Maintenance Technician (Kildare)

Our client is a well-known family company providing food, ingredients and agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We are currently recruiting for a maintenance technician who will be carrying out multi-skilled Maintenance tasks across the site including a range of preventative, predictive and reactive maintenance as required. This is a full time position based in Co.Kildare.

Responsibilities:

·        Perform full range of plant maintenance tasks and repairs on a proactive/planned and reactive basis.

·        Maintenance fitter work in providing to meet day to day engineering services in a busy high speed manufacturing environment.

·        Implement equipment reliability improvements and develop new maintenance work-flow methods and techniques.

·        Process optimisation to ensure maximum efficiency

·        Employ predictive maintenance techniques to achieve benchmark plant reliability

·        Follow safe systems in work environment of a safe system of work, PPE permits, risk assessment etc

·        Be a leader in continuous Improvement initiatives in predictive maintenance techniques such as thermo-graphic imaging and vibration analysis as well as experience, skill and judgement to make regular assessments of the plant condition

·        Become a key member in company initiatives such as implementation maintenance Management Systems to log faults and report potential problem areas, extract fault information, generate work orders and log completed work.

·        Coordination of contractors and other technicians on site

·        Planning & scheduling of maintenance area collaborating with production, supply chain and quality (& EHS).

·        Asset Management. Project Coordination in End of Shelf-Life Assets and additional \ modification. Site improvement Assets

Requirements:

·        Experience of working in maintenance with a bias to mechanical engineering

·        Diagnostic trouble shooting and problem analysis skills

·        Good knowledge of Maintenance process and activities gained within a plant environment.

·        Understanding of predictive maintenance techniques, vibration analysis, thermography and ultrasound is a advantage, but training will be provided

·        Thorough understanding of EHS and a safety culture

·        Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective working relationships internally and externally

·        To be familiar with ket aspects that may have effect on production