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The Role:
This role involves leading a technical team, providing comprehensive support and guidance to Engineering Technicians, Technicians and Apprentices when resolving equipment breakdowns, completing planned maintenance and support continuous improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Attend meetings providing engineering status of line and agree resource deployment and timings to close losses.
- Resolve repeat loss issues using systematic problem-solving techniques to determine root cause.
- Support Shift Technicians in Investigation of losses (Breakdowns, Waste, Speed) to ensure countermeasure are effective.
- Coach team members in all related duties to support maintenance activites.
- Support CI projects/validations to help improve equipment reliability.
- Provide details to improve Maintenance Standards and execution (Frequency, Breakdowns and Repairs) to Reliability Leader based on problem solving outcomes and DTM/PPM activity.
- Coaching on continuous improvement methodologies & tools.
- Engage in planning process for Maintenance activities.
- Maintain critical equipment settings, standards and close loop on changes made.
- Ensure all preventative maintenance activities are performed effectively, including opportunistic maintenance working with Preventative Maintenance Leader to plan same.
- Record maintenance details in full on the designated forms/ SAP.
- Report and action any abnormalities observed during Daily Task Maintenance / Planned Preventative Maintenance to reduce losses.
- Record spares used during maintenance / unplanned breakdowns in line Maintenance requirements.
- Responsible for equipment breakdown response and escalation process in an expedient manner.
Your Background:
- HNC or Degree level education in Engineer/Mechatronics or a similar field of study.
- 5 years technical or manufacturing experience required, with several years of experience with complex moulding manufacturing.
- Experience leading a technical team in a busy manufacturing setting.
- Ability to work as part of a team and encourage effect teambuilding activities.
- Confident independent thinking, with the ability to act quickly in a high pressure situation.
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving abilities.
- Experience with safety and ergonomics in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understand of Quality Systems.
Apply:
It is essential all applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference (Apply online only) in all correspondence.
