Maintenance Engineer

We're actively recruiting for a Maintenance Engineer with a mechanical bias at our site in Featherstone. The focus of this role is to deliver a world-class service in a fast-paced environment to delight our customers and grow our business. The Engineering function is key to the success and continued improvement of our site operations.

In this role you'll be responsible for coordinating and conducting all routine preventive and reactive asset maintenance to ensure safe operation and equipment reliability to meet production demands. You will ensure work is completed safely according to company and legislative standards, to the required quality and workmanship in the time allotted.,

• Ensuring all site manufacturing and equipment is fully compliant with respect to technical safety legislation, testing and inspections


• Tracking, analysing and reporting asset reliability performance and issues to identify maintenance and equipment improvement needs


• Leading on asset and equipment technical issues, resolution through fault finding and problem solving with the support of manufacturing resources, OEM's and contract service providers


• Identification of critical spares, ordering and maintaining inventory to agreed stock levels


• Maintaining site and equipment housekeeping in compliance to agreed standards


• Supporting capital project plans including site preparation work, equipment installation and commissioning, technical training and planning and scheduling of asset life-cycle plans.


• Site capital project lead with responsibility for all aspects of project delivery supported by Group Engineering


• Hands on technical support for site improvement initiatives


We're looking for a candidate who has a genuine interest in people with well-developed listening and communication skills with a proactive approach and strong prioritisation skills. You will be comfortable working as part of a team and happy to "muck in" when needed.

This role operates Monday to Friday based on a day shift 0800am to 4pm.


• Fully qualified Mechanical Maintenance Technician, accredited to a minimum NVQ Level 3 or BTEC


• Experience of PPM Implementation, delivery and control within a maintenance background


• A strong working knowledge of continuous improvement / operational excellence delivering using 5S, Lean Manufacturing and Root Cause Problem Solving


• Knowledge of using Microsoft tools, particularly Excel


Preferred requirements:

• Experience within Manufacturing, particularly FMCG


• Knowledge of SAP
  
  DS Smith pension scheme


• Death in service life assurance


• Company sick pay scheme


• Income protection


• Employee assistance programme


• Occupational Health including physiotherapy, and virtual GP service


• Cycle to work scheme via salary sacrifice


• Shopping discounts


• Electric car via salary sacrifice


• Free eye test and flu vaccines


• Employee share save scheme


• Employee recognition scheme


• Opportunities to progress within the business


• Free on-site car park parking


• On site subsidised canteen