Mechanical Engineer - Morson Talent : Job Details

Mechanical Engineer Permanent Position Location: Northwich Reporting to: Chief Engineer

Salary: c£60,000Job purpose statement: - To drive professional standards in Engineering & Maintenance across Northwich Manufacturing plants incorporating Sodium Bicarbonate Plant, CHP and CCU Plant. - To take the lead or provide support on major, minor or sustenance projects and design applications. - Provide mechanical engineering support, technical guidance, and ensure governance and adherence to the relevant legal and company standards. - Provide a focus on driving high standards and delivering engineering excellence with unified and autonomous safety and housekeeping standards of the highest order. - Foster strong working relationships with site maintenance and operational teams, promoting collaborative working and decision making. - Ensure priorities and timelines are clearly defined and resources are deployed in the most efficient and effective manner in line with the business needs. Principal accountabilities - Ensure that all statutory and legal requirements relating to engineering design and inspection are adhered to and there is a clear understanding of them within the team. - Champion safety and uphold high housekeeping standards. - Provide technical guidance and instruction to ensure governance to the relevant standards required. - Drive high standards and deliver industry best practice within both the Engineering and Maintenance functions. - Record and document modifications to plant and processes, ensuring asset history and information is easily available and visible to the correct personnel. - Identify technical solutions and undertake feasibility studies to identify optimum designs and provide innovative ideas to complex or difficult problems. - Complete technical studies, surveys and reports, and prepare scopes of works and work with the procurement team to tender works and ensure best value for the business. - Project management and support on major, minor and sustenance projects, ensuring that clear priorities and timelines are agreed, defined and met. - Coordinate contractors and multi-disciplined teams to deliver projects in line with business needs, and within agreed timelines and budgets. - Develop and empower less experienced members of the maintenance team and help to develop a culture of self-motivation with a strong work ethic. - Develop and manage training and guidance documents for new and modified assets. Minimum Knowledge requirement: Required - Batchelor of Engineering Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent. - Chartered Member of IMechE or working towards Chartership. - Experienced in Project Management. - Excellent communicator and team player. - Excellent planning and organisational skills. - Ability to chair meetings, lead teams and plan effectively. Desirable - Working knowledge of applicable Engineering related legislation. - Understanding of Construction Design and Management (CDM) regulations 2015 - Experience of line management What previous experience or skills "if any" would an effective performer need to bring to this role? Essential - Knowledge and experience of mechanical plant and equipment. - Demonstrable organisational and planning skills. - Strong leadership skills. - Capable of prioritising effectively and making high level decisions based on factual information. Desirable - Knowledge of Route Cause Analysis (RCA) techniques and asset management skills. - Familiar with CMMS systems - Advocate of lean manufacturing principles and Six Sigma. Ideally trained to green belt standard or above.