Shift Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Location:            South Molton

Job Type:            Permanent

Salary:                 Up to £43K

West Fraser is a diversified wood products company with more than 60 facilities in Canada, the United States and Europe. From responsibly sourced and sustainably managed forest resources, the company produces lumber, engineered wood (OSB, LVL, MDF, plywood, particleboard), and other products including pulp, newsprint, wood chips and renewable energy.

Our UK-manufactured products are FSC certified and are used extensively in the construction, DIY and furniture sectors. Our brands, SterlingOSB Zero, CaberFloor and CaberMDF, are well known in the construction industry and are commonly specified by architects, national housebuilders and specifiers. Our North Devon site in South Molton manufactures and distributes assembled kitchen units to sites across the UK.

We are proud that as a company we lock up more carbon in our products than we emit making them, helping the UK construction sector comply with net zero targets and beyond.

Main Purpose of Role

Responsible for the safe maintenance, repair or replacement in parts of plant, equipment and systems and to also ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that plant & equipment remains operational.

Completing fault finding and maintenance repair works, an integral role will be played in terms of supporting the department, providing technical support to ensure the efficient operation of the process.

To help reduce the downtime of plant to a minimum and to increase the output of all plant by means of improvement and/or modification wherever possible.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Heavy involvement in planned preventative and predictive maintenance techniques
• Ensure work is completed in a safe and timely manner in line with West Fraser’s expectations
• Investigate electrical plant faults, diagnose and rectify defects
• Ability to work under pressure and maintain a consistently high level of performance
• Ability to investigate, understand and resolve issues quickly and efficiently
• Provide out of hours support where required
• Ensuring all electrical engineering activities within area of responsibility are completed in full compliance with all statutory regulations and site HS&E standards, policies and procedures

Person Specification

• Time served electrician
• Educated to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Electrical Engineering. A relevant further high-level qualification is also desirable
• Experience with PLCs, single phase and three phase drive systems
• Ability to read electrical circuit drawings and fault find in electrical panels
• The role requires the individual to be physically fit, capable of working at heights and in confined spaces
• A ‘hands-on’ individual with a positive ‘can-do’ approach to ensuring engineering standards are achieved and maintained
• Good computer literacy skills
• Strong people and communication skills
• Full UK driving licence

If you are interested in applying for this vacancy, please send your CV to: [email protected]