Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
Posted 10/04/2024 by Proftech Talent
Job Description - Mechanical Maintenance Technician
1. The Role - Summary
The Mechanical Maintenance Technician will have responsibility to keep our complex critical plant and equipment running, within our state-of-the-art ISO Class 8 environment. Ensuring maximum Operational throughput and minimum plant downtime.
2. Key tasks and responsibilities
- Maintaining plant and machinery to a high standard through PPM.
- Trouble shooting and mechanical problem solving.
- Fault finding, diagnostics and repairs.
- Pro-actively finding ways to improve line performance.
- Assisting production with line clearance cleans.
- Reassembling equipment and returning to running order, including motors, pumps, gear boxes, bearings, shafts, Pneumatics, and drive belts.
- Attending breakdowns, identifying fault conditions, and rectifying repairs.
- Evaluating, implementing, and commissioning solutions in line with identified PUWER risk assessments.
- Mechanical strip and re-build down to component level.
- Engineering fabrication utilising Workshop equipment, machining & welding capability.
- Supervising contractors when carrying out work on site.
- Responsible for receiving Permits to Work and ensuring engineering work is carried out to all internal and external Health, Safety and Environmental Legislation and Engineering standards.
- Ability to read mechanical drawings.
- Any other duties as required.
3. Compliance responsibilities
- Ensure compliance of engineering activities to relevant medical device standards so that those activities are performed in accordance with approved procedures.
- To follow all associated quality, health, safety and environmental procedures.
- Assist CAPA investigation and resolutions where an engineering input is required.
- Ensure all documents and records are completed in compliance with regulatory requirements.
4. Key skills / abilities
· A degree in Mechanical Engineering is desirable, minimum HNC Mechanical Engineering.
- Previous experience of working in food, pharma, packaging, or medical device sector.
- Ability to demonstrate strong mechanical aptitude in a fast-paced F.M.C.G. environment.
- Strong understanding of pumps, motors, pneumatics, mechanical drive belts, conveyors is necessary.
- Working knowledge of steam boilers and compressors.
- Ability to undertake site facilities minor projects including plumbing, heating, and associated building works.
- Ability to solve problems, fault find in a systematic way, making effective use of theoretical knowledge.
- The ability to work as a team member and possess good interpersonal and effective communication skills to influence and keep others informed.
- Ability to work efficiently, accurately, and able to meet agreed deadlines.
- Ability to innovate and challenge the status quo.
- Experience of working in a highly regulated environment.
- Ability to prioritise workloads and work under own initiative.
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- asap
- Contract Length:
- perm
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- Job Reference:
- 894885_1712741673
- Job ID:
- 221445884
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