Electrical Maintenance Engineer

WN578) Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Location : Kent

Type : Permanent

Salary : £45,000 - £47,000 Per Annum (plus overtime (x1.5 & x2.0) & benefits)

Role : Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Maintenance Electrician

Salary : 45,000 to £47,000 per annum, plus overtime (paid x1.5 & x2.0), benefits and genuine opportunities to learn and develop

Hours : 4 on 4 off, 6am till 6pm - DAYS ONLY

Location : Commutable from Maidstone, Chatham, Sittingbourne, Faversham, Canterbury and surrounding areas

Company

We are currently recruiting for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer / Maintenance Electrician to work within a leading company at one of their new factories. You will benefit from helping with the whole set-up, installation and commissioning of new machinery into the factory, followed by supporting maintenance (planned & reactive) of them once installed. You will also receive training and get up to speed on the latest Programmable Logic Controllers and Robotics to ensure your every success and future within the company and maintenance team.

Responsibilities

Your first 6 months will be spent assisting with a large and new £30m+ project that includes the installation and commissioning of various machines and equipment into the factory.

Once installed and it's up and running, you will be maintaining these machines in all aspects of trouble shooting, problem solving and project work. You will be required to look for and implement continuous improvements individually and as part of a team. In addition, you will also be required to plan and carry out preventative maintenance in order to ensure a high standard of plant maintenance is always achieved. You will be required to assist in all maintenance activities on site. The successful candidate will be working as part of the electrical maintenance team ensuring that all electrical plant equipment is operating efficiently with the minimum amount of downtime and in a safe order. You will also be required to adhere to strict health and safety requirements at all times.

• Electrical maintenance of all plant and machinery through fault finding, planned maintenance, shut downs and project work.
• Working as part of a team, you will be responsible for all electrics throughout the factory.
• Identification of solutions that improve efficiency and reduce costs.
• To develop an understanding of machinery operation so that faults can be diagnosed and rectified efficiently.
• To provide good communication to colleagues and production and keep the required logs of maintenance work.
• To work safely at all times and follow safe systems of work.
• To be actively involved in the TPM improvement process.
• To work tidily and make a positive contribution to the 5S system.

The role will include anything electrical, including sensors, motors, variable speed drives, contactors, relays, inverters and PLC’s. – any experience of some of these will be highly desirable.

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