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Engineer
Location: Burscough
Salary: £54,300
Our DS Smith Packaging site in Burscough is looking to recruit a Maintenance Engineer, with an electrical bias. You will be working closely with your engineering colleagues, Operations, OEMs and vendors to develop and implement best practices and increase plant and asset reliability.
The role is hands on and fast paced, requiring you to carry out duties with respect to Preventative Maintenance schedules. Reporting to the Engineering Team Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring any tasks carried out are completed to the best possible standard and in accordance with current regulations and company policy on health and safety, quality, hygiene, housekeeping, delivery and cost.
Other Key Responsibilities Include
- Ensuring all maintenance activity meets quality standards with respect to workmanship, processes and procedures in order to deliver plant quality targets
- Ensuring that company procedures and effective controls are followed and implemented with respect to maintenance costs to deliver plant cost performance targets
- To work in support of a preventative maintenance strategy by undertaking work of a predictive preventive and repair nature
- Ensuring contractors are appropriately supervised and comply with contractual commitments and site operating processes
- Document and communicate as necessary comprehensive maintenance records
- Ensuring appropriate training is completed for both self and others with a view to maintaining professional and technical skills.
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Shift Engineer working hours: 4 on, 4 off shift pattern (2x 12-hour days, 2x 12-hour nights) (average 42 hours per week)
Overtime is expected of all Engineers
About You
- Sound engineering experience working in a similar maintenance environment
- Electrical or Mechanical apprenticeship with multi-skilled knowledge
- Computer literate, and well versed in Excel and Word
- Experience with autonomous maintenance practices
- The ability to work well individually and within a small team
- Strong fault finding skills and knowledge
- Experience of maintenance management systems (SAP) would be advantageous
Benefits
- 277.2 hours of annual leave (equivalent of 25 days + 8 bank holidays)
- Discretionary site bonus
- Pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
- Employee assistance programme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Corporate discounts
We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 65,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us!


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