Multi-skilled Shift Cover Engineer

Are you a qualified Engineer with experience of manufacturing machinery working in a manufacturing plant?

Northwood Consuma Tissue are established in their field for more than 40 years, making retailers household products and away from home products. NCT are looking for a Multi-Skilled Shift Engineer to join the team at the Ellesmere Port site.

Shifts are: Usual working hours would be Monday to Friday with a requirement to cover 4 on 4 off shifts days/nights when required. We operate 24/7, 365 days a year.

The main duties include

• Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice maintenance strategy, systems, processes and procedures to improve equipment reliability
• Assist in the development, application and reporting on appropriate maintenance performance measures.
• Assist in the development of maintenance plans as part of the yearly planning process.
• Assist in the development of maintenance and operations skill levels to promote cross-skilling and improved equipment utilisation effectiveness.
• Participates in the development and implementation of preventative and predictive maintenance programs.
• Minimisation of unscheduled equipment downtime and time to repair. (Reactive – unplanned and urgent).
• Involved in the engineering, installation, commissioning and handover of new projects.
• Assist with Plan and organise work on allocated improvement projects and for the week ahead.
• Assist with Plan and organise routine maintenance tasks using the CMMS system. Complete reports of performed work.
• Provide good communications at shift hand-over to ensure continuity of work and the integrity of safe working systems.
• Identify equipment issues and advise on work needed and opportunities for improvement.
• Trouble shoots equipment/process problems to root cause in conjunction with team members to ensure rapid resolution of problems and ensure team members learn from the experience.
• Responsible for preventing reoccurrence of equipment failures by root cause analysis and initiating solutions ensuring OEE improvements.
• Identification and implementation of recovery plans when work is behind schedule.
• Personal operation of plant, process or equipment systems as necessary to maintain and optimise work quality, safety and throughput of the team.
• Work in conjunction with Production in efficiently completing all necessary maintenance and changeover activities within agreed timeframes.
• Assists in a process of operator upskilling to take on tasks of lubrication, changeovers, audits, inspections and repairs
• Implementation and monitoring of equipment pre-start check systems.
• Ensures that the Spare Parts stores is controlled and supports maintenance efficiency.

• Company pension
• Life assurance
• Free company products
• Free on-site parking
• Food, retail, holidays, cinema, and gyms discounts
• Wellness programmes, including Employee Assistance Program and OnDemand GP service
• Free early access to pay scheme
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Employee referral scheme

Skills and qualifications

• Formal engineering qualifications.
• Highly developed fault finding and problem-solving skills.
• Good IT skills – MS Office.
• Experience in PLC fault finding and diagnostics.
• Ability to understand and change ladder logic.
• Ability to read complex electrical and engineering drawings.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and implement equipment improvements.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skill.