Day Shift Engineer

The job is situated in the Kettering Production Plant, where plant-based alternatives to milk are made. The job is situated within the Maintenance department. The Maintenance and Engineering department at the Kettering Production Plant is responsible for all maintenance works within the entire Production and Logistics departments. The production equipment and plants include, soya processing equipment, storage tanks, formulation equipment, steam supplies, sterilisers, filling machines, packaging lines including corresponding shut-off and control valves, etc. The job holder’s responsibilities within the Maintenance department are three-fold. On the one hand, the job holder is responsible for performing Planned and reactive work, periodical inspections so that malfunctions, defects and/or unsafe situations are identified in time and lead the corrective actions. On the other hand, the job holder is responsible for executing scheduled maintenance works and for assisting in (part of the) modification and/or new construction works on equipment and plants. Finally, the job holder is responsible for repairing breakdowns on the production lines to minimise downtime and quality defects whilst working safely always. The job holder must undertake small CI projects, lead and drive 5S tasks, Calibrations, documentation updates and be active in the RCA process. Given the comprehensive working area, the job holder must have a broad knowledge of various technical disciplines. The job holder’s works are situated both in the production plant and in the technical workshop. Utilities: There can be an occasional need to attend to the services area. For the execution of the work, the job holder predominantly works alone in the field. If necessary, the job holder can ask their day and shift colleagues for assistance. For executing more specialist technical works, internal or external experts are appealed to. While executing his works, the job holder must always strictly observe the prevailing safety instructions. The job holder works in a Monday to Friday role. However, could be asked to work the 2’s and 3’s shift system if requested by the business. The position is a day role working a shift pattern of 8.5 hr days 08:00 to 16:26 (the shift pattern may be subject to change given prior notice): Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Week 1 Days Days Days Days Days OFF OFF Week 2 Days Days Days Days Days OFF OFF Week 3 Days Days Days Days Days OFF OFF Week 4 Days Days Days Days Days OFF OFF Key accountabilities, deliverables & KPIs, impact on business results Deliverables Responsibilities Criteria for assessing results Performing preventative inspection tours - Performing preventative inspection tours along production facilities/plants, including inspections of equipment, etc. - Assessing the state of maintenance using checklists and own expertise and noting down findings. - Reporting of findings to the Equipment Performance Responsibility and the Engineering Team Leader, indicating nature and severity. - Reporting (imminent) defects to the Engineering Team Leader, repairing (imminent) defects on the spot insofar as possible Timeliness and completeness of inspections. Accuracy of findings and reports. Correctness of executed repairs and corrections. Execution of scheduled maintenance works - Maintaining plant equipment whilst following equipment manufacturers guidelines or relevant standard operating procedures. - Executing mechanical maintenance works on pneumatic, mechanical and hydraulic parts, also adjusting high-precision components and such using (hand) tools, welding equipment, etc. - Executing maintenance works on electric and (to a limited extent) control technology equipment, for instance setting of control devices, etc. - Carrying out corrective maintenance following preventative inspections at scheduled moments in time - Informing production workers on the progress of maintenance works. - Assisting production workers when starting up