Electrical Maintenance Technician - Larne

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Electrical Maintenance Technician - Larne - Salary up to £41100

Electrical Maintenance Technician - Larne - Salary up to £41100
Your New Company
Our client are leading manufacturer with multiple sites, producing a wide range of products that are used primarily within the construction industry.
Your New Role
Our client is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Technician to join their engineering team. Working as part of their highly trained and experienced Engineering team, technicians play an essential role to ensure that the production plant operates daily by; conducting planned preventative maintenance and responding to emergency break downs in a fast-paced manufacturing plant.
Whilst working your core duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Take responsibility for health, safety, and well-being to deliver a safety-first culture • Bring a root cause-based mindset and culture to deliver high quality solutions • Undertake repairs, servicing, and maintenance of a wide range of production plant and machinery to the highest standard with work requests and pre-determine specifications • Design, promote and carry out preventative maintenance schedules • Fault finding, testing and the removal or adjustment of existing fittings, fixtures, and parts • Assist the Maintenance Engineer to ensure that adequate stock levels are maintained for all spare part lists and ensure that all necessary records are completed accurately.

Adhere to existing working practices, methods, procedures, undertake relevant training and development activities and to respond positively to new and alternative systems • Maintain collaborative working practices, building strong relationships with all internal stakeholders. Work closely with Production to prioritise daily workload and plant maintenance • Manage breakdowns with urgency to minimise downtime, working outside of core hours, unprompted with the wider team where valuable to do so • Own a high-quality preventative maintenance schedule to reduce downtime, and achieve optimal levels of capacity and efficiency • Have the ability and confidence to make pragmatic decisions using knowledge, experience and judgement • Demonstrate resiliency and ambition to build and drive long term engineering excellence • Act as an ambassador for our company values and adhere to all company policies and procedures.

What You'll Need To Succeed
In order to be considered for this role you will need to demonstrate the following skills, experience and qualifications:
Education
A 3rd level qualification in Engineering or similar • HND/HNC in Mechanical Engineering, and/or time served Mechanical background.

Experience
A minimum of 3 years' experience gained in a manufacturing environment, or similar role • Experience working with servicing, repairs and maintenance of plant machinery • Knowledge of current H&S legislation • Root cause analysis & fault-finding experience on automated machinery & electrical systems • Ability to read, interpret and apply information from files, electrical drawings, catalogues, reports, and manuals • Control & Automaton systems experience • Inverter drives, HMIs, and PLCs (preferably Siemens) • Mechanical drive systems • Pneumatic and hydraulic systems.

Skills and Competences
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills • Excellent attention to detail, organisational, planning and prioritising ability • Evidence of delivering and maintaining a continuous improvement culture • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a broad range of stakeholders • Ability to mobilise urgency and determination • Strong influencing skills with ability to influence upwards, downwards and laterally • Computer literate with Microsoft Office suite • LEAN methodologies experience.

Circumstances
Able to work flexible hours as required • Able to work an on-call rota • Able to work away from home if required • Possess a full current driving licence.

Personality Fit:
A creative thinker who can problem-solve and drive continuous improvement • An individual who is precise and pays attention to detail in all aspects of their work • Enthusiastic and passionate about our customer experience, market segments and our reputation • A values ambassador who leads by example and walks and talks our values.

What You'll Get In Return
For working a 39-hour week, the hourly rate for this role is £17 for working a 2 weekly rotating shift pattern of 06:00 - 14:00 / 14:00 - 22:00. To enhance the basic salary a shift premium is paid on the evening shift element of the rotation.
What You Need To Do Now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
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