MB783: Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Location: Braintree
Salary: £38,300
Working Hours: Mon to Fri 8.30am to 4.30pm + Overtime opportunities
Company Benefits: Generous holiday allowance, Contributory pension scheme with life assurance, Employee share scheme, Employee shopping savings portal, Payment of Professional Fees
Overview
First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic refrigeration business who are looking to recruit a Electrically Biased Maintenance Engineer to support the upkeep and maintenance of their internal factory plant equipment. This is a permanent position located at their depot in Braintree.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Carry out work assignments issued and maximise effectiveness of the shift at all times by ensuring efficient completion of tasks.
* Demonstrate a team approach with regard to maintenance and hygiene of equipment and support (teams of) Logistics.
* Provide support to the team during breaks and absences and work together to ensure completion of their duties.
* Follow all work instructions, procedures, job descriptions at all times.
* Ensure that all Work Orders, PM's issued to the shift are completed.
* Complete and check all necessary paper work.
* Work with other functions as part of the manufacturing team to ensure efficient running of the site and carry out prioritised work as agreed.
* Carry out the assigned activities to meet operational targets; working with other functions to ensure mutual objectives are met.
* Compliance with Company policies, procedures and regulations (e.g. attendance, quality, safety, GMP's, etc.) and ensure these are followed to maintain the required standards (e.g. Food Safety, PPE etc.).
* Resolve mechanical and/or electrical problems in a timely fashion.
* Order spare parts as required on shift if unavailable from stock and contact contractors/suppliers as required in order to resolve problems on shift.
* Ensure all parts removed from stores while on shift are booked out of stores in the correct way.
* Where necessary, must initiate the purchase of parts or equipment completing the relevant order requisition forms with relevant information.
* Provide the Engineering manager with information on all engineering downtime attended on shift, related quality issue, work orders completed, PM's completed and other details as required.
* Identify and analyse problems before crises and determine appropriate action and follow up.
* Ensure remedial works on site is raised by work order or PM's are highlighted to the Manager.
* Work closely with Logistics teams. Work under supervision of engineering managers. Ensure that handovers are smooth and efficient whilst sharing relevant information with other engineers.
* Request/give information from/to the engineering manager.
* Capable of instructing un-skilled/semi-skilled people in simple operations of equipment.
* Use of power tools, drills, grinders, cutting equipment, saws, files, presses.
* Use of ladders, steps, walkways.
* May have to work with hot/cold equipment using suitable safe systems of work and/or PPE.
Skills and Qualifications
* Previous manufacturing / processing / warehouse / cold-store industry experience.
* Electrical bias, electrical qualifications / time served apprenticeship.
* 4 years experience.
* A good standard of both written and oral English.
* Basic Health & Safety.
* Data and analytical skills.
* Computer literate (Word/Excel/Windows based packages).
Desirable skills
* PLC knowledge.
* Working on hydraulic systems.
* Working on temperature control systems.
* Working with instrumentation systems.
* Welding experience.
* FLT/MEWP license.
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