Senior Maintenance Engineer

Description:

Overview: Retained by our client, a leading injection moulding manufacturer of automotive components we are recruiting for a Senior Maintenance Engineer to join their team.

Benefits:

* Company pension scheme

* On site canteen

* Free on-site parking

* Opportunity to join an established & growing team

Remit:

* As a Senior Maintenance Engineer, you will lead the maintenance team to ensure that all machinery is checked, maintained and serviced to ensure continuous and safe running to reduce incidents and breakdowns.

* The successful Senior Maintenance Engineer will have experience working in a similar role, with working knowledge of injection moulding machines & automation.

Role:

* Be proactive in setting PPM schedules and organising the maintenance team on machine down-time projects for planned maintenance activities.

* Organise maintenance / servicing & commissioning jobs for the maintenance department staff.

* To undertake planned maintenance on designated equipment to maintain and improve production efficiency.

* Identify the root cause of breakdowns and faults on machinery.

* Perform safety checks and routine maintenance.

* Repair and replace defective parts as required.

* Implement continuous improvement activities.

* Ensuring that all staff are observing safety procedures and housekeeping processes.

* Ensure the planning and resourcing of staff, materials, technical support of day-to-day activities to meet the manufacturing demand.

* Ensure KPIs are being met.

* Regular reporting of status on all engineering activities such as machine breakdowns, non-breakdowns, preventative maintenance, projects, etc.

* Analyse regular failures and provide long term solutions.

* Provide support and expertise to projects requiring engineering input.

* Carry out day to day hands on activities to reduce plant downtime.

Experience & Requirements:

* Apprentice trained with a relevant qualification in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

* Have previous working knowledge of injection moulding machines and automation.

* A good working knowledge of PLCs, robotics, hydraulics, pneumatics and electronic/electrical automation controls.

* People management experience is essential.

* Experience with lean manufacturing techniques such as OEE,5s, Kaizen

* Have a good awareness of health and safety in the workplace

* Effective communication skills

* Be highly self-motivated, demonstrate passion, and be a team player with a flexible and ‘can-do’ attitude and the ability to work under pressure within tight deadlines.

Key Words: “Maintenance Supervisor”, “Maintenance Manager”, “Senior Maintenance Engineer”, “Head of Maintenance”, “Engineering Manager”, “Maintenance Supervisor”, “Maintenance Engineer” “Electro- Mechanical Maintenance Engineer”, “Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer”, “Plastics”, “Injection Moulding”, “Automotive”

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Technical Engineering & Manufacturing Recruitment Specialist – Plastics, Packaging & Precision Engineering

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