Senior Engineer

Elis UK Limited • Full-time • GB • £44k / year • 13h ago

About a career with Elis

Elis is an international multi-service provider, offering textile, hygiene, and facility services solutions. We are a leader in most of the 29 countries in which we operate, employing 52,000 professionals.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a committed and motivated Senior Engineer to join a company that invests in training and development to provide their people with the opportunity to flourish and develop their careers!

Here at Elis, we recognise that our employees are the company’s greatest asset and our investment in our people reflects this. Elis offers a wide range of assignments and career opportunities via a multitude of diverse job roles and career gateways between functions. This vast field of possibilities gives you the opportunity to achieve your career goals.

Your Mission at Elis

Key Responsibilities of a Senior Engineer:

You will possess leadership skills to organise an Engineering team, apply strategies and deliver efficient workflow within an industrial laundry processing plant.
Guarantee all activities are carried out in accordance with the Site Health and Safety instructions and the SSG Health and Safety manual, as well as in accordance with relevant engineering standards.
Understand compliance responsibilities and maintain records to an auditable standard.
Carry out, regular and accurate assessment on energy measurables using trend data. Ensure fast response to deviation in working towards our common CSR goals.
Provide knowledge and input into the continuous improvement of plant, machinery, and maintenance activities. Working with your Engineering team to identify areas and find suitable solutions.
To ensure the Company’s disciplines, rules and standards are maintained.
Have technical Engineering experience to order replacement parts and consumables whilst tracking and maintaining budgets.
Report and investigate any incidents, accidents or near misses in accordance with Health and Safety Policies. Ensuring that safe systems of work and best practice procedures are adhered to at all times.
To ensure the Company assets are maintained to achieve maximum efficiency.
Manage contractors on site, ensuring they are working safely and adhering to Health and Safety rules and procedures.
You will maintain excellent communication between Production staff and co-workers and ensure all handover of ongoing activities is carried out every day, sharing all other information and practices as required.

What will make you stand out?

Interpersonal skills to manage and influence people at all levels.
A minimum of 6 years’ experience working in a manufacturing/process environment.
Skilled in both Electrical and Mechanical trades with knowledge of Engineering disciplines including pneumatics, hydraulics, electrical circuits and able to comprehend the relevant drawings/schematics. To share and support the team in their development by mentoring, recognising strengths/weaknesses and building well rounded Engineers.
You will be self-motivated, able to make decisions and react quickly to the needs of the business.
To record PPM and reactive information into a CMMS system accurately. Maintain PPM relevance by keeping the system up to date with changes. Reporting statistics into group.
A logical approach to fault finding with a high attention to detail.
Able to travel to offsite training facilities and other factories in the group, as and when required.

Desirable skills/knowledge
Experience of managing a team of Engineers is a distinct advantage.
Previous Industrial Laundry experience.
Steam systems and chemical water treatment – BG01 or BOAS accreditation.
Water network and heat recovery systems.
Electronic component fault finding and testing.
BS 7671IET wiring regulations.
Inspection and Testing C&G 2391-52.
Mentoring apprentice’s and/or developing Engineers.
PTW risk assessor and contractor control.
Legionella control, ACOP L8.
Small to medium sized projects, 6 Sigma and Capex.
IOSH managing safely or NEBOSH

What's on offer?

29 Days Holiday
Employee Assistance Programme

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity. We are able offer, and encourage career growth, and have national coverage to facilitate ambition.

In addition we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• 29 days holiday per year
• Working with a great team