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Rochdale
Danish Crown A/S
Lead engineer
€35,000 a year
Posted: 23h ago
Offer description

Why come to Danish Crown?

* An amazing 28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays – that’s 36 days holiday a year
* Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and share parental leave
* Enhanced company sick pay
* Company pension scheme
* Heavily discounted products through staff sales
* Wellbeing programmes, with free optional health care cash plans to cover your everyday healthcare costs and which offer a wide range of digital and virtual wellbeing tools to support both your health and the people you care about
* Employee Assistance Programme for all colleagues and their families
* Development opportunities for those that would like to progress in a global business


Job Summary

To service, maintain and repair all factory equipment in order for production to be maintained at optimum efficiency and enable delivery of key performance targets, safely, effectively and efficiently to meet the required customer and technical standards in a way which is consistent with DC UK values and behaviours. Take ownership of apprentice development and training of new members of the team, against a skills matrix. Stand in for Eng Team Leader when required. Leading of optimisation projects.


Responsibilities and duties

* Ensure you wear correct PPE including ear protection, clothing, and shoes
* Ensure you operate within the Company health and safety standards at all times and that workstations are kept clean and tidy at all times.
* Report any hazards or problems immediately to your Manager and support resolution as appropriate.
* Stand in for the Engineering Team Leader when required.
* Take ownership of apprentice development, ensuring job write ups are complete and college criteria is targeted.
* Develop skills matrix and use to upskill and train new engineers.
* Deliver the key performance targets for their designated area.
* Attend breakdowns, in order to minimise machinery downtime and to assist with attaining the factory operational performance targets
* Be available for prompt attendance to breakdown with the correct tools within 2 minutes from callout
* Maintain machinery in the highest order to ensure availability of plant to the operations team at all times
* Diagnose defects, effect repairs and evaluate results (test before handing back)
* Understand system drawings and machinery manuals (Electrical, Mechanical, Hydraulic, Pneumatic)
* Read and access information in order to keep up to date with current technology advancements and implement best practice
* Identify and order the correct spare parts from different sources and communicate this information to all other team members
* Monitor and recycle materials in order to reduce costs
* Monitor and carry out dynamic performance tests of new and current machinery on a continuing basis
* Liaise with Contractors, assess the quality and performance of their work in order to ensure that correct standards are maintained
* Keep records up to date in accordance with good engineering practices and carry out effective handovers
* Communicate with other departments, to influence and educate in order to draw attention to current state, impending problems and to develop a spirit of co-operation across all departments
* Convey accurate information effectively using the most appropriate methods to reflect the needs of the audience and ensure understanding
* Ensure Good standards of General Manufacturing Practice and that the area is audit ready at all times.
* Continuously review and identify ways to improve efficiency and yields and reduce costs and waste whilst maintaining quality and technical standards.
* Contribute to Departmental and Site improvement projects as required.
* Undertake any duties within your skills and capabilities which the Company reasonably considers necessary to meet business needs.


Experience, skills, and educational achievements necessary

* Level 3 engineering apprenticeship qualified.
* Knowledge of H&S practices and Codes of Practice
* Act as a role model and lead by example demonstrating Core company values, behaviours and high performance standards at all times.
* Take personal responsibility for own development and ensure knowledge and understanding of best practice and factors affecting business performance is kept up to date.
* Demonstrates a genuine interest in developing self / others in order to improve performance.
* Positive outlook; encourages the contribution of others and takes their views into account and considers the impact on other staff members in their actions.
* Strives to achieve results through determination and commitment


Leadership Principles

* Totality: We always put the overall interests of the company first, sacrifice our own targets for the greater good, and actively resist silo culture.
* Talent: We always select the strongest team, prioritize diversity, and dare to hire people who are more skilled than we are.
* Ambition: We set ambitious targets and do not get excited about easily achieved green numbers, and we dare to “lean out” in the pursuit of better results.
* Trust: We fight every day against the “zero-mistake culture” and accept that mistakes are part of our professional and personal development journey.
* Followership: We strive daily to create followership from our employed colleagues and act as role models by living out our values and leadership principles.


As a leader you will

* Create a sense of common direction and purpose, where everyone has a common commitment towards, and proactively work towards, the same overall goals.
* Identify, cultivate, reward and retain talent, with the right capabilities, and who continuously push our organisation and ourselves to develop and achieve even more.
* Drive continuous improvement, both individually and organizationally, motivating employees to think big, lean out and set ambitious stretch goals.
* Create an open and inclusive culture where employees feel comfortable and safe – even when challenging themselves in their pursuit of high performance and when sharing their ideas, view‑points and innovative thinking.
* Instil a close and collaborative work culture, where leaders support, inspire, enable, and engage their team – fostering a proactive and collaborative work culture.
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