Mechanical Area Engineer

Groupe SAICA; Carrington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Saica Group is recruiting for a Mechanical Area Engineer to manage and delivery the mechanical maintenance function across the assigned area. You will lead maintenance planning, fault-finding, and improvements while ensuring H&S and regulatory compliance and supporting safe, reliable plant operation.

The role requires collaboration across disciplines, overseeing RAMS and SOP development, and driving improvements in maintenance strategies with a focus on asset reliability and cost effectiveness

Qualifications

• NVQ in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in maintenance planning and reliability improvements.
• Strong knowledge of H&S and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate maintenance activities in assigned area.
• Lead root cause analysis and RCA investigations.
• Create and update SOPs, RAMS and work instructions.
• Manage subcontractors and external maintenance suppliers.
• Schedule and supervise shutdowns and on-call support.
• Maintain Maximo master data and generate maintenance reports.

Skills

Maintenance planning

H&S compliance

Root Cause Analysis

Troubleshooting

Reliability improvement

Contractor management

Maximo data

Education

NVQ Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Maximo

Job description

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Best practice maintenance strategies and techniques are implemented to maximise asset availability, performance and reliability.Maintenance activities are delivered efficiently and effectively to support safe and reliable operation.Carry out maintenance, fault-finding and improvement activities across a range of mechanical and hydraulic equipment, developing a broad understanding of the equipment and process within the assigned area.Work collaboratively across disciplines and areas, whilst providing support and technical expertise wherever required.Site wide Focus of Hydraulic Systems Preventative, Fault-finding and aid in Rectification.Main Responsibilities:Health & SafetyFollow the Site H&S procedures, practices and propose improvements.Report any problems and issues immediately following site procedures.Promote site H&S standards and challenge where necessary.Lead H&S investigations.Undertake allocated H&S actions.Ensure awareness of current legislative and statutory requirements to maintain site compliance.Audit site maintenance activities to ensure site safety standards are followed.EnvironmentalResponsible for environmental aspects in assigned area.Follow the site environmental procedures, practices and propose improvements.Report any problems and issues immediately by using the site procedures.Ensure site environmental critical equipment is maintained to relevant Mechanical standard.QualityEnsure site quality critical equipment is maintained to relevant Mechanical standard.Suggest innovations to ensure customer satisfaction is guaranteed.Audit quality of site maintenance activities.Specific Tasks: (this list is not exhaustive)Maintenance OperationsSupports Area Responsible in maintenance planning in more complicated cases with long term impact.Identifying spare parts requirements and technical specifications for maintenance work.Identify and search alternative spare parts, if parts are not available at site.Creation of Saica MRF form for non-stock spare parts and materials.Follow up spare part and material purchase process.Support Area Responsible in daily activities, when required.Creation of Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) for repetitive work.Creation of Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS) for maintenance work.Reviewing and updating work instructions.Review Maximo master data content and coordinate data update projects within own responsibility area with Maximo admin.Define update requirements for Maximo master data.Create and follow Maximo data requests.Follow up of maintenance measures (KPI’s) and agree required actions with Area Responsible.Creating and updating work orders in Maximo.Troubleshooting and communicate with production about troubleshooting cases.Act as a supervisor during a shutdown.Supervision of shutdowns and evaluating work execution time schedules.Inform shutdown leader of any delays or change needs of shutdown works during a shutdown.Provide required information and proposed solutions to shutdown leader of shutdown plan changes during a shutdown.Development of maintenance working methods and practices within own responsibility area.Ensure implementation of new working methods and practices within own responsibility area.Planning of tasks in relation based on cost and impact.Requesting quotations from service companies and external maintenance providers.Defining scope and requirements for maintenance services and external maintenance suppliers.Requesting quotations from Maintenance Services and external maintenance suppliers.Management of Contractor management files.Evaluation of specialist support needs within own responsibility area.Defining and identifying companies for specialist/expert support.Requesting quotation from specialist support companies.Defining scope and requirements for specialist support.Organization and coordination of specialist onsite visits.Execute activities given by solid line supervisor.Participate in on-call support.Lead and manage the maintenance technicians within the assigned areaMaintain active oversight of maintenance activities within assigned areaTake ownership of quality and effectiveness of maintenance workActively support in unplanned or breakdown maintenance activities.ReliabilityFacilitate Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations.Support and participate RCA and failure mode analysis.Responsible to implement given actions from RCA.Support integration of a reliability centred maintenance program.Support development and improvement projects within responsibility area.Support and cooperation of reliability issues with mill reliability specialist and development team within own responsible area.Identification of maintenance improvements and preparation of improvement projects.Optimise preventive and predictive maintenance programs within own responsibility area.Follow preventive and predictive maintenance performance within own responsibility area.Create action plan with Area Responsible and mill reliability specialist based on data analyses and studies.Create life time estimation of assets within responsibility area and define long term maintenance strategy for these assets.Maintain and develop long term service plan and requirements for critical assets within own responsibility area including major repairs and high cost maintenance of assets.Cost awareness of area maintenance activities.Work Experience:EngineeringEducation:NVQ (National Vocational Qualification): Mechanical EngineeringWorker Type:RegularWhy choose UsBy joining the Saica Group, you're choosing more than a job – you're choosing a purpose-driven career that aligns with your values. You'll collaborate with like-minded individuals to shape a sustainable future, making a meaningful contribution to our world.Saica Group is committed to Occupational Risk Prevention for its employees and partner companies, Environmental Protection, the Quality of its products and services, and Equal Opportunities between men and women. In our work, we strive to maintain a balance between professional and personal life.All CVs received will be handled in accordance with Personal Data Protection legislation and will be archived unless the candidate expressly requests their cancellation or rectification in writing.