Overall Purpose of the Role:
Following restructures to the Engineering Team the leadership and working patterns have altered to support the engagement of the wider team.
We are offering the opportunity for a motivated individual to join a team of dedicated Engineers in maintaining our paper machines and auxiliary processes onsite, to maximise efficiencies safely, 24 hours per day. The successful applicant is to have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar environment. They will join a team working an 8-week, day based cycle, involving some weekend coverage with 6 rostered weeks off per year plus 12 days floating holidays and voluntary on call rota responsibility and opportunity of overtime.
Engineering within paper mills offers a very diverse and interesting scope of daily work, and we are looking for an individual with the enthusiasm and technical ability to further strengthen our team.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
• General mill-wide maintenance work on paper machines and auxiliary plant either as part of a team or on an individual basis.
• Bench work including repairs to equipment, fabrications, welding, hydraulics, pneumatics etc.
• Use of machinery in the Engineering Workshops.
• Call out duties.
• Fault finding work on pneumatic/hydraulic systems.
• Boiler house and steam system maintenance.
Experience, Qualities and Qualifications:
• NVQ Level 3 (or equiv.) in Engineering (Mechanical preferred)
• Recognised apprenticeship (preferred)
• Min. of 3 years’ work experience as a Technician or Fitter (Essential)
• The above gained in an industrial environment (Desirable)
• Paper mill experience (Desirable)
Working Pattern:
• Rostered day pattern (including weekends) – This has changed from previous iterations and example can be provided upon request.
• To be part of an out of hours on-call rota (voluntary)
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