Plant Engineer

Howmet Aerospace; Exeter; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Howmet Aerospace in Exeter seeks an electrically biased Plant/Project Engineer to ensure maintenance and improvements across equipment, services, buildings, and infrastructure. The role operates on a day shift and reports to the Plant Engineering Manager.

Responsibilities include sourcing machines, supervising contractors, creating project plans, driving cost reductions, and improving reliability. CAD, Oracle/CMMS experience, and OEE analysis are valued assets.

Qualifications

• Qualified to a HNC or equivalent in Electrical or Controls Engineering with a minimum of 1 year’s relevant technical experience within an Engineering environment.
• Ability to identify and solve to root cause, repetitive reliability problems and write maintenance procedures
• CAD experience, business system experience such as Oracle, CMMS, Automation experience would be advantageous
• Ability to collect and analyse overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) on critical equipment
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Aware of Microsoft Project.
• Multiskilled or experienced in both electrical and mechanical disciplines would be an advantage
• Good communication skills both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Identify, specify, sourcing, and purchasing machines and equipment.
• Supervise sub-contractors, ensuring project implementation to time and cost whilst complying with all Company and H&S requirements.
• Create project plans to support machine rearrangement, equipment installation, improvement, and cost reduction projects.
• Identify and implementing cost reduction and method improvement opportunities.
• Purchasing parts and equipment for improvement works, collating receipts and raising purchase requisitions.
• Carrying out plant engineering activities, with minimal supervision, across the site including building/electrical infrastructure and manufacturing equipment.
• Providing technical expertise, including data analysis, planning and execution to improve equipment availability and asset utilisation for the site.
• Identifying and making improvements to the reliability of equipment to reduce reoccurring faults and downtime.
• Assisting Maintenance undertaking fault finding across the plant and on the equipment.
• Implementing and driving reliability excellence (REX) on critical equipment.
• Creation and maintenance of technical files for new and existing equipment.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Controls engineering

Root cause analysis

CAD

Oracle/CMMS

OEE analysis

Microsoft Office

Electrical & mechanical multi-skill

Communication skills

Education

HNC in Electrical or Controls Engineering

Tools

Oracle CMMS

Microsoft Project

Job description

• Locations Alcoa Europe, Exeter, DEV, EX2 7LG, GB (On-site)
• Job Schedule Full time

Responsibilities

We are currently seeking an electrically biased Plant/Project Engineer to become part of our team. This role is critical to ensure that the manufacturing equipment, services, buildings & infrastructure are maintained and improved to meet the current and future demands of the business. The role operates on a day shift.

Your main responsibilities will include;

• Identifying, specifying, sourcing, and purchasing machines and equipment.
• Supervising sub-contractors, ensuring project implementation to time and cost whilst complying with all Company and H&S requirements.
• Creating project plans to support machine rearrangement, equipment installation, improvement, and cost reduction projects.
• Identifying and implementing cost reduction and method improvement opportunities.
• Purchasing parts and equipment for improvement works, collating receipts and raising purchase requisitions.
• Carrying out plant engineering activities, with minimal supervision, across the site including building/electrical infrastructure and manufacturing equipment.
• Providing technical expertise, including data analysis, planning and execution to improve equipment availability and asset utilisation for the site.
• Identifying and making improvements to the reliability of equipment to reduce reoccurring faults and downtime.
• Assisting Maintenance undertaking fault finding across the plant and on the equipment.
• Implementing and driving reliability excellence (REX) on critical equipment.
• Creation and maintenance of technical files for new and existing equipment.

This role will be based at Exeter full time, reporting to the Plant Engineering Manager

Qualifications

Qualified to a HNC or equivalent in Electrical or Controls Engineering with a minimum of 1 year’s relevant technical experience within an Engineering environment, however a development opportunity may be available for a candidate with other existing engineering qualifications and experience

Ability to identify and solve to root cause, repetitive reliability problems and write maintenance procedures

CAD experience, business system experience such as Oracle, CMMS, Automation experience would be advantageous

Ability to collect and analyse overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) on critical equipment

Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Aware of Microsoft Project.

Multiskilled or experienced in both electrical and mechanical disciplines would be an advantage

Good communication skills both written and verbal.