Maintenance Shift Coordinator

Sibelco is a global leader in material solutions. Founded in 1872, we started life in Europe but have grown into one of the largest industrial minerals companies in the world. Sibelco sources, transforms and distributes speciality industrial minerals. Our focus here in Kingsteignton is on clay but our products can be found supporting modern life in many forms such as glass, ceramics, construction, coatings, polymers and water purification. We operate across 114 production sites in 31 countries.

We are currently looking for a full time Mechanical Maintenance Shift Coordinator to join our on-site Newton Abbot maintenance team.

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, the role of Maintenance Shift Coordinator is required to provide maintenance services to the sites production team, ensuring maximum plant up time. The role incorporates planned preventative maintenance, maintenance inspections, corrective maintenance and continuous improvement projects. The team cover a 24/7 breakdown support via a call out system.

Safety is our number one priority so everything we do must be carried out in a safe and sustainable way following our policies, guidelines and values.

The role requires you to manage a small team.

**Responsibilities**:

- To follow the Sibelco Health, Safety and Environmental policy ensuring all systems/standards are applied at all times.
- Take responsibility for the planned, preventative and breakdown maintenance requirements, together with support for any capital modifications to plant.
- Use skills and experience to monitor plants performance and condition to identify potential breakdowns before they occur, ensuring that any required actions are correctly reported.
- To operate within the maintenance schedule, ensuring consistent maintenance of all plant across the site.
- Be actively involved in new plant installations/modifications from the design stage through to final commissioning.
- Provide 24/7 support to the site via a call out rota system
- To ensure all safety checks are completed and any maintenance required is logged, reported and remedial action taken.

**Requirements**:

- A recognised apprenticeship or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering.
- Educated to HNC/HND with a Mechanical Engineering bias or production engineering;
- Certified welding/burning and fabrication skills including pipe fitting and erection.
- Certified competence for pneumatic and hydraulic control systems.
- Be able to demonstrate compliance with relevant Health & Safety legislation.
- Manual Handlings, lifting and slinging
- Able to operate MEWP/FLT/Telehandlers
- Good level of bench skills and machining
- Overhaul of pumps and pumping system components, gearboxes and material handling systems.
- Systematic approach to fault finding/understanding of analytical processes for maintenance i.e. 5S/RCA/FMEA/SMED etc
- Good level of IT knowledge, MS office

Sibelco offers a compelling culture in which people thrive and perform at their best across diverse nations and roles, where employees are challenged to explore possibilities and are recognised for their contribution to the company’s successes.

Sibelco recognize the strength of our diverse global workforce and value difference and inclusion for all. Our rich mix of people bring an exciting exchange of ideas and knowledge to keep us moving forward and innovating new solutions. We seek talent of all backgrounds and abilities and continue to develop our leaders and our culture to help all employees to grow and reach their full potential.

Pay: £40,000.00-£45,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift

**Experience**:

- Mechanical engineering: 2 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 02/05/2025