Mechanically (biased) Maintenance Engineer (time served apprenticeship)

£50, 100

Panama Shift Pattern (days and nights)

*no sponsorship provided*

A bit about the role:

To support the Team Leader in achieving business and departmental goals/objectives by performing reactive, predictive and planned maintenance on all site and facilities as required.

What you’ll do:

* Carry out the daily maintenance tasks as allocated by either the Assistant Team Leader or Team Leader on fixed plant covering a diverse range of electrical, control, hydraulic pneumatic and mechanical systems that are subject to infinite variety of breakdowns that can occur at any time.

* To ensure all daily planned and routine work is completed and to ensure that all breakdowns are attended to and rectified in a line with departmental objectives in a safe manner, causing minimum downtime and preventing business disruption.

* Mentor and manage the apprentices, ensuring they work safely, and assist them in achieving their required practical experience for their course work.

* Assist the Team Leader/ Assistant Team Leader to Ensure recommended and additional spares where required are in the stores, recording and managing spares usage in line with stores procedures and the purchasing system.

* Assist lead, motivate, and discipline the team of apprentices, against departmental responsibilities, objectives and KPI, s (Key performance indicators).

* Promote continuous improvements and change through own initiatives.

* -Actively promote Health and Safety within the team ensuring standard activities have been assessed and have SOP’s written for them. (Standard operating procedures.)

* -Ensure an effective fault response service is available at all times in line with departmental objectives.

* -Maintain a hands on role to ensure technical and practical help is provided when necessary

* -Analyse performance in order to review team skills and therefore optimise performance levels.

* Must maintain the availability of business critical plant to prevent disruption.

* Ensure all relevant H&S regulations and safe systems of work are adhered to.

Who you are:

* A minimum of 5 years gained within an engineering role involving automated equipment.

* To understand why we are here, which is to provide a 1st class support in a heavily automated environment to operations.

* Has an accurate understanding of the engineering function and where it fits in the organization as a whole.

* Proven ability to work in a multiskilled team.

* Substantial Electrical/or Mechanical fitting skills and experience.

* Can effectively communicate within the team and with other cross functional departments.

* Heights-working on cranes up to 15M, working from fixed and mobile platforms and scaffolding, use of ladders and stairs for access, working on roofs.

* Working outside-occasional work outside on plant equipment and site facilities.

* Professional attitude with plenty of drive and enthusiasm.

Your Benefits:

* Competitive bonus scheme – we reward you when we succeed

* Company pension scheme which we’ll match up to 5% and if you put in 6% we’ll contribute 8%.

* Life Assurance

* You’ll receive 24 days plus bank holidays. Your holiday entitlement increases with length of service and you’ll potentially have the option to purchase an extra 10 days per year.

* Amazing colleague discount scheme across all our brands

* All PPE and Tools provided.

* Great training package provided