Maintenance Technician

Location: Llantrisant/Bridgend plus appropriate travel
Job purpose
To strengthen our Manufacturing team, we are looking for an enthusiastic, Maintenance Technician with determination, ambition and self-motivation to support the drive for growth in our Manufacturing Division. We are a highly reputable and respected company and are seeking a talented individual to join our friendly and professional team.
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Behaviours
- A passion and willingness to ensure issues of machine breakdowns are dealt with swiftly and effectively with minimum machine downtime.
- Be self-motivated, determined, and enthusiastic.
- Have resilient personality and good communication skills to liaise with staff and management at all levels.
- The ability to work on own initiative and with minimum supervision
- Good organisational skills and ability to work to deadlines
- Excellent attention to detail
- The ability to work as an integral part of the Manufacturing team
Responsibilities
- Respond immediately to equipment and machinery failure, conducting systematic, rigorous and accurate root cause analysis (fault finding)
- Carry out Preventative Maintenance Tasks as scheduled
- Determine cause of potential failures or performance deterioration and if possible complete remedial work or escalate to Operational Management with issue ,cause and recommended solution
- Be aware of all incidents from other shifts and work with Operational Management to promptly implement solutions to prevent reoccurrence
- Ensure equipment is handed back to production in 100% safe condition
- Keep maintenance and breakdown records of all Operational machinery
- Monitoring of spares levels and report when stocks are low
- Manage Statutory Equipment on site i.e. fire alarm, security systems
- Contribute to specific projects as assigned by Senior Management
- Regularly observe the operation of all equipment, identifying causes of reduction in output, yield losses or quality problems. Developing and recommending solutions to Continually Improve the operational performance of all equipment and Machinery.
Quality
- Information/feedback – understand the need for documentation, its control and trace ability for all operational equipment
- Maintain good housekeeping working to the principles of , Good Engineering Practices, Lean Manufacturing , 5S and TQM
- Understand Root Cause Analysis and Corrective/Preventative Action (CAPA) system in problem solving
- Understand working parameters of machines and principles of Planned Preventative Maintenance, product specification conformity, QC checking/recording/reporting and traceability.
- Quality of finished Goods, Non Conformance and Completion Rates
Performance
- Understand the capability/capacity of the operations department processes
- Understand machine rates, SPC and Performance OEE
- Understanding of department targets and objectives.
- Capable of root cause analysis to predict and eliminate operational problems
- Utilization of Continuous Improvement Techniques at all times throughout Factory
Health & Safety
- Act on and monitor actions as instructed by Senior/Line Manager.
- Monitor H&S actions, report faults to HSEQ Manager
- PPE compliance
- Conduct Risk Assessments prior to any maintenance work, ensuring hazard are mitigated to a safe level
- Ensure Compliance with all Health, Safety and Environmental Legislation
Skills and Experience
- A relevant qualification in engineering
- Fault finding knowledge on; motors / sensors / panel equipment / bearings / cylinders / valves
- Ability to read electrical / mechanical drawings and fault find from them.
- Computer literate (MS Office)
What you will get in return
- A competitive salary of made up of generous basic alongside shift allowance dependent on experience up to £34,800.00
- A discretionary performance related bonus based on business objectives and Company profitability
- Pension
- PHI (this is an incapacity benefit)
- Life Insurance
- Access to a wellbeing support and shopping discounts via our employee benefit app