Maintenance Technician

ASR Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sugar refining company seeks a Maintenance Technician to ensure optimal plant performance and reliability. The ideal candidate will manage and supervise maintenance activities, demonstrate problem-solving skills, and have experience in predictive and preventative maintenance. Qualifications include an HNC/NVQ in engineering and familiarity with automated processes. The position is based at the Thames and Plaistow Sites.

Qualifications

• Experience of maintenance in an automated continuous process environment.
• Experience of Predictive/Preventative maintenance techniques.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective maintenance service to all equipment.
• Plan and schedule daily/weekly workload with the Maintenance Leader.
• Supervise maintenance activities and manage contractors.

Skills

Health and Safety knowledge

Problem solving

Communication skills

Multi-skilled engineering

Education

HNC/NVQ 4 in engineering

BTEC/ONC in relevant discipline

Job description

ASR Group is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products.

Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Location: Thames and Plaistow Sites

Reports To: Maintenance Supervisor or Manager

Company Description

ASR Group is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico. In the European Union, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England, Portugal and Italy. ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize. The company’s brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino, C&H, Redpath, Tate & Lyle, Lyle’s and Sidul.

Position Scope

Provision of an effective maintenance service to all plant/equipment used within the refining and packing areas, with emphasis on the improving plant availability & reliability.

Detailed Roles & Responsibilities

• Meet or better all Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental targets.
• Carry out plant isolations.
• Maintenance responsibility for all mechanical, electrical and electronic systems employed within the Process, Packing, Utilities and Jetty sections.
• Carry out reactive maintenance when required by plant priorities.
• Progress to agreed maintenance plans.
• To plan, schedule & agree daily/weekly workload with the Area Maintenance Leader, incorporating Preventative, Predictive and improvement activities.
• Plan plant insurance inspections liaising with the insurance inspector when required.
• Complete plant improvement projects as time allows.
• Supervise maintenance activities optimizing available on site resources and contractors to ensure expedient, high quality repairs, servicing and improvement projects.
• Liaise with contractors and manage RAMS and PTW.
• Supervise cleaning resources to maintain plant hygiene.
• Administer and review SAP maintenance system for budgeting, historical trend & reliability analysis, and in order to maintain accurate SAP inventories.
• Provide where necessary HT cover for the site following the appropriate training and assessment.
• Undertake detailed RCA on component failures, generating and implementing modifications & improvements to address reliability and performance issues within the plant.
• Provide cost estimates for improvement projects and generate capital requests for these projects.
• Participate in capital projects at all stages of implementation through to commissioning including pre-delivery inspections & installation of new plant for area of responsibility.
• Meet with suppliers or potential suppliers and carry out audits/visits to suppliers’ premises when required.
• Mentor, train and advise on engineering practices and Maintenance issues at all levels.
• Plant reliability measured in up time, OEE & lost opportunity.
• Performance against job specific KPM’s
• Self-motivated with desire for continual personal development.
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills.
• Demonstrates ability for problem solving and providing long-term solutions.
• Multi-skilled across a range of engineering trades.
• Knowledge of Health, Safety & environmental systems & procedures
• Experience of planning and organizing engineering tasks often involving contractor resources.

Essential Work Experiences

• Comparable experience of maintenance within an automated continuous process environment, which may include PLC and/or HT systems.
• Experience of Predictive/Preventative maintenance techniques and regimes.

Essential Education Requirements

• Preferably an HNC/NVQ 4 in an engineering discipline, at least BTEC/ONC in relevant discipline.

At Tate & Lyle Sugars, our goal is to be the most admired sweetener Company. Our values include:

• Service Excellence: Be the industry's Gold Standard by a relentless focus on reliability, providing products with superior quality and excellent customer services.
• Efficiency and Sustainability: Eliminate inefficiency to be a sustainable, low cost producer and to generate fuel for reinvestment.
• Value-Add: create strategic advantage and enhanced profitability through value-added products and services.
• Talent and Culture: build, retain and motivate a winning team.