Mechanical Maintenance

Role Summary 
To act as a mechanical engineering specialist on days to perform preventative
maintenance and inspection work to professional standards as required to meet quality
control and performance standards. Also to provide expertise and resource to identify
and quickly rectify mechanical faults to ensure continuity of manufacturing to specified
quality standards.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Within the job holder’s area of accountability and responsibility to:
- Ensure all activity is undertaken in compliance with Health, Safety and
Environmental requirements.
- Ensure compliance with the company’s and legislative requirements.
- Underpin manufacturing performance and support manufacturing Improvement and
works development plans.
- Identify improvement opportunities through collaborative working with relevant
groups.
- To ensure that changes to plant, process procedures and organisation are
appropriately risk accessed in line with the works management of change process
- To be responsible for the COMAH related activities for the position of Mechanical
Day Craft Maintenance as detailed in the Trostre Works Management System.

Specifically:
- Provide engineering expertise & advise in order to diagnose and correct complex
faults in the manufacturing process equipment.
- Ensure that Mechanical maintenance work undertaken is completed to time and to
appropriate safety and engineering standards.
- Develop expertise and keep up to date in maintenance techniques and equipment
development applicable to a heavy manufacturing environment by self-study and
attendance on appropriate courses.
- Provide comprehensive reports on breakdowns, repairs and related engineering
activities where appropriate recommending improvements to equipment or
systems.
- Undertake training as required for new specialists, other engineering grades, and
manufacturing teams.
- Supervise Corus or contract personnel and where necessary issue certificates of
isolation as part of the safe system of work.
- Where necessary to provide cover for shift specialists

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE 

It is preferable that the jobholder should be qualified to HNC level, which will normally
have been obtained through a craft apprenticeship or hold a Modern Apprenticeship
certificate. He/she should have several years’ plant experience in relevant equipment.
Must be capable of supervising personnel in the safe execution of engineering repair
work.