Senior Electrical Engineer - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract - #1713996

Questech are recruiting on behalf of our client in Bristol for an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer for a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract.

They are looking for a qualified and competent industrial Electrical engineer, with a good general understanding of all electrical systems, such as PLC & Automation, networking, SCADA, AC drive systems and general material handling systems.

You will oversee all daily operations of the plant, ensure all necessary RCA are completed, have budgetary control of your area and drive improvements in all aspects of reliability and energy efficiency of the plant.

80% Office Based including Meetings

20% Plant Based

The Person:

• HNC/HND or suitably experienced in a similar role for >2 years
• BEng Electrical Engineering
• Proven experience of planning in a FMCG environment
• Previous frontline maintenance experience within an FMCG facility
• Knowledge of PPM and continuous improvement techniques
• Experience in plant metrics, operation analysis, KPI’s and dashboard measurement tools
• Experience of CBM programme
• IOSH working safely / IOSH Managing safely
• Lean six sigma (yellow belt)
• Project management training
• TPM training / MS Project
• You must be an excellent coach, with the ability to continue to push and drive the development of your team and others around you.

The Role:

• Single point of contact for Electrical Management of operations in your area (Calcination, BL1 and VAP)
• Ownership of Electrical Budget for your area, both delivering through high performing equipment with best in class uptime, and designing future plans.
• Along with the rest of the Engineering Cell, preparing shutdown plans and organising contractor work packages to be handed to the preventative team to be carried out.
• Using the business CMMS, along with the rest of the Engineering Cell to build a yearly standard maintenance plan for repetitive frequency.
• Liaise with the Engineering Cell and also the customers to achieve better than budget OEE and ME figures.
• Key Stakeholder in creating, developing and management of an FMECA database for the plant.
• Supporting the reliability manager and reliability engineer for the development of new maintenance plans for the plant.
• Ensuring the AM/PM 7 step methodology is supported and followed for each area of plant, supported by the CI team
• Determining optimal plant standards and operating conditions and formulating improvement plans within your team to bring your specific area of plant to a best in class standard
• Attend morning, and area meetings and ensure actions are taken away and closed out
• Monitoring reactive trends and implementing plans and systems of work to prevent repeat episodes
• Ownership of Continuous Improvement activities including de-carbonisation projects and throughput improvement projects from introduction to completion within the Engineering team
• Supporting projects both CAPEX and otherwise within the plant.
• Ensuring your function and subordinates monitor reactive work but do not drift into fire-fighting.
• Development of the PM Engineer, automation engineer reporting in to this position, completion of reviews, appraisals and training documentation
• Ensuring all KPI’s are complete such as OTR’s etc and intervention with relevant teams where required.
• Liaising with the safety team and Facilities and Compliance manager to make sure compliance with legislative standards such as Legionella, PSSR, PUWER, DSEAR, Tegg and Electrical compliance are maintained with proper records and documentation logged within the business CMMS

The shifts:

Monday to Thursday - 07:00am - 15:30pm

Friday 07:30am - 14:30pm

Overtime available

Due to the nature of the business and operations, it may be necessary to work outside of business hours as required and agreed due to 24/7 operations.

The salary for this role is up to £60,500pa + an excellent benefit package.

For more information regarding this position contact

Laura Riding

Questech Recruitment Ltd