Plant Project Engineer: Machinery Upgrades & Reliability

Meridian Business Support Ltd; Clyst St Mary; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual holiday

Secure on-site parking

Excellent contributory pension

Health care cash back plan

Life assurance

Company bonus scheme

Job summary

Meridian Business Support Ltd. is representing a fast-growing mechanical engineering facility seeking a Project Engineer to manage multiple projects.

You will oversee specification, sourcing, purchasing, installation and commissioning of new machinery, coordinating with contractors and internal teams to meet time and cost targets. The ideal candidate has strong project management skills, hands-on experience in mechanical and electrical systems, and a track record of delivering improvements in a

Qualifications

• Qualified to a HNC or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering with a minimum of 5 year's relevant technical experience within an Engineering environment.
• Ability to identify and solve root cause, repetitive reliability problems and write maintenance procedures
• Ability to collect and analyse overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) on critical equipment
• CAD experience, full Microsoft suite and ideally Oracle useful.

Responsibilities

• 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/mechanical 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

Root cause analysis

OEE analysis

Maintenance planning

Education

HNC in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD

Oracle

Microsoft Office

Job description

Meridian Business Support Ltd. is representing a fast-growing mechanical engineering facility seeking a Project Engineer to manage multiple projects.

You will oversee specification, sourcing, purchasing, installation and commissioning of new machinery, coordinating with contractors and internal teams to meet time and cost targets. The ideal candidate has strong project management skills, hands-on experience in mechanical and electrical systems, and a track record of delivering improvements in a