Maintenance Technician

Job Reference: WM – 2781

Location: Norfolk

Salary: Circa £40,000

Job Type: Permanent

Job Description

Maintenance Technician – Job Summary:

We’re supporting our client, a leading global Plastics Packaging manufacturer based in Norfolk, who are looking for a Maintenance Technician to join their growing team. The successful Maintenance Technician will have experience of Maintenance, Fault finding and problem solving.

Salary:                         Circa £40,000

Benefits:                     To be discussed at interview

Job Type:                    Permanent

Location:                    North Walsham, Norfolk

Job Start date:            ASAP

Responsibilities:

  • Health and Safety awareness ensuring a zero accident mentality.
  • Follow Best Practice Engineering and maintenance standards to comply with legislation and both local site and Group Best Practice
  • Maintenance performance to plan including recording, resolving and escalating issues to meet defined Quality Criteria.
  • Process control and continuous improvement Projects.
  • Risk assess, Document and communicate process/services modifications
  • Planned maintenance and manage Operator Asset Care to plan, including machine and services safety systems
  • Facilitating the training/mentoring/induction of colleagues.
  • Provide effective reactive, preventive, and corrective maintenance of the production and utility equipment and systems.
  • Effective fault finding and problem-solving.
  • Identification of replacement parts and work to ensure the most cost effective option
  • Working with other departments to ensure the business priorities are met.
  • Completion of work as requested by the authorized superior in accordance with the set quality criteria
  • Maintenance of a safe, clean, and tidy work area in cooperation with the other shift workers
  • Correct use of tools and adequate use of the personal protection equipment provided and to adhere to all occupational health & safety instructions given by the employer
  • Adherence to operational instructions and procedures, adherence to existing technical regulations and the statutory provisions and regulations
  • The job holder agrees to transition his/her workstation and structured handover to the maintenance engineer from the next shift in proper condition
  • Number of Health and Safety related Accidents and Incidents/audits non compliance
  • Quality standards within agreed levels.
  • OEE maintained at budgeted levels.
  • Adherence to Planned Maintenance programme
  • Process capability
  • Improvement projects impact
  • Time to fix issues
  • Workplace Organisation Standards.
  • Team Improvements to targets.
  • Training and development to plan.
  • Waste reduction initiatives.

About You:

  • Experience of maintenance or projects in manufacturing operations.
  • Process knowledge Moulding
  • Ability to train others.
  • Proactive in fault finding – mechanical and electrical
  • Mechanical qualification at approved and certified national competence level and Electrical qualification-18th edition would be desirable.
  • Ability to assess risk and work safely.
  • Ability to communicate.
  • Positive attitude with a desire to develop and progress.
  • A desire to meet and exceed customer expectations in terms of quality of product.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Continuous improvement desire.
  • Proactive and ability to problem solve effectively.
  • Flexibility and adaptability.

Job Application:

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