To provide a Manufacturing Engineering service to the plant, in order to maximise the availability of Manufacturing Equipment. To ensure continual compliance with the policies relating to Personnel, Quality, Engineering, Safety and Finance.

• To ensure the performance of day to day preventative and demand maintenance activity to maintain manufacturing and utility equipment.
• To liaise with Production to ensure equipment performance is maximized.
• To maintain records and documentation on relevant Engineering Procedures and preventative/ demand maintenance.
• To liaise with Internal/External Engineering Personnel and contract maintenance providers in maintaining trouble shooting, and installing/commissioning equipment.
• To facilitate the implementation of Equipment projects/ process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Establish with the engineering team leader the department goals, schedules and timetables for activities.
• Stay abreast of developments in technology relevant to the processes being carried out on site.
• Maintenance of manufacturing equipment.
• Ensure successful external, Division and Corporate audits.
• In conjunction with quality calibration coordinator ensure compliance with calibration requirements.
• Completion of PM on manufacturing equipment.
• Completion of instrument calibration as per schedule.
• Identification and implementation of manufacturing equipment related CIP’s.
• Cross train within manufacturing engineering.
• Ensure safety standards are met and safe working practices adhered to.
• Implementation of equipment/process upgrade in an environment of continuous improvement.
• Support the Production Team in ensuring that manufacturing equipment is maintained to meet the output and yield requirements.
• Liaise with Division Engineering as required.
• Adhering to all relevant policies relating to Quality & Safety.
• Supervise external contractors.
• Negotiate cost / quality effective external contracts.
• Required to undertake specific investigations, and equipment monitoring, with the view to improve manufacturing performance e.g. reducing plant maximizing Plant output and yield.