Shift Engineer - Glasgow
Hovis
- Glasgow
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Carry out preventive maintenance tasks as scheduled during the shift to required standard
- Conduct continuous machine observation and measurement during the shift, identifying potential failure or deterioration in output, waste or quality performance from machine standards
- Determine cause of potential failure or performance deterioration, and either complete remedial work during shift or brief subsequent shift and Maintenance Manager on issue, cause and recommended solution
- Use manuals and failure history to develop preventative tasks. Brief the Maintenance Manager of the task and its purpose. Train engineers on other shifts how to perform new tasks.
- Conduct continuous machine observation during the shift, identifying potential safety risks and taking necessary actions to remove the hazard
- Conduct risk assessment prior to any maintenance work and ensure conclusions are implemented prior to start of work to remove hazards
- Ensure equipment is handed back to production in 100% safe condition
- Be aware of incident reports and work with operational managers to promptly implement solutions to prevent re-occurrence.
- Respond immediately to equipment failures during your shift
- Conduct systematic, rigorous and accurate fault diagnosis
- Determine most effective solution to the fault
- Effect the solution, and report on nature of fault, cause and solution via computerised maintenance system.
- Regularly observe the operation of all equipment
- Identify causes of reduction in output per hour, or yield losses
- Develop and recommend solutions to improve output rate per hour or materials yield.
- Observe and understand non-productive activities such as product changeover and hygiene cleaning.
- Identify opportunities to reduce the time taken for these activities.
- Develop and recommend solutions to improve the time taken.
- Apprentice or Degree qualified
- Multi skilled
- Able to read & understand Pneumatic drawings / systems
- Experience with using computer based preventative maintenance systems
- Read mechanical drawings
- Experienced with conveyor systems
- Worked with chain, sprocket, belt driven machinery
- IT Skills
- Arc welding
- TIG Welding skills
- Fabrication experience
- Food Manufacturing Experience
- MEWP Trained
- Forklift driver trained
- First Aider
- Basic Food Hygiene trained.
- 17th Edition