Drives and Automation Engineer

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