JDR is recruiting for a Maintenance Electrical Engineer to work in a manufacturing site in Wellington, Somerset.

Salary: £35,777 per annum
Shift: Monday - Thursday 7:30am-4:30pm Friday 7:30am-12:30pm

Immediate start
Permanent contract

The Role: As a Maintenance Electrical Engineer you will be working within a manufacturing environment and your responsible primarily for the electrically biased maintenance and repair of all production equipment and machinery and site plant to ensure continuous production and process improvement.

Duties:

• Maintains machinery & equipment to an acceptable & safe standard to ensure that production targets and quality standards are continuously met.
• Responsible for the timely and acceptable installation of new machinery and equipment as required.
• Adopts a pro-active approach to machinery maintenance and repair to ensure continuous improvement of production efficiencies.
• Conducts acceptable and timely electrical maintenance and repair as appropriate.
• Conducts acceptable and timely ancillary mechanical maintenance and repair as appropriate
• Conducts acceptable and timely Pre-Planned Maintenance (PPM) tasks as appropriate
• Liaises with Maintenance Manager and Production, Despatch and Stores Teams to ensure awareness of anticipated downtime and reduced efficiencies.
• Completes relevant engineering & production paperwork as required.
• Ensures all machinery breakdowns are actioned and accurately recorded on the computerised maintenance software program.
• Communicates with other engineering team members to ensure a smooth handover at shift changes or to provide awareness of maintenance activity.
• Conducts work with due consideration to the health & safety of self and others.
• Supports the training of all new starters or apprentices to ensure they reach an acceptable standard within a set time frame

About You: As a Maintenance Electrical Engineer you will have the following skills and experience:

• City & Guilds in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
• Portable Appliance Testing
• Knowledge of Mechanical Engineering
• Previous manufacturing, production machinery and site plant experience
• Knowledge of dynamic risk assessments

Key Result Areas:

• PPM's are completed on time with minimum downtime
• Repairs are conducted in a timely manner and our cost effective
• Breakdown repairs are conducted in a timely manner, cost effective and with minimum downtime.

Benefits:

• Pension - 4% from both
• Life assurance - 4X salary
• Excellent pay rates
• Friendly working environment
• Free parking
• Permanent contract

If interested apply today!

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