Combustion & Control Engineer DAYS - #1797468

REED Engineerinng & Manufacturing are working with a leading Engineering & Manufacturing company

Combustion & Controls Engineer - DAYS ONLY

Job Summary

Responsible for the control & combustion maintenance activities within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment. Providing a proactive service which contributes towards reducing downtime, improving plant performance and reliability using preventative and predictive maintenance methods and techniques. You will be highly motivated, with a 'can do' attitude towards your work, as well as having a degree of flexibility to help meet business needs and market demands. You will be a major exponent of Health and safety practices, with a strong focus towards work quality and plant standards.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• Carry out both reactive and proactive maintenance activities across the Melt Shop and Engineered Products site (also known as Atlas). This includes work on Vacuum Induction Melting Furnaces (VIM), Vacuum Arc Remelting Furnaces (VAR), Electroslag Remelting Furnaces (ESR), gas fired heat treatment and annealing furnaces, and a variety of other plant and equipment.
• Carrying out mandatory compliance activities to support operations such as Thermal Uniformity Surveys (TUS), Calibrations and System Accuracy Tests (SAT).
• You will be required to understand electrical and control systems such as PLCs, Burner Management Systems and systems interfacing with the site IT network and be able to diagnose problems/plant faults constructively and accurately.
• Take part in the development, creation and implementation of PPM schedules to achieve maximum machine availability.
• Record daily activities and creation of work orders within the site CMMS, as well as using the system to assist with any fault diagnosis.
• Attend and contribute towards daily and weekly planned maintenance meetings/plant priority reviews.
• Identify/specify and order critical parts using the companies system.
• Contribute towards the control and improvement of critical spares requirements.
• Ensure that all parts required are booked out correctly and recorded as necessary.
• Work with specialist OEM service engineers where required.
• Facilitate lean ways of working to minimise waste and maximise efficiency, ensuring departmental objectives are achieved.
• To participate in training and upskilling activities to help maintain and improve your site and technical knowledge.
• Undertake any other tasks, which are reasonable in relation to the skills, knowledge and experience.
• Able to perform safety & quality risk assessments and work.
• Adhere to standard safe practices and procedures, environmental and legislative requirements.
  
  

Skills Experience And Qualifications

Desirable

• IOSH qualified. Would be advantageous
• Experience of furnace mechanics and their control systems
• Experience of control logic, PLCs and PID theory.
• Understanding of common types of instrumentation and their working principles.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and process trend recordings.
  
  

THE ROLE ALSO INCLUDES A BONUS OF UP TO 10% £5,000 TO £5,500 ON TOP OF THE SALARY

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