Electrical Engineer - Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Job Title:Electrical Engineer

Location: Yatton

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Working Hours: Usually Monday to Friday, across two shift patterns 6am until 2pm and 2pm until 10pm

About us:

We are one of the fastest growing Pet Food manufacturers in the UK with offices and manufacturing sites based in Lancashire, Somerset and South Wales.

Our products range from Food, Treats, Toys, Accessories, Health and Hygiene. Our portfolio of brands includes: Webbox, Webbox Naturals, Bob Martin, Felight, Meatiful, TastyBone, Spikes and WildThings.

About the role:

Reporting to the Engineering Team Leader, you will work closely with the Factory manager and production asset cell leaders to ensure that machinery downtime is kept to a minimum and that all preventative maintenance is conducted in advance to avoid production disruption

Key Responsibilities:

• Work as part of a small team of multi-disciplined engineers
• Undertake PPM's on equipment
• Liaise with the Engineering Team Leader to ensure the supply of appropriate parts
• Minimize the amount of downtime suffered by the site following machine breakdowns
• Continually develop your skills and knowledge
• Comply with all health, safety and environmental policies and procedures
• Champion H&S matters as delegated by the Engineering Team Leader
• Champion building maintenance as directed by the Engineering Team Leader
• Mentor and coach other engineers to deliver a quality service to production
• Provide key 'process control' fault finding, code diagnosis and general all-round PLC knowledge skills

About you:

Knowledge, Competence, Experience and Qualifications Required:

• Strong Mechanical or Electrical knowledge and ability on Food processing machinery
• Excellent process control knowledge. Able to fault diagnose multiple PLC platforms and generate and develop their own Code
• Competent in building electrical control systems from switchgear through to software implementation
• Engineering apprenticeship and associated qualifications such as BTEC ONC, HNC, HND in Electrical Engineering is essential
• Ideally, IEE qualification up to 17th edition Wiring Regulations
• Have a proven track record in an Engineering and fault-finding role gained from within a FMCG environment (Ideally Food or Pharmaceutical industry)
• Have a good understanding of HACCP, COSHH and GMP principles
• You will also possess excellent communication skills, demonstrate assertiveness and decision-making skills and have a positive attitude to your work
• Strong leadership and Team Development skills, high levels of energy and team engagement
• Drive Root Cause Analysis and strive to prevent re-occurrence with counter measures
• Multi-skilled in both electrical and mechanical engineering
• CMMS experience and knowledge
• Ability to deploy and execute the preventative maintenance strategy for the site
• Driven to deliver solutions, ideas and innovations in a positive and pragmatic way
• Passionate about quality and best practice whilst driving continuous improvement
• Working knowledge of internal H&S audits and processes

Additional Information:

Right to Work in the UK:

All new employees are required to pass the UK Immigration Right to Work test. You will be required to show your passport and official documentation showing your national insurance number and current address.

Health and Safety:

All employees must abide by the company's Health and Safety policy and comply with the responsibilities for their job as detailed within the policy.

All employees must take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and anyone else that may be affected by their acts or omissions and co- operate with their employer or anyone else in the performance of their statutory duties. All employees shall not intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health, safety or welfare.

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