Job title: Multi-Skilled Shift Maintenance Engineer
Location: Salisbury
Salary: £50,000 inclusive of shift pattern
Job Type: Full time work 06:00-18:00 or 18:00-06:00 over a 28 calendar day shift pattern
Chemring Countermeasures is a world leading and innovative company, designing and developing countermeasure solutions to armed forces throughout the world. We are part of the Chemring Group of companies and have a solid global infrastructure, which also helps us to thrive.
The role:
The multi-skilled Shift Maintenance Engineer will be responsible for proactively and reactively completing maintenance tasks at the High Post site. You will be responsible for the electrical and mechanical requirements of the site to ensure continuity of production operations. The successful candidate will carry out planned maintenance schedules on plant and equipment including the maintenance of electrics, pneumatics, hydraulics, PLC’s and maintain a safe systems of work.
Responsibilities of the role will include, but not limited to:
- Carry out electrical and mechanical planned maintenance tasks in line with current schedules.
- Carry out fault finding on the automated PLC controlled production facility and take remedial actions to safely rectify breakdown situations and restore production.
- Plan and organise follow up work derived from planned maintenance checks.
- Attend to electrical and mechanical and plant breakdowns
- Co-ordinate any follow on activities between shifts leaving clear instructions.
- Identifying spare part requirements.
- Carry out minor project work e.g. building rewiring, new equipment installations, process and asset movements, machine upgrades, CCTV installations, energy management etc.
- Recommend and implement improvements to assets, plant and buildings in order to achieve gains in safety, quality, productivity and reductions in cost.
- To ensure their own health, safety and welfare and the safety of all other persons who may be affected by their activities.
- Aware of the company requirements for the protection of the environment in their workplace and any areas that may be affected by their activities, to follow company procedures and participate in making environmental improvements.
Person Specification:
- Right to live and work in the UK, with ability to obtain SC level clearance (5 years British residency), if required
- Time served apprenticeship or equivalent in Electrical or Mechanical discipline
- City & Guilds 17th or 18th Edition Wiring Regulations
- Compex Certified (Gas & Dust)
- Experience within Electrical Maintenance
- Experience within Mechanical Maintenance
- Demonstrate experience within an automated process environment
- Working knowledge of SCADA control systems
- Working knowledge of Siemens PLC systems
- Knowledge of hydraulics and pneumatics
- Understanding of basic machinery safety desirable
- Knowledge of abrasive wheel regulations advantageous
- Proficient in MS Office
Benefits:
- We actively encourage an open and collaborative culture across our site through the recognised suggestion scheme and reward and recognition scheme
- 5 weeks’ annual leave plus bank holidays
- A generous pension scheme
- Share save scheme
- Holiday buying and selling scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which includes dietary advice, wellbeing initiatives, family matters and counselling support
- We hold annual social events
- Cultural days
- Free on-site parking
- Podiatrist
- Weekly fruit baskets
Armed Forces Covenant:
We are proud to support the armed forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. We recognise the value that Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reserves, Veterans, Uniformed Cadet Instructors and Service Families contribute to our business and the United Kingdom.
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Please note: We do not accept speculative CVs from Recruitment Agencies
This role will be worked over a 42 hour working week* and will include the requirement for 24/7 maintenance team cover for completion of works. *DuPont Shift System
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Test and Inspection Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Electrician, Multi Skilled Electrical Technician, Technician, Electrical Maintenance Engineer, Installation Engineer, Electrical Tester, Machine Electrician, Field Service Electrician, Service Engineer, Industrial Electrician, Mechanical Engineer, Repair Technician, Mobile Engineer, Electrical Field Service Engineer, Installation Technician, Multi-skilled Engineer, Mobile Engineer Controller, Operations Coordinator, Operations Supervisor may also be considered for this role.
