Multi-Skilled Process Plant Operative

Would you love to play a pivotal role in the team at the newly transformed Ford Transmissions site in Halewood?

Ford is investing £355m into the Halewood site to produce electric power units and Halewood will be the first site to manufacture EV components in Europe, commencing in 2024 with a capacity of 420,000 units.

Salary: £43,912.80
Hours: Monday to Thursday 7:00 - 15:30 and Friday 7:00 - 12:30 (must be flexible to work shift patterns when required)

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Completed Electrical or Mechanical Level 3 or 4 Apprenticeship
• Candidate to preferably have experience in a Process Plant environment working on various pumps, motors and associated control systems.

Key Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

• Plan and carry out preventive maintenance actions on machines and associated equipment.
• Including all electrical, PLC, refrigeration and mechanical functions.
• Take and analyse effluent samples
• Collate data from the preventive maintenance actions and analyse information so as to plan required item

replacement and overhaul.

• Overhaul machine parts wherever possible to avoid need to buy new.
• Identify and carry out machine improvement actions to improve performance / OEE improvements.
• Focus on identifying and implementation of root cause fix for breakdowns
• Schedule maintenance improvements and 5 why generation - continuous improvements.
• Kaizen activities; safety, environment, cost reductions.

To meet a number of the above requirements, the candidate will be required to complete training which will be provided by Ford in the following:

• F-Gas regulations
• MEWP training
• Confined Spaces training

Benefits

• Access to our Employee Development and Assistance Programme (EDAP)
• A unique opportunity to access Ford's Privilege scheme - allowing you to purchase Ford vehicles at a discount
• A great salary increasing yearly, along with our competitive pension scheme
• An excellent work-life balance, including a generous holiday allowance of 25 days (inclusive of set shut down dates)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• On site facilities such as a gym, sauna and steam room

The Company is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment or harassment on the grounds of race, religion or belief, sex, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability. This vacancy is advertised in line with the FORD equal opportunities policy.