Maintenance Engineer

Job Title: Maintenance Engineer (Shifts)
Location: Whitstable
Hours of work: Week 1: Mon - Fri 6am-2pm / Week 2 Mon - Thu 2pm -10:30pm and Fri 2-7:30pm
Salary: Negotiable plus shift allowance

Key Responsibilities:

• Diagnose the failure and causes of asset/component breakdowns, repair or fit new parts and make sure the equipment is working correctly.
• Complete PPM tasks including Condition Based Monitoring. Identify remedial works and coordinate the resolutions in a timely manner.
• Utilise the CMMS system to prioritise works, lead discussions within the departmental morning meeting, balance resolving long term actions along with the short-term urgent actions.
• Provide a timely breakdown response to emergencies, unplanned problems, and repairs.
• Work with specialist equipment such as programmable logic controllers (PLC), hydraulic and pneumatic systems, which control machinery in the machine shop, assembly and plating shop area.
• Installation of electrical and / or mechanical plant and equipment i.e. Control panels, fixed electrical installations & testing.
• Support with facilities maintenance i.e. Buildings, roadways, water systems (plant & operations), communication systems.
• Interpreting electrical / mechanical drawings, schematics, and operating instructions to support the planned maintenance schedules.
• Liaise and coordinate third party activity including management of contractors, reviewing RAMS, issuing PTW etc when required.

Person specification:

• Skills - verbal and written communication, broad set of technical skills that are supported with standard fault finding techniques. Must be able to interpret electrical wiring/hydraulic/pneumatic diagrams. Must be able to use a computer so that they can record log of daily activity, converse with different suppliers and raise purchase orders.
• Experience - Must have at least 5 years' experience in a similar role.