Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Gravesend, Kent

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our ENGINEERING team as a Maintenance Engineer, based at our European Manufacturing plant in Gravesend, Kent. This role currently operates Mon-Fri (Apply online only but requires flexibility at times to work extra hours and weekends as required.

The Moove Group is already a leading provider of automotive lubricants, oils, and chemicals throughout the UK, Europe, the Americas and growing fast. Under the Brazilian owned Cosan Group, the organisation is a Global provider of Energy and Logistics.

There are 200 employees based at the Gravesend location at which over 26 different languages are spoken.

This is a high energy, fast evolving environment with ambitious improvement plans. If you are excited by change and growth, then this role should be of interest.

As a Maintenance Engineer, you ll join a broad team of manufacturing professionals focused on maintaining and improving overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) to maximise plant availability and performance whilst meeting quality requirements.

Responsibilities as a Maintenance Engineer are to:

• To maintain site health, safety & environmental standards, and company policies, be responsible for own safety and the safety of those around who may be impacted
• To attend and resolve equipment breakdowns within agreed target times
• To carry out and record works in accordance with the annual maintenance plan
• To provide engineering support to the operation and minimise non-operational time
• To maintain workshop spare inventory
• To support process improvement activities which affect Overall Equipment Effectiveness (product of Quality, Performance & Availability)
• To actively contribute to capital investment projects
• To achieve and maintain workshop housekeeping standards
• To adopt and behave according to the Moove Attitudes, acting with consideration and respect for others
• To supply essential out of hours activity as required by the business, without breaching the Working Time Directive or exceeding the company s 6-day maximum working policy
• To act on any reasonable request by the company or leadership team

Skills required of our Maintenance Engineer:

• Experience of maintenance engineering in a manufacturing process environment
• Practical fault-finding knowledge of Electrical, Controls & Instrumentation systems
• Experience of maintenance and repair of the following:
  • Fluid transfer pumps (diaphragm & positive displacement)
  • Electrical drive systems - direct, geared, fixed & variable speed controllers
  • Mechanical systems gears, shafts, bearings, drive belts, conveyors

Highly desirable:

• Compressed air systems, compressors, direct expansion dryers & filtration systems
• PLC checks and programme modifications capability (Siemens S7, ideally Omron and Mitsubishi)
• Knowledge of steam boiler heating systems
• Knowledge of basic hydraulics
• Root cause analysis methodology skills
• Ability to provide clear & concise communication with colleagues and managers on 1:1 basis and in production and project meetings

In return for joining the team, Moove are able to provide:

- Competitive Salary
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Contributory pension scheme (company match up to 7%)
- Life Assurance 4x basic salary

- Ample free onsite parking

- Access to the subsidised canteen

- All tools and PPE required for the role

- EAP and Perks