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Job description

Our client, Kilwaughter, a privately-owned business with a rich heritage, created around the quarry in Northern Ireland are seeking an Electrical Maintenance Technician to join their team. .

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• A 3rd level qualification in Engineering or similar.
• HND/HNC in Mechanical Engineering, and/or time served Mechanical background.
• 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.
• 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.
• Computer literate with Microsoft Office suite.
• 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.

Desirable Skills

• Control & Automaton systems experience.
• Inverter drives, HMIs, and PLCs (preferably Siemens).
• Mechanical drive systems.
• Pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
• LEAN methodologies experience.
• Strong influencing skills with ability to influence upwards, downwards and laterally.

Further Information

If you are interested in this role, please forward your CV through to Danielle.Mcfall@industrialtemps.com or call our Ballymena office on 02825420140 ask for INDUSTRIAL TEMPS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER