Maintenance Engineer

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Job description

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives-where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Baxter Thetford are recruiting for a Maintenance Engineers to join our team on a 12 month FTC. This key role will be part of a team of multi skilled engineers on shift to provide and deliver predictive and reactive maintenance to all aspects of the production process including mechanical, electrical and process control systems.The Maintenance engineer will be responsible for the maintenance, carrying out scheduled tasks and effectively reacting to breakdowns and requests maintaining the business priority at all times. They will be resourceful and will identify and implement value improvement opportunities and will be a key technical resource in a high volume, highly regulated, healthcare operation. You will be working a 4 shift pattern of 06:00-18:00 & 18:00-06:00.

Duties

• Be capable of effectively identifying priorities and proactively resolving complex technical issues by direct intervention and teamwork. Must also be thorough, accurate and persevering rather than expedient.
• Proactively identify opportunities for improving and optimizing manufacturing processes, covering key business indicators, production and conversion loss objectives, quality reviews, preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Be part of a centralized Maintenance team operating in a plant environment reporting to the Production Maintenance Lead.
• Highly motivated and results driven with good interpersonal skills
• Help develop additional daily and weekly checks on processes to identify shifts in machine performance that may result in a leaks or a drop in OEE. Amalgamate these with pre-flight checks / daily walk around checks and a TPM system.
• Implement process improvement projects
• Work with Subject Matter Expert to understand what is needed and provide support.
• Must be capable of good confident and reasonably articulate communicator in written and spoken word.
• Must be professional, helpful and courteous in the performance of duties and maintain good working relationships with colleagues.
• Drive through process improvements through continuous improvements across the team / shift.
• Expand the knowledge base of craft by identifying training needs on the shift and both directly and indirectly provide this training.
• Be flexible in approach and availability to support the team and be a good coach and mentor.

Experience

• Competency in PLC operation and philosophy, hardware and Software
• Experience with Schematics wiring and circuitry.
• Experience with Automation, and robotics is an advantage.
• Working knowledge of pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
• Experience of working in a validated environment, with validation document experience.
• Competency in IT hardware troubleshooting and repair.
• Excellent communication skills

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