Electrical Maintenance Technician

Kildare
Temporary
Full-time

6 days ago

Are you a time served electrician with 5 years’ experience in manufacturing/production settings?Are you a Kildare, Carlow, Kilkenny or Laois based maintenance tech with a strong knowledge of mechanical and electrical process plant and associated maintenance activities looking for your next role?Would you like to work for an expanding multi-national in the beverage sector with lots of opportunity to progress your career?Then this could be the career advancing maintenance technician role you’ve been waiting for!YOUR NEW JOB/COMPANY:My client a global market leader in the beverage production sector is currently recruiting for an Electrical Maintenance Technician for their state-of-the-art facility in Kildare that provides the manufacturing and distribution of my client’s products throughout EMEA.
Reporting to the Engineering & Maintenance Lead and working as part of a team of 9 this maintenance tech job is commutable from Kildare, Carlow, Kilkenny and Laois.In the Electrical Maintenance job some of the key elements of your new role will include:

Responsible for executing and improving the company preventative maintenance programme through scheduled PM’s based on risk assessment and performance reliability.

Minimise downtime on equipment, through fast response, effective root cause analysis and good problem-solving techniques to eliminate recurring issues.

Monitoring and record the use and of spare parts and reorder as required.

Responsible for electro-mechanical repairs to high-speed, PLC-controlled plant, handling and packaging equipment, incorporating pneumatic and hydraulic control systems.

Execute plans of electrical wiring for well-functioning, refrigeration, lighting, production machines, and other electrical systems.

Be active in identification, quantification, implementation and presentation of equipment continuous improvement projects.

Install safety and distribution components (e.g. switches, resistors, circuit-breaker panels etc.)

Ensure equipment uptime is maintained through front line asset care program and maintenance requests are logged on the computerized maintenance management system(CMMS).

Participate in quality investigation on all non-conforming batches and complaints.

Participate in review of hazards and safety or environmental incident investigations, follow-up and closeout in the area.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:You will be a time served Electrician with QQI Level 6 Advanced Certificate Craft and ideally 5 years + relevant experience in manufacturing/production settings. It would be highly advantageous to have experience in some or all of the following:

Alan Bradley PLC’s, Ethernet, ControlNet, DeviceNet & Profibuscommunications protocols.
ATEX zoned areas and equipment.
SCADA process control systems for process and fault diagnosis

WHAT IN IT FOR YOU:The electrical maintenance technician role pays up 59k doe plus health insurance, pension and discretionary bonus of up to 10% (depending on company performance) & 23 days annual leave.This is currently a days role and you would be joining at a great time with the Kildare site having completed a huge upgrade with lots of capital investment going on along with a huge plant extensionWith the Kildare plant having been acquired by a large US multinational a few years ago you get the best of both worlds with the advantages of working in a medium sized plant which you’ll be more than just a number but with the significant backing of a large parent company behind you.

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