Maintenance Electrician in North Dublin
Cpl is supporting a heritage brand in the Food and Beverage industry.
The company is based in Northern Cross, Co. Dublin, and due to continued business growth, they have an immediate job vacancy for a Trade Qualified Electrical Technician.
Job Description:
The Electrical Maintenance Technician is part of a team of high-performing craft and maintenance professionals.
The plant currently runs on a 2-cycle shift pattern.
•Shift A: 07:15am to 15:15pm
•Shift B: 15:00pm to 23:30pm (finishing at 21:00pm on Fridays)
Overtime will be required from time to time to assist with production or preventative/reactive maintenance.
The job requires the Maintenance Technician to set up, install, maintain, and support Electrical Food and Beverage production, packaging, and manufacturing equipment to ensure optimum performance and support the achievement of operational goals.
Electrical Maintenance Technician Job Description:
* The job requires the Maintenance Electrician to provide day-to-day engineering services in a busy, high-speed manufacturing environment.
* You will be responsible for Zone/Line performance and overall maintenance and repair of equipment and machinery.
* The Electrical Technician should be able to multitask and solve problems that arise on-site. The job requires these problems to be resolved quickly and efficiently.
* Cost-effective design solutions should be provided on a weekly basis for plant and equipment requirements.
* Always maintain accurate and up-to-date maintenance documentation.
* Deliver a high-quality maintenance service to production.
* Ensure that maintenance works efficiently, effectively, safely, in line with the maintenance strategy, and are responsible for carrying out planned work.
* The Electrical Maintenance Technician must ensure tool uptime is above 95%.
* Plan work activities to improve Line Zone performance in conjunction with the Supervisor/Lead Technician.
* Ideally, you will be highly competent at using PLCs for fault finding.
Requirements:
* At least 3 years' trade experience as an Electrical Maintenance professional.
* The ideal candidate would be coming from a Food and/or Beverage processing background or alternatively from FMCG, Bottling, Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical, or related industries and ideally within a Lean Six Sigma environment.
* You will provide key engineering support to a busy production department that includes multiple high-speed packaging and bottling lines.
* You will be required to troubleshoot and repair damaged or poor-performing equipment.
* Assist in the compilation and presentation of technical feedback on engineering performance relating to yield output, downtime, and where necessary, you and the other technicians will make engineering improvements and enhancements to increase productivity and efficiency.
* Knowledge of ATEX regulations is another distinct advantage.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential for this job.
* Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
* Maintenance Technician must be able to multitask and have a proven track record.
* Team player and a good problem solver.
* PLC/Controller experience (programming an advantage).
* National Craft Senior Trades Electrical or Automation Qualification is essential to be considered for this job.
* You must be flexible in this position and be prepared to undertake other work that may be assigned to you from time to time, which may be outside the area of your normal duties.
Job Specific:
* Deliver and improve performance targets in safety, quality, service, cost, and asset care.
* Carry out routine maintenance activities according to the maintenance schedule.
* Where routine maintenance reveals larger problems that require corrective action, these must be logged for incorporation in the scheduled maintenance plan.
* Carry out electrical compliance, statutory maintenance, and shutdown maintenance.
* Execute project activities in support of engineering capital projects.
* Record maintenance activities in the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to ensuring records are up to date, job durations are correct, and corrective maintenance is captured.
* Identify improvements to PM schedules and work with the Maintenance Team Leader and Planner to implement these.
* Support operational teams in maintenance and cleaning days.
Qualifications and Experience:
* Trade qualified Electrical/Automation qualification with time served.
* 3-5 years' experience in medium-high speed packaging environments.
* Extensive knowledge of packaging equipment including PLCs/SCADA/INDUSTRIAL IT SYSTEMS (Siemens beneficial).
* Experience in lean manufacturing principles and structured problem-solving culture with asset care and equipment reliability.
* Asset management experience through a recognized CMMS system.
* BASIC financial awareness, understanding of business drivers, budgeting processes.
* Excellent process improvement and problem-solving skills.
* Understanding of lean manufacturing excellence techniques.
* Computer literate in MS Office and business systems (e.g., SAP, CMMS).
* Strong numerical and verbal reasoning.
* Be self-aware and driven to deliver beyond expectations.
* Ability to positively impact and influence with or without direct line authority.
* Strength of character to challenge poor team behaviors.
* Have an "Agile" mindset and respond to change in a positive and flexible manner.
* Proactive, structured, and logical problem-solving skills.