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Location: Elland
Salary: up to £42,000 per annum (negotiable, depending on experience)
Hours: Rotational (6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm, 10pm-6am) contracted 38 hours per week, 8 hours shift Monday to Thursday and 6 hours shift on Fridays. NO CONTRACTED WEEKEND HOURS
Our client is an innovative manufacturer of woven and foam abrasive products as well as a distributer in the UK of coated abrasives.
Job Description
Reporting to the Engineering Supervisor, you will carry out, according to competency and with minimum supervision, those tasks necessary to achieve the objective of engineering maintenance and installation in accordance with the site HSE standards and desired site reliability and technical including:
- Must demonstrate a fundamental understanding of his/her particular core skill area.
- Carry out engineering activities in a safe manner, utilising appropriate PPE as specified.
- Be involved in all safety initiatives, i.e. audits, incident reporting, shutdown safety initiative, etc including use and engagement in site permit work procedures.
- Carry out planned maintenance activities in order to facilitate the move from breakdown to planned maintenance on site.
- Participate, as required, in the construction, installation and commissioning of approved plant modifications and projects.
- Overhaul equipment to manufacturers/site standards in order to provide cost effective maintenance on site.
- Undergo basic engineering cross-skill training and upskill training in core skill area, and actively seek opportunities to apply these skills in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of engineering activities on the site.
- Work flexibly in all required areas of the site and in close co-operation with other members of his/her engineering team.
- Undergo further training for either plant equipment or engineering tools changes and assist in the training of new personnel where necessary. Use Maintenance Management Systems to create stores requisitions and feedback work details as necessary.
Qualifications
- Possess the relevant electrical and/or mechanical qualifications and experience to be able to work safely within a manufacturing environment.
- Possess fundamental engineering mechanical knowledge and skills.
- Apprentice trained in Mechanical/Electrical engineering.
- Educated to GCSE (Grades A-C) or equivalent
- IT literate.
- Team player.
- Positive communicator verbal and written.
- Able to accept change and work flexibly to high standards.
- Customer focused (internal and external)
- Ability to supervise and advise contract workers to safely complete required tasks on site.
- Experience of foam abrasive and extrusion manufacturing equipment.
- Strong adherence to health, safety, environment and quality standards.
- Self-motivated and capable of working to tight dead-lines
- Must be aware of and capable of working to engineering best practice
Additional Information
- 24 days holiday entitlement + BH (rising to 26 days after 2 years service + BH)
- Death in service benefit (FOC) x 7 basic salary
- Stakeholder pension, match funded from 1-8%, capped at 8% employer contributions, auto enrolled at 5%, salary sacrifice scheme
- Occupational Health on site
- Corporate eyewear/eye test vouchers
- Seasonal flu jab offered FOC
- Health cash plan, 50% funded by employer
- Free electric car chargers on site
- Salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme
- Perkbox employee discounts
- Friends and family discounts on Group wide manufactured white goods
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) FOC
- Mental Health First Aiders on site
- Long Service Award scheme, starting at 2 years service
- close to motorway links and on-site parking
If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience, wed love to hear from you, apply today!
