Drives and Automation Engineer

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Full time
Location: Sittingbourne
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Job offered by: DS Smith
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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

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 an 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 affect 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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