Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Posted 09/04/2024 by Reed Engineering
Electrically biased Maintenance Engineer - Panama shift pattern
Job Summary
Responsible for the electrical engineering maintenance activities within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment. Providing a proactive service which contributes towards reducing downtime, improving plant performance and reliability using preventative and predictive maintenance methods and techniques.
You will be highly motivated, with a 'can do' attitude towards your work, as well as having a degree of flexibility to help meet business needs and market demands.
You will be a major exponent of Health and safety practices, with a strong focus towards work quality and plant standards.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Carry out both re-active and pro-active maintenance tasks, working primarily within Forge and Conditioning Departments; working on forge machinery, gas-fired furnaces, overhead cranes, bandsaws, heat treatment bays, precision machines, etc.
- You will be required to understand electrical systems and be able to diagnose problems/plant faults constructively and accurately.
- Take part in the development, creation and implementation of PPM schedules to achieve maximum machine availability.
- Record daily activities and creation of work orders within a CMMS (Pirana), as well as using the system to assist with any fault diagnosis.
- Attend and contribute towards daily and weekly planned maintenance meetings/plant priority reviews.
- Identify/specify and order critical parts using the companies internal system.
- Contribute towards the control and improvement of critical spares requirements.
- Ensure that all parts required are booked out correctly and recorded as necessary.
- Work with specialist OEM service engineers where required.
- Facilitate lean ways of working to minimise waste and maximise efficiency, ensuring departmental objectives are achieved.
- To participate in training and upskilling activities to help maintain and improve your site and technical knowledge.
- Undertake any other tasks, which are reasonable in relation to the skills, knowledge and experience.
- Able to perform safety & quality risk assessments and work.
- Adhere to standard safe practices and procedures, environmental and legislative requirements.
Skills Experience and Qualification
Desirable
- A relevant vocational qualification e.g. NVQ,ONC, HNC, HND, C&G or an appropriate apprenticeship.
- Some mechanical experience/qualification or the willingness to undertake mechanical cross skilling training.
- Experience of furnace mechanics and their control systems would be advantageous although NOT essential
- Experience of rotary forging equipment & SIEMENS control systems would be advantageous although NOT essential
Demonstrable
- Experience within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment, although applicants from other industries would also be considered.
- Good fault finding and problem-solving skills essential - electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems.
- Ability to read and understand electrical and mechanical engineering drawings.
Please note this role also includes a bonus of up to 10% OTE £59,220
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- ASAP
- Contract Length:
- N/A
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- Job Reference:
- X3-1032123_1712653457
- Job ID:
- 221437617
- Applications:
- Less than 10
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