Senior Maintenance Technician

Full Job Description

Senior Maintenance Technician

Position Overview

The Senior Maintenance Technicians role will carry out Facilities, Continuous Improvement and maintenance activities at the local site ensuring that the service supplied complies too all manufactures, H&S, legal & regulatory requirements. This will be achieved in conjunction with actively supporting facilities and running continuous improvement & safety activities.

Role Responsibilities

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To promote and ensure a safe and healthy working environment for employees. Actively support the H&S committee & meetings associated with the site H&S policies & procedures.

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To provide & oversee the maintenance / repair / routine service of the sites processes, services & equipment in alignment with production & management needs.

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Ensuring all maintenance / service complies with all the legal, regulatory & H&S requirements.

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Support the production team in the application of TPM & PPM activities; ensure all activities are completed on time in line with the annual plan.

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Ensure all paperwork completed in line with the maintenance process/system is accurate & legible.

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Positively support & drive continuous improvement culture through the production areas with the maintenance team.

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Support Risk Assessments & all H&S improvement activities & complete issues raised in a timely manner.

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Recommend Capital investment projects to improve production/site performance.

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Actively carry out continuous improvement activities / initiatives & Kaizen events to maximize productivity. Proactively identify & make recommendations for improvements.

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Actively support the new product introduction process from an engineering perspective. Attend meetings as required, source equipment/solutions & conduct test & trails / pre-production run when required.

Role Requirements

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Time served HNC/HND (Mechanical and Electrical) with practical engineering supervision/ desirable in a manufacturing environment packaging/FMCG/automotive.

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PLC & Pneumatics control experience essential – ability to design/ modify / build software.

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Practical approach to modern problem-solving tools & techniques.

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NEBOSH/IOSH H&S qualifications and wide practical experience desirable.

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18th Edition wiring regulations.

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Engineering supervisory experience in a ‘lean culture’ manufacturing environment.

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PC literate