Overview
Our Client is looking to recruit an engineer to work in a busy production environment, experience would be preferred but training will be provided for the appropriate candidate.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Identify and fix faults on mailing machines and associated equipment.
- Assist production in gaining best throughput speeds whilst reducing remake waste to continually improve efficiencies through production.
- Support all shifts in achieving the required and planned daily throughput ensuring all products produced meet agreed standards following company procedures and best practice.
- Report any Health and Safety matters immediately to Management and follow SSOW
- To comply with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and its associated policies.
- Effect repairs to mailing machines and associated equipment where necessary, such as mechanical/electrical fault repairs
- Maintain, support and service any piece of production associated equipment, mailers, guillotines, folding machines, book makers etc.
- Liaise with Production Management Teams on machine performance, problems and improvements.
- Provide ideas and feedback to the Production Management teams on machine problems
- Maintain proper administration of parts usage
- Communicate effectively, problems and solutions either written or verbally
- Communicate to relevant stakeholders information that can assist the site to have greater efficiency
- Be a strong continuous improvement leader, look for opportunities, report on successes and failures to stakeholders.
- Mentor machine operators, in order to enhance their operating skills
- To be pro-active at all times to help maximize productivity
- Highlight and bring to Managers attention any exposure or risk for the department or business
- Ensure a clear and precise handover is given to the oncoming shift team members
- To keep the workshop area clean and tidy at all times and comply with health and safety regulations
- Manage your breaks in line with machine production minimising unnecessary downtime
- Any other reasonable responsibility given to you by your manager.
Hours, Holidays and Compensation
Normal Hours of Business: 37.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday - 07:00 - 15:00. Thirty minute break. Overtime as and when required.
Holidays: 25 days, plus 8 Bank holidays.
Competitive Salary.
Skills / Experience
- Experience in a fast paced manufacturing environment.
- Good diagnostics skills
- Ability to follow electrical diagrams
- Can work as part of a team
- Proactive in offering improvements to current processes
- Ability to do board level repair preferred but not essential