Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Blackburn - £48,000 

4 on 4 off (2 days/2 nights)

The latest you will ever work on a Saturday shift is 2pm.

Job Purpose:

A highly respected and well known brand name is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to ensure machinery downtime remains minimal and proactively improve efficiencies across site.

• Work as part of a small team of multi-disciplined engineers
• Ensure breakdowns are attended to in a timely manner and follow strict escalation procedures
• Undertake PPM's on equipment
• Action repairs and ensure all measures taken are recorded so recurrent faults can be recognised
• Minimise the amount of downtime suffered by identifying repeat issues and assisting in creation of new PPM`s to reduce repeat breakdowns
• Comply with all health, safety and environmental policies and procedures
• Champion H&S matters as delegated by the Head of Engineering or Engineering Lead
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes and practices

Skills & Experience Required

• Strong Electrical and Mechanical knowledge
• FMCG background would be advantageous
• Engineering apprenticeship & associated qualifications such as BTEC ONC, HNC, HND in Electrical Engineering is essential
• Ideally, IEE qualification up to 18^th/17th edition Wiring Regulations

• PLC fault finding experience/Process control knowledge
• Competent in building electrical control systems from switchgear through to software implementation would be advantageous
• Have a good understanding of HACCP, COSHH and GMP principles
• You will also possess excellent communication skills, demonstrate assertiveness and decision-making skills and have a positive attitude to your work
• Root Cause Analysis exercises & minimising downtime
• Multi-skilled in both electrical and mechanical engineering
• CMMS experience
• Ability to deploy and execute the preventative maintenance strategy for the site
• Driven to deliver solutions, ideas and innovations in a positive and pragmatic way

Benefits

• 21 days holiday
• Saturday night always off
• Staff discount on products
• Good team environment within a fast growing and well established business that is continuing to invest in the company and people

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