The main purpose of the role is to provide engineering/ maintenance support by performing plant preventative maintenance, engineering support both during working hours and also out of hours support by working as part of an on-call roster (on call allowance when on call)

* You will be responsible for electrical/ mechanical maintenance, repair and fault finding of plant and equipment.

* Fulfilling the requirements of the facility CMMS to reduce unplanned downtime and works towards improvement of OEE.

* Electrical/ mechanical fault finding, isolation and repair of equipment.

* Providing input into the electrical maintenance and operation of plant equipment.

* Carry out evaluation and risk assessments within all areas of the plant to ensure safe working methods and environment

* Ensure that plant critical spares are maintained at the required level.

* Identify suitable external resource when appropriate for routing maintenance activities or ongoing improvement projects.

* Use SAP to raise purchase requisitions as appropriate.

* Working on plant improvement initiatives and makes recommendations to reduce unplanned downtime.

* Working with suitable external engineering services as and when required to ensure safe and effective operation of plant equipment.

* Undertaking periodic training to ensure that maintenance activities are performed in compliance with best safe working practice and current legislation.

Qualifications & Skills Required

* Minimum NVQ Level 3 - Previous practical experience working in High Volume Manufacturing Plant

* Experience of maintaining and fault finding on the following types of equipment; PLC control, Variable Speed Drives, Conveyor Systems and Thermal processing equipment

* Familiar with the requirements of working within a GMP facility

* Excellent internal and external communications skills

* Experience of working an on-call maintenance system

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