Multiskilled Engineer

Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer

Circa £42,000

Days and Nights rotating

Stockton-on-Tees

James Grace Technical is proudly working in partnership with a well-established manufacturing company who produce packaging for the food industry. An opportunity has arisen for a Multiskilled engineer to join their team based in Stockton-on-Tees. The ideal candidate will come from a packaging, food or FMCG background and will have a 50/50 or 60/40 electrical bias.

Multiskilled engineer/ Stockton-on-Tees /Rotating shifts/ Manufacturing

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out planned maintenance activities as scheduled by the maintenance plan
• Attend and repair breakdowns as required, and report all actions carried out and any further actions required
• Report in a comprehensive manner, all work activities carried out on a daily/shift basis
• Be proactive in preventing equipment failures and improving overall equipment performance by generating and implementing ideas and modifications
• Provide a service that meets agreed service levels, including minimising downtime and communicating effectively with relevant personnel
• Provide a service that meets food packaging standards, whilst maintaining standards of housekeeping and personal hygiene
• Maintain and help improve health and safety standards and ensure that staff work in a safe environment by eliminating, minimising, and controlling risks to themselves and others.
• Cooperate with contractors and as far as possible ensure their adherence to site rules, health and safety and food safety standards
• Undertake training as required to further enhance individual’s skills and knowledge so that the level of support to the front-line operations remains effective and efficient
• Train others if required so that they can carry out their expected work duties to the required standards
• Identify performance issues and implement appropriate and pragmatic solutions using problem-solving skills, tools and techniques.
• In consultation with the appropriate personnel, be able to correctly prioritise the workload for the overall benefit of the site performance
• Must be able to work to agreed deadlines where necessary
• Must be willing to work under the guidance of departmental and site KPI’s to maximise business performance

Key Requirements:

• Time-served with an electrical or mechanical bias or NVQ Level 3/HNC
• Experience working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, packaging experience would be an advantage
• Must have proven ability in diagnostic fault finding under pressure of production
• Experience in PLC Control systems, and PLC fault finding experience in servo drivers and RS Networks (including Ethernet, Device Net communications) would be beneficial.
• Many day-to-day activities are mechanical, but some electrical experience and background is essential
• Familiarity with the use of PC equipment is essential
• Proven experience of working with the AB Powerflex range of AC Inverters
• Familiar with TPM principles including 5S. Use of computerised maintenance management systems would be an advantage but not essential
• Responsible for the maintenance of all the site
• If electrical bias, 18th Edition certification for electrical work would be advantageous
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of team

Salary and Hours:

• Salary is dependent on experience ranging from £(phone number removed)
• Overtime paid at time and a half
• 3 on 3 off rotating days and nights with the hours of work being 7am-7pm, 7pm -7am.
• 24 days holiday
• After 3 months - Auto-enrolment Royal London Pension (currently 5% employee & 3% employer)
• After 6 months - Health plan covering dental, optical, physio and counselling services
• After 6 months - Life Assurance 1 x Basic salary

If you are interested in this position please contact (url removed) or click ‘apply’ with your most recent CV to register your interest.