Electrical Shift Maintenance Engineer

Biffa; Barking; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Biffa is seeking an experienced maintenance professional to join our engineering team on site, performing preventative, reactive and corrective maintenance on plant equipment. You will help improve reliability, availability and capacity to meet manufacturing standards while ensuring compliance with UK regulations and ISO quality standards.

You will work four on, four off rotations (6am–6pm and 6pm–6am) and contribute to safety, environmental, and continuous improvement initiatives across the

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 Electrical/Electronic Engineering is essential.
• BS7671 18th edition is advantageous.
• Health and safety training; proof of experience is acceptable even if not in date.
• Familiar with continuous improvement (CI).

Responsibilities

• Providing a reactive and pro-active maintenance service on all operational equipment and facilities infrastructure.
• Liaise with external contractors for reactive maintenance and to schedule planned service maintenance; check RAMS, induct personnel, provide permits to work and oversee contractor works onsite.
• Executing planned maintenance (PMs, RMs & CMs) via a CMMS and ensuring timely completion of work.
• Participating in projects and continuous improvement by identifying deficiencies and recommending changes in training, practices and processes.
• Assist in CMMS administration (Frontline) to keep maintenance and stock records accurate.

Skills

Continuous improvement (CI)

Education

NVQ Level 3 Electrical/Electronic Engineering

BS7671 18th edition

Job description

Salary:up to £52,271.31 per annum

Working pattern:6am – 6pm and 6pm – 6am (Four on, four off rotation)

In this role you will form part of our engineering team onsite contributing to the internal & external preventative, reactive and corrective maintenance work on our plant equipment. Our goal as a team is to continuously improve machine reliability, availability & capacity to manufacturing standards.

Increase the site operational effectiveness, improve on project delivery, mean time between failure and downtime reduction, and manage and implement improvement plans, driving Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) ensuring that Health, Safety and Environmental requirements are adhered to.

Safety is at the heart of everything we do, and this role is no difference. You will liaise with the SHEQ team to resolve H&S, environmental, internal audits, GMP, COSHH and ISO quality issues. You’ll ensure all compliance checks are complete and correctly filed ensuring our site is operating in full compliance with UK regulations and Global manufacturing standards.

Your key responsibilities:

• Providing both a reactive and pro-active, highly skilled maintenance service on all operational equipment and facilities infrastructure
• Liaise with external contractors for reactive maintenance and to Schedule planned service maintenance. Request & check RAMS, induct personnel, provide permits to work and oversee contractor works onsite to ensure work is carried out safely
• Following and completing (signing off) planned maintenance (PMs, RMs & CMs) via a Computer Maintenance Management System and overseeing the adherence and timely completion of work carried out
• Actively participate in Projects, continuous improvement and modern manufacturing principals by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices and processes
• Assist in the administration of the CMMS (Frontline) to ensure its accuracy at all times. Frontline to be used for all maintenance and stock activities

Essential skills for this role:

• NVQ Level 3 Electrical/Electronic Engineering
• BS7671 18th edition (advantageous)
• Previous health and safety training - Does not need to be in date but proof of experience
• Familiar and worked with continuous improvement (CI)

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