357 Electrical Shift Technician

Anderson McQue; Dublin; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Anderson McQue in Clondalkin, Dublin, are seeking an Electrical Shift Technician on a permanent basis. The role involves 4 blocks of 4 x 12.25h day shifts followed by 4 blocks of 4 x 12.25h night shifts, with rest days between blocks and repeat.

You will train across Predictive Maintenance, CMMS (Pemac), HV/LV distribution, turbines, boilers, diesel generators, pumps, and associated safety procedures. Leadership in complex fault resolution is expected and you may support emergency responses

Qualifications

• Analytical mindset required to troubleshoot complex plant faults.
• Six Sigma/Lean experience preferred to drive improvements.
• Craft qualified electrician with proven maintenance background.
• Experience in energy conversion and distribution is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day work with day technicians on-site, especially morning shift changeover.
• Be the point of contact for service providers and external contractors.
• Troubleshoot and investigate faults on utility plant equipment; perform root cause analysis.
• Carry out planned preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance.
• Develop/SOPs for plant equipment and PMs; ensure timely PM completion.
• Provide leadership in decision-making for plant operation and offline/offline planning.
• Support Site and HV engineers in root cause analysis and CAPEX/project handover.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Six Sigma/Lean

Leadership

HV and LV distribution experience

Education

Craft qualified electrician

Job description

Contract Duration/Type: Permanent Location: Clondalkin, Dublin Hours: Shift role: 4 blocks of 4 x 12.25h day shifts with 4 rest days in between each block, followed by 4 Blocks of 4 x 12.25h night shifts with 4 rest days in between each lock & Repeat

Overview of the role

The Electrical Shift Technician will train on all Processes and techniques across Predictive Maintenance, CMMS (Pemac), Reliability techniques, HV and LV distribution, Turbines, Boilers, Compressors, Diesel Generators, Pumps. The shift electrical technician may also be required to support the site in emergency situations outside of normal working hours.

Duties of the Role

• Coordinate the day-to-day work with day technicians on-site particularly morning shift changeover
• Be the point of contact for service providers
• Trouble-shooting and high-level investigation of utility plant equipment faults and failures – root cause analysis
• Compliance/quality engineering – recording and investigation of deviations on utility plant and equipment
• Carry out planned preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance as required
• Ensure PMs are completed on time
• Good knowledge and understanding of CMMS systems
• Develop PMs and Job Plans as well as SOPs for plant equipment.
• Liaising with site planner re stores to identify spare part requirements
• Review maintenance programme periodically to ensure optimal uptime levels are achieved
• Support and comply with all Safety procedures
• Experience with: HV and LV distribution. Electrical generation turbines, diesel generators, boilers and Fuel Oil storage and distribution systems. Industrial gas installations
• Be able to take a leadership role in decision-making as regards to plant operation and equipment suitability for operation
• Have sufficient knowledge of the plant to allow decision making in terms of taking plant offline, communicating with relevant people on site and be capable of identifying the action required to get plant back online or introduce back-up and standby systems
• Understand the actions to be taken in the event of a serious service outage
• Provide leadership and mentoring to the team in developing their capability to resolve complex plant deviations and failures
• Provide leadership and mentoring to team members in developing their capability to resolve complex plant deviations and failures
• Support the Site engineer & HV Engineer in carrying out Root Cause Analysis on plant failures to determine the sequence of events, the underlying root cause and assist in developing proposals to remedy the fault
• Provide support to capital improvement projects on utilities systems and be involved in the commissioning and hand over from projects to operations.
• Assist the Site Engineer & HV Engineer in planning and executing complex utility service isolations for maintenance, projects and client works
• Identify, develop and, if approved, implement Continuous Improvement measures to improve the efficiency of plant and working practices
• Seek to continuously improve knowledge and understanding of complex mechanical systems

Required skills for this role

• Analytical mindset
• Experience with six sigma/lean preferred
• Previous experience required, craft qualified electrician
• Past working experience ideally gained in energy conversion and distribution