Maintenance Engineer

Grangemouth
10 months ago
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Our client, an international provider of logistics and engineering solutions, is looking for a maintenance engineer/technical manager for their site in Grangemouth, where they are packaging polymers for a global petrochemicals company. This is a really interesting opportunity for a 'hands-on' maintenance and repair engineer who wants to take on more responsibility and further their training.

Your role and responsibilities:

  • To ensure the safe and efficient running of our production and premises maintenance requirements

  • To work in conjunction with Operations to ensure planned preventative maintenance is carried out when machines are available and carrying out interventions on a timely basis to ensure production runs and client KPIs/contractual requirements are met

  • To ensure compliance with all legal and safety regulations and ensure that records/electrical drawings/plant modifications are kept/updated

  • To ensure that calibration checks on machinery are carried out in a timely, accurate manner

  • To adhere to safe systems of work (work permit/LOTO)

  • To keep safe stock levels of spare parts and to train maintenance and packaging staff in the correct use/maintenance of the machines

  • To host HQ Technical audits

  • To use internal software systems to complete job sheets/LMRA/stock updates/purchase orders/equipment control register/permit to work

  • To understand, promote, support and comply with our Operation Clean sweep policy

  • To comply with our ISO quality management process and record all planned maintenance activities on the relevant controlled internal documents

    Your profile:



Experience of planned preventative maintenance systems, reactive maintenance repairs

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Experience fault finding within production line environment (for example with bagging machines, conveying system, palletisers, shrink and stretch hood machines, ink jet printers, check weighers, metal detectors)

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Experience in interpreting both mechanical and electrical drawings

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HNC (or equivalent) in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

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Previous experience working in a multi-discipline maintenance environment.

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Flexible, helpful nature with a logical ‘solutions driven’ approach to fault finding

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Can communicate well at all levels with members of staff and external contractors.

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Quick reaction when attending breakdowns and clear communication with affected parties and work efficiently to fix the issue

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