Service Technician

Job title: Mechanically Biased Maintenance Engineer (Weekend Shift)

Location: Llantarnam, NP44 3YL

Contract type: 6 month fixed term contract

Work pattern: Full-time Fri-Mon 08:00 - 18:00 (39 hours per week)

Salary: £843.11 per week

Start date: ASAP

About the role

As part of a skilled team, this role involves responding to breakdowns and carrying out preventative and predictive maintenance activities on manufacturing plant and equipment. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate a background ideally within the FMCG industry.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned maintenance activities as scheduled by the maintenance plan contained within the CMMS
• Attend and repair breakdowns as required, and report all actions carried out and any further actions required, via the CMMS
• Report in a comprehensive manner via the CMMS, all work activities carried out on a daily/shift basis
• Be proactive in preventing equipment failures and improving overall equipment performance by generating and implementing ideas and modifications
• Provide a service that meets agreed service levels, including minimising downtime and communicating effectively with relevant personnel
• Provide a service that meets food safety standards, whilst maintaining standards of housekeeping and personal hygiene
• Maintain and help improve health and safety standards and ensure that staff work in a safe environment by eliminating, minimising and controlling risks to themselves and others
• Cooperate with contractors and as far as is possible to ensure their adherence to site rules, health and safety and food safety standards
• Undertake training as required to further enhance individual's skills and knowledge so that the level of support to the front line operations remains effective and efficient
• Train others so that they are able to carry out their expected work duties to the required standards
• Identify performance issues and implement appropriate and pragmatic solutions through the use of problem solving skills, tools and techniques
• Maximise the use of the labour and skills available by being flexible in terms of work allocation and scheduling within the team
• In consultation with the appropriate personnel, be able to correctly prioritise the work load for the overall benefit of the site performance
• Must be able to work to agreed deadlines where necessary
• Must be willing to work under the guidance of departmental and site KPI's to maximise business performance

What we need from you

• Educated to ONC standard (or equivalent) or higher in mechanical engineering (and electrical if dual skilled)
• Post apprenticeship, preferably in a high volume manufacturing environment (Food environment preferable)
• A proven practitioner of preventative maintenance, predictive maintenance, problem solving and continuous improvement skills
• Must have a proven ability in diagnostic fault finding under pressure of production
• Familiar with TPM principles including 5S
• Use of CMMS (computerised maintenance management systems) ideally SAP, but not essential

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