Interface Craigavon, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Role Purpose: To provide day-to-day electrical maintenance of all machinery, services and facilities within Operations and provide manufacturing operations with technical support and pro‑active solutions to engineering/manufacturing problems and initiatives to ensure production ability is maintained and maximised.
Accountabilities
* Undertake electrical maintenance cover for production to ensure that breakdowns and other issues are resolved promptly, and downtime is minimised.
* Utilise the Computerised Maintenance Management System to ensure that all Active Maintenance work is recorded and closed.
* Utilise the Maintenance Request Data Base to ensure that all Reactive Maintenance work is logged, recorded and closed.
* Undertake project work through from installation to commissioning to ensure changes are implemented to the plan and refined if necessary.
* Provide technical support within the engineering department, to other operational departments and external contractors to ensure that the best solutions are identified and implemented.
* Attend and contribute to team meetings once a month which drive departmental performance in order to support continuous improvement and sustainability initiatives.
* Follow all site rules relating to health & safety, environment and quality to ensure that we remain compliant with all legislation and internal procedures.
Scale & Scope
* Major equipment: 12 high speed tufting machines, 1 shearing line, plus ancillary equipment
* Maintain operation for an average of 80k metres of carpet output a week
* Maintain site services including HVAC, Power, Fire sprinklers and Air Compressor
* Two shift rotation Monday to Friday – night shift on call out when required
* Support the maintenance and engineering team
* Fault finding as required on all inhouse equipment
* Completion of planned and breakdown maintenance in a timely manner
* Completion of tasks in-line with McMain (CMMS) and follow up of all documentation
* Commitment to health and safety policy, actively contributing to audits and surveys
* Maintain housekeeping and help to develop 5s within the workshop environment
* Identify and undertake personal development activities
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience
* A recognised apprenticeship in Electrical Engineering, typically gained as an electrical engineer in a manufacturing environment.
* Educated to ONC or equivalent in Electrical engineering.
* Must be willing to undertake training as required.
* Proven experience with AC/DC motors, 3 phase electrics, variable speed drives and servo control systems.
* An understanding of control systems with knowledge of PLC.
* Experience of fault diagnosis on control systems using schematics, program listing or diagnostics.
* Basic knowledge of IT systems.
Desirable
* Educated to HNC/BTEC/Multi-skilled NVQ level 3.
* An understanding of pneumatics and hydraulics.
* High speed tufting machine experience.
* IET 17th or 18th edition.
* PLC programming and diagnostic experience.
* Engineering Mechanical knowledge.
Competency Profile
* The successful applicant will have strong analytical skills both mechanically and electrically, demonstrating a sound understanding of working on electrical and pneumatic systems.
* Customer Service Orientation – Concerned to provide a prompt, efficient and personalised service to clients; goes out of way to ensure that individual customer (Production and site users) needs are met.
* Drive – Enthusiastic and committed; demonstrates capacity for sustained effort and hard work over long time periods.
* Flexibility – Adaptable; receptive to new ideas; willing and able to adjust to changing demands and circumstances.
* Initiative – Proactive, self‑starting; seizes opportunities and acts upon them; actively influences events.
* Problem Analysis – Breaks problem into constituent parts and differentiates key elements from the irrelevant or trivial; makes accurate use of logic; draws sound inferences from information available.
* Technical Skill and Competence – Demonstrates detailed knowledge and expertise in relation to the job; readily absorbs new technical information and keeps up to date in specialist areas.
* Teamwork – Co‑operates and works well with others in the pursuit of team goals; shares information; supports others.
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