Shift Engineer

Tate & Lyle Sugars; Greater London; On-site; GBP 62,761 - 76,708; Full time

Job summary

Tate & Lyle Sugars seeks a Maintenance Technician for their Thames and Plaistow Sites in Greater London. This role involves providing maintenance services to all plant and equipment, focusing on plant availability and reliability. Candidates should have experience in maintenance within automated continuous processes and ideally possess an HNC/NVQ Level 4 in an engineering discipline.

Offering a salary of £55,700 plus a shift allowance, the position requires a proactive approach to maintenance tasks, including planning, scheduling, and participating in capital projects. A commitment to safety and quality repair is essential.

Qualifications

• Comparable experience of maintenance within an automated continuous process environment.
• Experience of Predictive/Preventative maintenance techniques and regimes.
• Preferably an HNC/NVQ 4 in an engineering discipline.

Responsibilities

• Carry out plant isolations.
• Maintenance responsibility for all mechanical and electrical systems.
• Plan, schedule, and agree daily/weekly workload.
• Administer and review SAP maintenance system.
• Undertake detailed RCA on component failures.

Skills

Maintenance experience in automated continuous processes

Predictive/Preventative maintenance techniques

Experience with PLC and/or HT systems

Education

HNC/NVQ Level 4 in engineering discipline

BTEC/ONC in relevant discipline

Tools

SAP maintenance system

Job description

Job Title

Maintenance Technician

Location

Thames and Plaistow Sites

Reports To

Maintenance Supervisor or Manager

Shift

Mon-Fri: 1 week days, 1 week afternoons, 1 week nights

Salary

£55,700 + 24.3% shift allowance: £69,235

Position Scope

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

Detailed Roles & Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• Administer and review SAP maintenance system for budgeting, historical trend & reliability analysis, and in order to maintain accurate SAP inventories.
• 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.

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.