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Basic Salary is £40K Plus an annual On Call Allowance is £2K Per annum
For each on call worked = at least 4 hours overtime paid at time & 1/2 Monday to Thursday. Friday to Sunday Call Outs are paid at Double Time. Currently an average of 4 x call outs per month per Engineer.
Zenith People are working with our client who are recruiting for an experienced, Time-served Multi Skilled Maintenance Technician on a permanent basis.
The main purpose of the role is to provides engineering/ maintenance support by performing plant preventative maintenance, engineering support both during working hours and also out of hours support by working as part of an on-call roster (on call allowance when on call)
You will be responsible for electrical/ mechanical maintenance, repair and fault finding of plant and equipment.
* Fulfilling the requirements of the facility CMMS to reduce unplanned downtime and works towards improvement of OEE.
* Electrical/ mechanical fault finding, isolation and repair of equipment.
* Providing input into the electrical maintenance and operation of plant equipment.
* Carry out evaluation and risk assessments within all areas of the plant to ensure safe working methods and environment
* Ensure that plant critical spares are maintained at the required level.
* Identify suitable external resource when appropriate for routing maintenance activities or ongoing improvement projects.
* Use SAP to raise purchase requisitions as appropriate.
* Working on plant improvement initiatives and makes recommendations to reduce unplanned downtime.
* Working with suitable external engineering services as and when required to ensure safe and effective operation of plant equipment.
* Undertaking periodic training to ensure that maintenance activities are performed in compliance with best safe working practice and current legislation.
Qualifications & Skills Required
1. Minimum NVQ Level 3 - Previous practical experience working in High Volume Manufacturing Plant
2. Experience of maintaining and fault finding on the following types of equipment; PLC control, Variable Speed Drives, Conveyor Systems and Thermal processing equipment.
3. Familiar with the requirements of working within a GMP facility.
4. Excellent internal and external communications skills
5. Experience of working an on-call maintenance system.
If you are a time-served Maintenance Technician with PLC Fault Finding experience and would like to be considered for this vacancy please click apply now