Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Shillito Group
Birmingham
2 days ago
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Shift Maintenance Multiskilled Engineer

Job Description:
Reporting to the Lead Engineer, as Shift Maintenance Multiskilled Engineer, you will solely be based in Machine Shops onsite in Sheffield. You will be responsible for carrying out tasks as part of a maintenance team to ensure reliability of Plant and Equipment by undertaking planned preventative maintenance (PPM) ensuring that all supplies, materials and parts are available thus ensuring our equipment is working at its best while minimising the disruption to production where possible.


The scope of the job:
Shift Maintenance Multiskilled Engineer is responsible for the activities of the maintenance department relating to:

  • Equipment and Facilities breakdowns and corrective actions.
  • Planned, Preventative and Predictive Maintenance
  • Working to set objectives and specifications towards meeting key performance indicators (KPI) in the operational department
  • New project implementation and equipment installation support
  • Equipment condition appraisal, refurbishment and continuous improvement activity implementation
  • Development of personal skill sets and capabilities
  • Work closely with the Engineering Team to ensure the Planning of maintenance work within the department is conducted correctly.
  • Contribute and drive a continues improvement culture within their department

The responsibilities of the job:

  • To assist in the achievement of operational targets and schedules by ensuring equipment and facilities uptime and availability are maintained to/above agreed performance.
  • Liaise with Service Management and the Production department on a daily basis to resolve daily equipment operating concerns corrective actions to production priority requirements.
  • Lead and support effective diagnosis and analysis on equipment electronic, electrical and mechanical faults and problems and implement corrective actions to return equipment to operational availability with minimal downtime
  • Support equipment breakdown corrective actions across following shifts to ensure continuity of repair and minimisation of equipment downtime
  • Proactively follow up corrective actions with root cause analysis and permanent countermeasure activity and implement countermeasures to minimise potential reoccurrence of a repeat fault
  • Ensure relevant equipment parts stock is booked in and out of maintenance stock as required
  • Lead and support interdepartmental projects activity work as assigned
  • Covering holidays and absence of other maintenance engineers is expected on request of the Service Management team.

As per shift pattern (Morning 6am - 2pm) (Afters 2pm - 10pm) (Nights 10pm - 6am) 40 hours per week. (including hour and hour break per shift) Max shift 12 hours
Salary:
£23.08 hour
Additional: Any additional hours paid at a rate of £23.08 hour

Please apply for immediate consideration

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