Drives and Automation Engineer - Tenders Global

Drives and Automation Engineer

DS Smith

Job title:

Drives and Automation Engineer

Company

DS Smith

Job description

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 will include:

  • 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 a 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 effect 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

Expected salary

Location

Kemsley, Kent

Job date

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 01:19:04 GMT

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