Mechanical Engineer Runcorn £45k

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Mechanical Engineer Runcorn £45k 12month Fixed Term Contract

Huxley Engineering and a £40Bn Global Name in Industrial Process are looking to recruit a Mechanical Engineer for their large Production facility in the Runcorn area and is critical in enabling required engineering and plant performance via the application of Professional Engineering methodologies

Reporting into the Site Engineering Manage, the Mechanical Engineer is essential in the implementation of Professional Maintenance standards for the plant and delivery of specific project improvements and the Mechanical Engineer will have 5 - 6 direct reports, as well as budget accountability for part of engineering department spend.

The Key Accountabilities of the Mechanical Engineer are:

Performance

* To support the plant drive to achieve Time Efficiency by deployment of PM pillar projects

* To deliver effective planning for down days, projects, etc

* Ensure WCM methodology is embedded and used as the key process in identifying and prioritising plant losses and initiating continuous improvement, delivering against the annual cost deployment matrix.

* Deploy the planned preventative maintenance system through the factory

* Manage the WCM EWO process to analyse breakdowns and prevent re-occurrence of failure

* Deliver improvement projects to reduce downtime, control cost and improve plant availability

Leadership

* Responsible for managing the performance of hot/cold end engineering team

* Responsible for developing the above team through regular reviews.

* To provide mechanical engineering expertise and guidance to mechanical tradesmen both on shift and on days

* Generation of long range capital investment plans

Specifically, my client are looking for a Mechanical Engineer who possesses the following:

* HND / Degree qualified Engineer (in Mechanical Engineering or similar) or equivalent

* IOSH Certificate

* WCM practitioner (AM, PM)

* Good IT skills, especially Excel for data analysis

* Experience in managing engineering teams within a unionised environment (Plant size >100 people), and driving continuous improvement, ideally in a WCM environment.

* Experience in Professional Maintenance would be advantageous.

* Role requires someone with a high degree of numeracy and analytical skills, using data analysis and statistics to identify plant losses and stratifying data down to root cause.

For the successful Mechanical Engineer, a salary of £45k this Mechanical Engineer role is commutable from Chester, Liverpool, Warrington, South Manchester, Runcorn, Widnes, Northwich, Speke, St Helens and Crewe.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A 12 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT

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To find out more about Huxley Engineering, please visit www.huxleyengineering.com

Huxley Engineering, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 1st Floor, 75 King William Street, London, EC4N 7BE, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC387148 England and Wales