Lead Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Lead Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Wigan (Standish or Pemberton Site)

Monday to Friday from 8am to 4.30pm

Salary Depending on Experience

The Role:

This role is to support the Maintenance Manager in leading the direct and wider teams to support the effective running of production. Direct day-to-day supervision of technicians is required whilst also seeing projects through from concept to delivery.

Responsibilities:

-             Ensure that the internal CMMS is promoted and utilized with detailed inputs by all team members

-             Effectively deputise for the Maintenance Manager as required

-             Monitor equipment condition, reporting abnormalities and risks 

-             Set clear priorities and ensure the function is well organised, with resource focused effectively on preventative maintenance and opportunities of greatest importance to the business

-             Identify replacement parts and order via approved channels

-             Undertake management of change requests for approval when replacements are not like-for-like

-             Ensure all tasks are completed safely whilst always looking at ways to improve, audit personnel task completion and feedback when standards are below expectations

-             Confidence in diagnosing issues across a range of equipment whilst working with cross functional teams to support investigations

-             Ensure timelines for equipment overhauls and return to service are communicated clearly, concisely and persuasively

-             Use data to drive decision making

-             Effectively manage team members ensuring that training and development needs are identified and actioned

The Candidate:

Essential:

• Proven experience in a maintenance role within a manufacturing environment
• Completed an Electrical or Mechanical apprenticeship
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong technical fault-finding and problem-solving abilities
• Experience working within highly regulated environments
• Strong commitment to health, safety, and maintaining the highest standards of work

Desirable:

• BEng (Hons) Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Essential:

• COMPEX Certification
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations Qualification

Benefits:

• 33 days - includes bank holiday entitlement
• Company pension - Company contributes 3% and the employee contributes 5%
• Healthcare - Eligible for BUPA cover after 6 months probationary period
• Life Assurance

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