Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer Wigston

Role Title: Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer
Location: Wigston
Day Shift
GBP45,000 + 10% bonus

Why join our team?

An exciting day shift-based opportunity has arisen at our Wigston site for a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer. We would like to hear from dynamic individuals who have previous experience of maintaining and improving process and packaging equipment and are looking for a varied engineering role offering a competitive salary and good long-term career opportunities.
This is an opportunity for a highly responsible and confident individual to take on a highly visible role; providing full Technical Engineering support to production function under the leadership of the Area Engineering Manager and working alongside the production team.

What will be your key deliverables?

Primarily, to manufacture the company s product to an agreed specification in a cost effective and safe manner. The company produces a variety of products to meet customer needs. The daily focus for everyone needs to be on achieving the daily requirements right first time, in a safe factory environment at an improved ongoing cost. Other responsibilities include:

Train, assess competencies, mentor and support ATMs, Apprentices and Team Members with the development of engineering skills

As an engineering specialist input into team action plans & continuous improvement activities, especially ref OEE, Condition Based Monitoring (CBM), Tiered meetings, focused improvement (speedy kaizens) and workplace organisation (5S).

Accountability for the mechanical and electrical integrity of equipment by carrying out the following

Effective planned maintenance inspections as per plan, reviewing frequencies, parts used, recommending alternative parts/vendors, meantime between failure rates

Manage and recommend improvements to maintenance schedules

Overhaul and repair of plant

Complete stores requisitions for parts and contract services (on the SAP system or equivalent), including expediting deliveries with suppliers

Continually supervise plant conditions and report defects

Deliver a consistent and improving plant reliability through the effective management and monitoring of downtime, PPM conformance, engineering planning, use of SAP PM and elements of the engineering budget

Report and present all performance matters routinely, including trends and breakdown/fault data

Be a role model as the team champions of good engineering standards

Carry out safety checks on equipment in line with legislation and standard methodology

Report plant performance using appropriate company systems and ensure action on/communication of non-conformance issues

Manage engineering duties and tasks across the factory as deemed vital and suitable to reduce idle time

Consider and apply sustainability, waste minimisation and Energy consumption where appropriate.

What do you need for this role?

This is a multiskilled role & will require knowledge of both electrical & mechanical fields. It will also require an individual who can operate in various situations and environments. You will ideally have gained experience within an FMCG manufacturing environment; however we are open to speaking to engineers from other sectors for this role.
Experience of generic engineering equipment will be crucial, as well as the ability to clearly understand engineering drawings, symbols and notation. Acting efficiently under pressure in a fast paced and dynamic environment and make timely decisions is important. You will be proactive, and solution focussed with a drive to embed continuous improvement activities across the site.
You will need a proven engineering background through formal engineering qualification to at the least City & Guilds level, NVQ level 3 or have experience in Electrical Automation engineering preferably with mechanical engineering work. You will be excellent at working within a team and autonomously when required, with a confident communication style to empower and mentor colleagues to develop their engineering skills.
Additional crucial criteria for candidates:

Electrical Automation skills with Mechanical experience

Sophisticated PLC Skills (highly desirable)

Fault finding skills

Data analysis & interpretation skills

Risk assessment trained

Ability to train effectively

Technical report writing ability

Full understanding of safe working practices and relevant legislation where applicable

Numerical ability

Ability to follow instructions

Accuracy/attention to detail

Knowledge of COSHH