Maintenance Technician

Tesco PLC; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Milton Keynes seeks an experienced engineer for maintenance of mechanical, electrical, and electronic systems within its refinery and packaging areas. This role emphasizes proactive maintenance and project involvement, requiring multi-skilled engineering expertise and knowledge of safety procedures. Candidates should possess an HNC or NVQ 4 in engineering or similar. Join a dynamic team investing in new technology and improvement projects.

Qualifications

• Comparable experience of maintenance within an automated continuous process environment.
• Experience of Predictive/Preventative maintenance techniques and regimes.

Responsibilities

• Carry out plant isolations and maintenance responsibility.
• Plan daily/weekly workload with the Area Maintenance Leader.
• Supervise maintenance activities and conduct plant improvement projects.

Skills

Multi-skilled across a range of engineering trades

Knowledge of Health, Safety & environmental systems

Fault-finding skills

Experience of planning and organizing engineering tasks

Education

HNC/NVQ 4 in an engineering discipline

BTEC/ONC in relevant discipline

Job description

As part of this role you will either be involved with our Refinery Plant or Packaging area depending on skills and experience. We can offer a great opportunity to work on a variety of machinery at scale. We are also implementing a new £1m line into the factory and investing in our engineering team.

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.
• 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.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Multi-skilled across a range of engineering trades.
• Knowledge of Health, Safety & environmental systems & procedures.
• Experience of planning and organising engineering tasks often involving contractor resources.
• Fault-finding skills.

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.