About the role
We have a new opportunity at our Kemsley Paper Mill for a Drives and Automation Engineer to join and contribute to a high-performing team. Working with your team, project teams, area managers, and external contractors, you’ll be responsible for the coordination and management of a successful drive maintenance program and support the technical development of your area.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Ensuring all asset, parts and maintenance schedules are created and facilitated utilising the engineering asset management tools.
- Coordinating and managing the motor store and ensuring spares are effectively maintained
- Developing and managing various training programs (BS13849, software training, etc)
- Ensuring VSD drives and programmable smart motor control center devices (Simocode) software and parameters are recorded, stored and available.
- Managing asset database, obsolescence and improvement plan
- Working with the various asset teams to ensure that obsolete equipment is replaced
- Creating an asset performance monitoring system as part of the Industry 4.0 initiative
- Developing and participating in upgrade projects
- Ensuring systems and safety files are maintained, change control is in place, and that records are available for auditing
- Working with the project team on strategic safety development
Note: This role is part of a engineering callout rota, you will be on call 1 week out of every 7 with the expectation that you’ll provide support , escalate and facilitate engineering events that effect production of the site.
About you
- Experience in Drive Control and Automation systems
- Understanding of principles of AC and DC drives
- Electrical or multi-skilled engineering background,
- A recognised Electrical Engineering qualification
- Driven and self-motivated, always looking for improvements in the way we do things
- Accountable and wanting to take full ownership over your area of expertise
- Be able to identify the root cause of problems by logical problem solving and using industry standard tools and approach
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Discretionary bonus
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
- Sharesave scheme
- Salary sacrifice electric car scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
Location: Kemsley Paper Mill, Sittingbourne
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What We Do
DS Smith provides innovative packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services with a commitment to sustainability and a circular economy.
Our core purpose is to Redefine Packaging for a Changing World, and our expert teams work closely with like-minded partners to incorporate renewable resources for products that minimize our environmental impact, reduce complexity and increase profitability through supply chain optimization
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