Vickerstock in partnership with an award-winning food manufacturing company is looking for an experienced Electrical Maintenance Engineer :
The successful candidate will be part of the maintenance team with responsibilities for preventative and breakdown maintenance and the related documentation of the maintenance carried out.
Responsibilities:
• Work with Site Maintenance Managers, Planners and API Maintenance Lead on execution of the site maintenance program to deliver compliant, reliable and efficient operation of all plant and equipment.
• Support the Reliability Engineer in the execution of Reliability Centered Maintenance initiatives.
• Develop and lead a Root Cause Failure Analysis Program to reduce general equipment breakdowns and support maintenance personnel to conduct real time Root Cause Analysis.
• Work with the Reliability Engineer & Planning to establish and use reliability & work planning metrics/KPI's to monitor improvement and resource optimization e.g. PM/CM ratio, schedule adherence, etc.
To carry out start up checks on machinery throughout the plant on a daily basis.
• Ensure that all breakdowns are carried out swiftly and safely at all times.
• Ensure that all servicing and maintenance throughout the site is done in an efficient, safe and hygienic manner.
• Smooth running of the factory.
• Repairs, servicing and good maintenance of machinery.
• Work on refrigeration, plumbing and all breakdowns is carried out in a safe and tidy manner.
• To implement and follow the preventative maintenance schedule
• To ensure that records are completed.
Qualifications
• Completion of a 4 year approved technical training program in mechanical or electrical repair and maintenance and 2 years electrical/mechanical experience; Or, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved including third and fourth year apprentices.
• Leaving Cert, School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Experience in a fast paced manufacturing environment
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to take direction
• Ability to work well in a team
• Ability to challenge others in a professional and constructive manner
• Knowledge and experience in a food manufacturing environment an advantage, but not essential