Site Maintenance Engineer

About the role

We're actively recruiting for a Maintenance Engineer with a mechanical bias at our site in Newcastle. The focus of this role is to deliver a world-class service in a fast-paced environment to delight our customers and grow our business. The Engineering function is key to the success and continued improvement of our site operations.

In this role you'll be responsible for coordinating and conducting all routine preventive and reactive asset maintenance to ensure safe operation and equipment reliability to meet production demands. You will ensure work is completed safely according to company and legislative standards, to the required quality and workmanship in the time allotted.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Ensuring all site manufacturing and equipment is fully compliant with respect to technical safety legislation, testing and inspections
• Tracking, analysing and reporting asset reliability performance and issues to identify maintenance and equipment improvement needs
• Leading on asset and equipment technical issues, resolution through fault finding and problem solving with the support of manufacturing resources, OEM's and contract service providers
• Management of contractors on site, including issuing of work permits and ensuring site policies are complied with
• Management of site's Repairs and Maintenance budget
• Identification of critical spares, ordering and maintaining inventory to agreed stock levels
• Maintaining site and equipment housekeeping in compliance to agreed standards
• Supporting capital project plans including site preparation work, equipment installation and commissioning, technical training and planning and scheduling of asset life-cycle plans.
• Hands on technical support for site improvement initiatives

The working hours for this role are 08:00 - 16:00 Monday to Thursday, and 08:00 - 13:30 on Fridays.

About you

• Fully qualified Mechanical Maintenance Technician, accredited to a minimum NVQ Level 3 or BTEC
• Electrical Engineering knowledge is highly advantageous
• A strong working knowledge of continuous improvement/operational excellence delivering using 5S, Lean Manufacturing and Root Cause Problem Solving
• Knowledge of using Microsoft tools, particularly Excel
• Ability to manage workload as the Engineering expert on site
• Experience within Manufacturing, particularly FMCG, would be desirable
• SAP experience would be advantageous

Benefits

• Salary up to £40,000, dependent on experience
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme
• Digital GP Service
• Sharesave scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Discounts
• Cycle to work scheme

Location: Killingworth, NE12 6DY