Maintenance Technician

The ASR Group® family of companies make up the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. The companies produce a full line of grocery, industrial, foodservice and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group® companies operate five sugar refineries, located in California, Maryland, Louisiana, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, ASR Group® companies operate sugar refineries in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and, with a joint venture partner, Italy. The companies also farm sugarcane and own sugar mills in Mexico and Belize. The ASR Group® portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Florida Crystals®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle's®, Sidul® and Whitworths®. ASR Group® companies also produce and market Tellus®, a single-use, compostable tableware and foodservice product made from plant fibers, including sugarcane.

Position Scope

Provision of an effective maintenance service to all plant/equipment used within the refining and packing areas, with emphasis on the improving plant availability & reliability.

Salary: £55,700

Shift: Mon-Fri Days

Detailed Roles & Responsibilities

• Meet or better all Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental targets.
• Carry out plant isolations.
• Maintenance responsibility for all mechanical, electrical and electronic systems employed within the Process, Packing, Utilities and Jetty sections.
• Carry out reactive maintenance when required by plant priorities.
• Progress to agreed maintenance plans.
• To plan, schedule & agree daily/weekly workload with the Area Maintenance Leader, incorporating Preventative, Predictive and improvement activities.
• Plan plant insurance inspections liaising with the insurance inspector when required.
• Complete plant improvement projects as time allows.
• Supervise maintenance activities optimizing available on site resources and contractors to ensure expedient, high quality repairs, servicing and improvement projects.
• Liaise with contractors and manage RAMS and PTW.
• Supervise cleaning resources to maintain plant hygiene.
• Administer and review SAP maintenance system for budgeting, historical trend & reliability analysis, and in order to maintain accurate SAP inventories.
• Provide where necessary HT cover for the site following the appropriate training and assessment.
• Undertake detailed RCA on component failures, generating and implementing modifications & improvements to address reliability and performance issues within the plant.
• Provide cost estimates for improvement projects and generate capital requests for these projects.
• Participate in capital projects at all stages of implementation through to commissioning including pre-delivery inspections & installation of new plant for area of responsibility.
• Meet with suppliers or potential suppliers and carry out audits/visits to suppliers’ premises when required.
• Mentor, train and advise on engineering practices and Maintenance issues at all levels.
• Plant reliability measured in up time, OEE & lost opportunity.
• Performance against job specific KPM’s

Essential Capabilities (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities And Personal Attributes)

• Self-motivated with desire for continual personal development.
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills.
• Demonstrates ability for problem solving and providing long-term solutions.
• Multi-skilled across a range of engineering trades.
• Knowledge of Health, Safety & environmental systems & procedures
• Experience of planning and organizing engineering tasks often involving contractor resources.

Essential Work Experiences

• Comparable experience of maintenance within an automated continuous process environment, which may include PLC and/or HT systems.
• Experience of Predictive/Preventative maintenance techniques and regimes.

Essential Education Requirements

• Preferably an HNC/NVQ 4 in an engineering discipline, at least BTEC/ONC in relevant discipline.

At Tate & Lyle Sugars, our goal is to be the most admired sweetener Company.

Service Excellence - Be the industry's Gold Standard by a relentless focus on reliability, providing products with superior quality and excellent customer services. Efficiency and Sustainability - Eliminate inefficiency to be a sustainable, low cost producer and to generate fuel for reinvestment. Value-Add - create strategic advantage and enhanced profitability through value-added products and services. The foundation of our values is Talent and Culture as we aim to build, retain and motivate a winning team.