The Best Connection are recruiting for a Maintenance Technician, electrically biased ideally, experience in a high volume production environment would be preferable, for a double day shift role (Dayshift and Backshift weekly rotation)

Benefits:

• Salary: £37,485 Annum
• Attendance allowances = £300 Annum
• Christmas Voucher = £50
• Pension: Up to 7%
• Bupa Healthcare

Minimum Requirements:       

• Education: HND / HNC in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Experience: Relevant experience in maintenance preferably within an Automotive supply environment, and a time served apprenticeship.

Health, Safety and Environment:

• Ensuring all Health, Safety and Environmental requirements are understood, maintained and continually approved upon.
• Ensure all plant and processes are in safe working order at all times.
• Take prompt action to highlight and rectify if possible any known risks or hazards.
• Ensure housekeeping in working areas is of the highest standard.
• Ensure that the disposal of all waste materials is in accordance with designated waste streams and that all employees are aware of the associated impacts on the general environment.
• Electrical work to be carried out within the limits of authorisation and compliance with latest regulations.

Quality:

• Ensure process are robust and set ups are optimised to reduce scrap and non conforming product.
• Play an active role in Practical Problem Solving for process / plant related issues.

Delivery:

• Ensure that plant and process uptime achieves KPI targets as a minimum.
• Communicate planned maintenance programmes closely with PU Manager / Process Leader.
• Support all stock accuracy activities (Stock takes).

People:

• Develop sound working relationships with Process leaders and manufacturing team members.
• Promote and coach TPM and clean and check to all levels.of the business.
• Create and maintain the environment which encourages the contribution from all team members towards the achievement of improvement goals.
• Management of contractors (Induction, handbook, risk assessments, permits and safe systems)

Process:

• Ensure that all processes are robust, safe and properly maintained through carrying out preventative maintenance and planned maintenance to schedule.
• Maintain and use effectively all maintenance related systems i.e.Miquest.
• Continually monitor process performance through uptime/downtime and capacity to develop action plans for improvement.
• Always strive to continually improve the process.
• Research and network process / product innovations and best in class practices to improve performance and reduce environmental impact.

Cost:

• Lead and create improvement plans for the elimination of waste throughout the process.
• Continually monitor process performance to ensure optimisation.
• Continually monitor and review sub contracted work to ensure quality and value for money.
• Continually monitor and improve the economical usage of spare parts and consumable items.
• Ensure that company policy and procedural disciplines are applied to the management and authorisation of expenditure.