Maintenance Control Technician

The successful candidate will work to strict safety and quality requirements to ensure that the machinery used to manufacture our product are running to their maximum efficiency and output. Included will be total preventative maintenance (TPM) and managing breakdowns, along with responding to technical issues affecting production and maintain mechanical services through Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM).

Reporting to the Maintenance Team Leader, the Controls Maintenance Technician will maintain and repair equipment within designated areas to ensure that production priorities are met, and equipment performs to its optimum capacity. Equipment includes rotating equipment, stranders, extrusion lines, armourers and carousels.

• Carry out PPM schedules as necessary and planned work orders as required and provide feedback to develop the system
• Report breakdown root causes, equipment faults and concerns to management
• Proactively engage in continuous improvement activities relating to productively and safety
• Safety First – promotes and adheres to the JDR safety policies and procedures.
• Carry out diagnosis of faults, planned maintenance and repairs to all types of plant and equipment in a safe, timely and professional manner and return equipment to operational service
• Develop, follow, review and update documentation such a maintenance plans, task lists, standard operating procedures, change control tasks, equipment service reports, risk assessments and method statements
• Define, plan, perform and document all maintenance activities utilizing the site CMMS system and other appropriate systems
• Identify and escalate any activity that has the potential to cause harm or damage
• Estimate length of time required to complete a job and likely consequences of failure to complete work within required timescales
• Attend training courses where necessary to ensure personal job skills keep pace with technical developments
• Assist in the development of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules
• Contractor management, supervise external contractors and equipment vendors, reviewing of risk assessments and method statements, completing permits and isolations utilizing site LOTO procedures

You will be time served in similar role and/or qualified to ONC, A Levels, City & Guilds level 3, BTec National Diploma Level 3, IVQ Technician Diploma or equivalent NVQ level 3 qualification.

To be successful in this role, you will have a strong working knowledge of control systems, with an emphasis on troubleshooting and diagnostics. This encompasses understanding the principles behind automated systems, the ability to identify and rectify issues related to sensors, actuators, drives, and controllers, and familiarity with control strategies such as PID. Practical experience in diagnosing hardware and software anomalies interfacing with PLCs and Variable Frequency Drives.

A practical approach to problem solving and substantial experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment is also required to be successful in this role along with a commercial understanding of the impact of failure/downtime on production and ultimately customer delivery.

The successful candidate will also be able to read and interpret engineering drawings and hold an understanding of lean manufacturing including the 5S process. In addition, the candidate will be able to work under minimum supervision with the ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels.