Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Sandwich, Kent
Up to £44,000 p.a. doe plus enhanced overtime rates
Permanent – 24/7 shifts 4 days on, 4 off – 4 nights on, 4 off

Are you an experienced Electrical Maintenance Engineer looking to work for a stable, market leading, international manufacturer?

Does shift work suit your life/work balance? (4 whole days off per week)

Would you like to work for a company where people are valued and where there are excellent benefits? (see below for more details)

This is role has become available as the current employee is soon to retire, there are not many opportunities to work for this excellent employer as once there, people stay!

Read on to find out more!

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Formal qualification in Engineering, NVQ level 3+ with a minimum of five years’ experience in Electrical and Mechanical.
• Apprenticeship in Electrical Engineering ideally within a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to demonstrate actual workplace experience in applying Engineering knowledge and skills to perform root cause analysis.
• Good communication skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to problem solve within a pressured environment.
• Ability to work and collaborate as part of a team.
• AC and DC motor (Experience and knowledge).
• Variable Speed Drives (fundamental knowledge).
• 18th Edition IEE wiring regulations.
• Experience of working in a 24/7 manufacturing environment.
• Basic welding techniques.

Responsibilities

• Assisting the Engineering team with the overall target to achieve zero breakdowns.
• Undertake planned maintenance tasks autonomously to maximise machinery up time and minimise disruption to production targets.
• Assist and support with reactive maintenance tasks in a proactive fashion, ensuring manufacturing downtime is kept to a minimum.
• Work on electrical installations up to 440V, process safety circuits, and electrical control circuits, following relevant health and safety standards.
• Undertake proactive and effective fault diagnosis utilising both mechanical and electrical root cause analysis to establish problems and determine solutions.

Rewards

Enhanced overtime rates
Life Assurance
Private Health care
25 days annual leave
Life Insurance/death in service

Westin Par values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies, we are acting as an Employment Agency
Due to the high volume of applicants applying for all roles, we can only reply to candidates with the most relevant skills and experience. If you have not heard back from us within 48 hours of your application, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.