Job Title: Shift Maintenance Engineer (Electrical)
Location: High Post, Salisbury
Salary: £50,000 per annum
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
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.
We have more than 50 years’ experience at the forefront of Radio Frequency (RF) and Infrared (IR) expendable decoy research, design and manufacture, and as a company with a culture of innovation, operational excellence and safety, we operate at the leading edge of expendable countermeasure technology.
About the Role:
We are currently recruiting a Shift Maintenance Engineer to join our Maintenance Department.
This opportunity will offer significant training and the ability to contribute to making a difference as we go through our site transformation plan.
You 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.
Key Responsibilities:
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
Shift Pattern:
This role will be worked over 4 x team shift rotation.
About you:
- Right to live and work in the UK, with ability to obtain suitable level security clearance
- Time served apprenticeship or equivalent in Electrical or Mechanical discipline
- City & Guilds 17th or 18th Edition Wiring Regulations, necessary
- Compex Certified (Gas & Dust) Electrician, desirable
- Experience within Electrical Maintenance
- Willing to be multi-skilled in Mechanical Maintenance
- Demonstrate experience within an automated process environment
- Working knowledge of SCADA control systems, desirable
- Working knowledge of Siemens PLC systems, desirable
- Knowledge of hydraulics and pneumatics
- 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
Please Note:
Chemring CM is an Equal Opportunities and Age Positive Employer however candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK to be considered for this role.
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