• To monitor and maintain utility services plant to the Lowestoft site and ensure all systems are available at the required time & quality to meet production plans & requirements. These consist primarily of: -
  • Industrial ammonia refrigeration plant
  • Water treatment systems for prevention of Legionella including chlorine dioxide
  • Steam & hot water boilers, softeners and associated chemical treatment plant
  • Reverse Osmosis plant
  • Combined Heat & Power (CHP) plant
  • Trade Effluent plant
  • Compressed air systems
  • Heating & Ventilation systems
  • Site electrical distribution & lighting
• To provide technical support and assistance to the production departments in all aspects of the above utility services.

Provide support to the manufacturing units for planned maintenance and fault finding when required

• Maintain all plant & equipment at optimum level by means of planned maintenance activities, using all aspects of Condition Based Maintenance – (including use of unrostered hours in planned activity)
• Reacting to all breakdown conditions in timely manner to reduce impact on production output.
• Carry out all regular inspection testing and any quality controls identified as requirement to maintain optimum performance, legislative compliance and safety.
• Carry out fault diagnosis (root cause analysis) in both electrical and mechanical disciplines.
• Monitoring operating conditions, data collection, logging and analysing results.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and plant replacement projects.
• Ensuring all health and safety procedures, safe operation practices and standards are adhered to
• Working closely with shift service technician dealing with operational issues, including use of Breathing Apparatus when site emergencies (i.e. fire & ammonia leak).

• Minimum EAL NVQ level 3 Engineering (essential).
• Good verbal communication & IT skills using MS Office and bespoke web-based systems.      
• Prioritisation & coaching skills. Self-driven & pro-active approach to problem solving.

Must be medically fit to wear Breathing Apparatus and be part of a site rescue team