Electrical Maintenance Technician

Michael Page are supporting an innovative business in their search for an Electrical Maintenance Technician. The main purpose of the role includes all aspects of maintenance, repair, modification, calibration, installation and optimisation of plant/machinery throughout the business.

Client Details

Our client is, situated in St. Helens and is at the forefront in the manufacture and marketing of specialised products. They supply products worldwide, in all the major car-manufacturing countries.

The site employs approximately 240 people and generates turnover of c. £50m.

Description

As Electrical Maintenance Technician you will be responsible for;

• An active involvement in health and safety activities to ensure hazards are identified/eliminated; and highest standards achieved.
• Create, modify and review risk assessments and standard operating procedures in accordance with Group Policy, legislation and industry best practice.
• Diagnose electrical breakdowns to restore equipment; by review of drawings/documentation, repair and/or redesign, in order to avoid or minimise production downtime and losses.
• Carry out preventative maintenance of plant, services, distribution and alarm systems to avoid downtime/losses.
• Electrical works will be completed up to 415V and may include live working.
• Ensure reporting processes are followed (verbal/written) relating to maintenance activity, processing of engineering spare parts and storage records.
• Contribute to a range of continuous improvement activities, including maximising performance of plant, equipment and control systems; driving housekeeping standards (5S), reducing energy consumption and environmental impacts.
• Supervision of trainee/s and contractors;
• Individual and Team based problem solving;
• Project co-ordination and administration of maintenance systems/drawings.

Profile

A successful Electrical Maintenance Technician should have:

• Successful completion of a time served Electrical engineering apprenticeship
• HNC/HND and/or equivalent NVQ in Electrical Engineering
• Ability to work flexibly within engineering/manufacturing teams across all areas of plant to achieve set standards/targets and continuous improvement
• Stringent adherence with safe operating procedures
• Ability to work unsupervised for extended period and capable of identifying, generating and managing own workload
• Effective communication with all members of the department and other areas, in particular, production.
• Willing to be flexible in order to respond to changes in priority or emergency situations and available to work on an "on call" basis during one week in every four weeks

Job Offer

• Overall package of £51,397
• Upto 13% joint pension contribution
• 25 days holiday + bank holiday
• 3x salary death in service
• Company sick benefit
• Days/Afternoon (Monday to Friday)
• No weekends