Plant/Project Engineer
Plant / Project Engineer
Exeter
Up to £55,000
Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm
Butler Rose are recruiting for an experienced Plant / Project Engineer to join a well-established manufacturing business in Exeter.
This is a varied role combining project engineering, plant improvement and equipment reliability, with responsibility for supporting projects across manufacturing equipment, site services and infrastructure.
The role:
- Create and manage project plans for equipment installations, machinery moves, site improvements and cost reduction projects.
- Identify, specify, source and purchase new machinery and equipment.
- Manage contractors on site, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time and within budget.
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve processes, reliability and operational efficiency.
- Carry out plant engineering activities across manufacturing equipment, buildings and site infrastructure.
- Provide technical expertise to improve equipment availability and asset utilisation.
- Investigate recurring equipment issues and implement improvements to reduce faults and downtime.
- Support maintenance teams with fault finding across plant and manufacturing equipment.
- Drive reliability improvements across critical equipment.
- Create and maintain technical documentation for new and existing equipment.
- Purchase parts and equipment required for engineering and improvement projects.
The candidate:
- HNC or equivalent qualification in Electrical, Controls or Mechanical Engineering would be preferred.
- Previous technical engineering experience within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
- Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes of recurring issues.
- Experience of machinery, plant or equipment improvement projects.
- Multi-skilled electrical and mechanical experience would be advantageous.
- CAD experience would be beneficial.
- Experience with automation, OEE or engineering/maintenance systems would be advantageous.
- Good IT skills including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Strong communication and organisational skills.
This would suit an Engineer who enjoys a mixture of hands-on plant engineering and project work and wants the opportunity to make tangible improvements across a manufacturing site.
What's on Offer?
- Salary £50,000 - £55,000
- Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm
- Pension Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Bonus Scheme
- Private Medical Cover
- Health Cash Plan
- Life Assurance
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- 3-day Christmas shutdown
- Annual salary reviews
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Butler Rose is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Butler Rose Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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