Lead Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer

About the role

Kemsley Paper Mill has a new opportunity for a Lead E&I (Electrical & Instrumentation) Engineer to join and contribute to a high-performing team.

Collaborating with colleagues across engineering departments and disciplines, you will take the lead in the planning and execution of routine E&I preventative maintenancein your area.

You will beleading and taking ownership of complex problems in both development and immediateEngineering eventsusing appropriatefault-finding skills and tools to aid fault diagnosis.

The planning aspect of this role requires proactively working with resources within your team and other engineering departments to produce and implement work plan packs and schedules to maintain maximum efficiency of our assets.

Responsibilities will include :

Ensuring that a safe working environment is being maintained at all times, complying with all company safety procedures and legislation.

Complying with the site’s Environmental Management System to reduce potential hazards in the working environment, ensure safety of employees, and ensure efficient use of materials to reduce our environmental impact.

Participate / Leadcompany investigationsincluding root cause analysis, creation of risk assessments, SSOW (Safe Systems of Work) and developing maintenance procedures as required.

Participate in the DS Smith Way Processes (Lean) for Operationaldepartments, including morning Hub attendance.

Function as a technical leadvia decision making and problem solving, and reporting outcomes of investigations to relevant stakeholders.

Planning maintenance work in line with DS Smith policies, focusing on method statements, risk assessments, isolation requirements, parts lists, manuals and drawings.

Estimating total cost of each maintenance task / work order with respect to direct labour and materials andconsidering the availability of special parts and tools.

Working with Production Planning and Management to create optimal maintenance and shutdown schedules, before communicating these to relevant teams.

Note : This role is part of anengineering callout rota, you will be on call 1 week out of every seven with the expectation that you will provide support, escalate and facilitate engineering events that effect production of the site.

About you

Electrical or Multi-Skilled Engineer, with recognised qualifications and time served

Experience in heavy manufacturing / engineering industry

Established understanding in core Electrical principles and infrastructure.

Understanding of Automation, Control and Instrumentation together with experience in Variable speed drives.

Understanding of relevant Electrical and Automation standards.

Able to collaborate well with your team and colleagues throughout the site.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Discretionary bonus

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension scheme, life assurance and income protection

Salary sacrifice electric car scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Discounts

Digital GP Services

Cycle to work scheme

Location : Kemsley Paper Mill, Sittingbourne