineering.
* Specialist knowledge - You will be familiar with commercial laundry equipment and have good electrical and mechanical competency.
* Driving Licence - A clean full driving licence is required to drive between facilities.
* Problem Solving - You will be able to identify problems and proactively solve them whilst also having the willingness to learn new skills to add to our in-house capabilities.
* PPM - have a strong knowledge of what effective PPM is and how they are carried out to build a scaleable PPM schedule and be able to ensure this schedule is completed to the expected standard
Technology, automation and IT literacy
* Technical and IT literacy - We focus heavily on automation and therefore you will be confident in using technology to optimise our processes and efficiency.
* PLC - Have a strong knowledge of PLC’s and their functionality, having a working knowledge of the software behind them.
Leadership and collaboration
* Collaboration - Oxwash thrives on teamwork and the exchange of ideas. You will use effective influencing and collaboration skills to cultivate professional working relationships at all levels.
* Organisation and detail - Excellence is central to our business. You will assure this through attention to detail and strong organisational skills as well as compliance with Health & Safety within a busy commercial setting.
* Inter-departmental - From time to time you may well be asked to carry out tasks which our outside of your general job role in order to critical tasks such as on time delivery to customers can be achieved.
Sustainability and values: You are expected to be a champion for sustainability initiatives and improvements and incorporate this in the way we process laundry and to embody our values of creativity, excellence and integrity.
A salary of £40,000 - £42,500 per year depending on experience
Generous EMI share options, following successful probationary period
️ Enjoy 31 days of holiday (including bank holidays) plus, the option to purchase additional holiday days and take your birthday off!
Uniform and equipment provided by Oxwash - no need to use your own smartphone for work anymore! You’ll also get an allowance to buy work related equipment.
Employee discount on personal laundry and wet cleaning
Free, confidential mental health support + 1 Mental Health Day off
A funded health cash plan and enhanced sick pay
Cycle to work scheme
Oxwash cares deeply about leading the way as an employer and providing a more inclusive and diverse workplace for all. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Oxwash. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy and maternity, marital status or disability status. Please let us know if you would benefit from any reasonable adjustments in order to participate fully in our recruitment process.
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