Project Engineer

Job Description

To work as part of the Engineering and Maintenance Team to ensure that selected engineering projects / improvements are carried out in a timely, efficient manner using best practices to deliver the project(s) safely, on time and within budget constraints.Assist Maintenance Manager with repairs and plant requirements. What you will be doing:

• Delivery of plant critical and strategic engineering projects.
• To ensure that the site and team comply with all applicable H&S and Engineering based legislation and company rules.
• Assist the Engineering and Maintenance Manager with responsibility for engineering / maintenance activities on-site including but not limited to: Projects, purchasing, installation, commissioning, fault finding and maintenance.
• Ensure that the plant is running at an optimum level, minimising downtown and achieving all internal maintenance demands.

• Highlight in a timely fashion any delays or long lead time spares requests.
• Create purchase requisitions and track new spare parts orders.
• To communicate effectively and accurately any information about stock requirements and usage to the Engineering Stores Person / Maintenance Shift Supervisor or Engineering and Maintenance Manager where applicable.
• To monitor maintenance works, and routinely conduct appropriate checks on machinery / equipment by follow up audits.
• Compilation of any reports in relation to work undertaken including but not limited to: Fault Repairs, PPM, Overtime, Lost Time Reports, Breakdown Reports and expenditure.
• Ensure that all machinery and equipment is used of a safe standard, and any malfunctions / missing components are immediately reported / actioned.
• Participation in shift briefings and Management meetings where required.
• Working with the Operations team to support continuous improvement.
• Deputise when required during the absence of the Engineering & Maintenance Manager, taking overall responsibility for Engineering and Maintenance on site, in liaison with the Operations Manager.

About you:

• Previous experience in a similar role is essential
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Good communication skills

• Driven to deliver targets
• Proactive and reactive approach to plant repairs
• Completion of work arising from daily action lists to agreed time and priority
• Manage PPMs to achieve 100% completion each week
• To work with external contractors to achieve effective and efficient maintenance and service of machinery when required, including the issuing of any permit to work as required by company procedures
• Willingness & flexibility to perform other tasks and duties that are not usually performed day to day, required for business reasons
• Where requested, represent the Company off site and attend suppliers, customers or trials as and when required

Desirable

• Ability to read Engineering drawings (Mechanical / Electrical)
• Understand Process Flow diagrams and have the ability to create them
• Understand and be able to create Bills of Materials
• Willing to consider working reasonable overtime as requested to meet with the demands of the business

Who we areMBA Polymers is an organisation which truly makes a difference to our world. Founded back in 1992, we have a simple missionto take valuable plastic bound for landfill and transform it into high-quality plastic polymers for a sustainable future. As anaward-winning organisation that forms part of the EMR Group, we are thrilled to be offering this opportunity to join us at our state of the art Polymer Recycling facility in Worksop.