Multi Skilled Engineer

Multi Skilled Engineer

• Salary: £28,300 - £36,900

• Location: Cambridge, Papworth, Whittlesford

• Country: UK

• Business Unit: Operations

• Vacancy Type: Permanent

• Closing Date: 10 July 2022

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation, and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

We are currently recruiting for a highly motivated Multi-Skilled Engineer to deliver planned maintenance, service and reactive repair work for all electro-mechanical equipment within our Group Print and Operations distribution centre. Group Print & Operations fulfil our customer requirements across the world, printing, packing and despatching millions of examination items securely to our customers around the world. We are also responsible for managing the life changing scripts returned from our learners, preparing them for physical or digital assessment.

As Multi-Skilled Engineer you will have lots of room for innovation as you will also have responsibility for recommending and implementing continuous improvement ideas on a wide range of complex counting, packing, sorting, and material conveying equipment.

Our mission is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. Which is why every year, we give vital support to millions of people in more than 170 countries around the world. From teachers and learners to researchers and academics, we help to build confidence, unlock potential, and enable success. We give people the opportunity to show what they've learnt, we spread knowledge, spark enquiry, and aid understanding.

We achieve this by embracing change, and continuously focusing on our customers' needs. And by collaborating, and carefully listening to our customers and to each other, we keep moving forward, keep innovating, and keep finding newer and better ways of doing things.

The Role

Maintenance activities:

• Deliver periodic and condition based preventive maintenance ensuring high levels of equipment reliability and maximising efficiency
• Ensure maintenance records are maintained accurately on CMMS system
• Conduct 1st level reactive service and repair work, diagnosing issues in a prompt and efficient manner
• Contribute to the design and continuous improvement of overall maintenance schedule and strategy

Other duties:

• Provide engineering expertise in the design and delivery of continuous improvements to all electro-mechanical equipment
• Responsible for ensuring appropriate technical spare parts and consumables are available
• Undertake risk assessment for own and managed activities and perform safety assessment of electro-mechanical equipment to ensure highest levels of safety are achieved

About you

You will be a qualified electrical technician with a good all-round knowledge and practical ability in mechanics/pneumatics/hydraulics. You will be qualified to at least an ONC/HNC or equivalent standard in Engineering with complimentary Health and Safety experience and IOSH training/certification.

In addition, it would be desirable to hold the Level 3 Award in the Requirements for Electrical Installations BS7671:2018 (2382), but training will be provided for an applicant with suitable qualifications/aptitude (above) and the ability to pass the examination requirements.

You will be computer literate (preferably with experience of using MS Office and CMMS systems) and have excellent problem solving and analytical fault-finding skills.

Above all you need to be highly motivated, capable of working independently and be able to work in a team. You will support the wider engineering team carry out their duties and act as a mentor and role model for your colleagues.

The key to our work is our colleagues, whose shared commitment enables us to have an ever-greater impact. We are a united, vibrant, and respectful global community of people, and we ensure that every individual is recognised, listened to, and cared for. And because our impact is amplified when our people are empowered, we give everyone the opportunity to develop in their own way. Whether you want a career that's linear, or want to follow your own path, we'll support you, and help give you the resources and training you'll need to be bold and take ownership of what you do.

Benefits

In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class rewards package that will help you to live well at work, and outside of it. You'll find a wide range of benefits and policies, from family-friendly incentives, to a generous pension, to discounts on everyday shopping. Our benefits promote financial security, personal wellbeing and a reduced environmental impact. See a full list of benefits on our careers site.

The closing date for applications is 10th July 2022 and interviews are scheduled to take place on week commencing 18th July 2022.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe that diversity of thought, background, and approach create better outcomes. More importantly, fostering an inclusive culture is the right thing to do, and it's part of how we achieve our purpose: to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. Ensuring that anyone, no matter who they are, feels they belong here is an essential part of who we are and the contribution we make to society, and to our planet.

To enable an environment which our people can thrive in, our customers benefit from, and where work complements life, we empower everyone to manage their time and capacity, and to prioritise their wellbeing. That's why from day one everyone at Cambridge University Press & Assessment can discuss flexible working options to find the best solution for them and their role.