Operator Maintainer

**Package Description**:Great benefits such as**:

- Bonus scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- 23.5 days annual leave including bank holidays, plus each year you will have the option to buy and sell leave
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Employee Support to include Life Assurance and critical illness pay
- 24/7 Colleague Assistance Programme and Financial Wellbeing Support - access to affordable loans, savings accounts, advanced earned pay, and financial education via salary finance
- Online savings
- major retailers, utilities, entertainment plus many more

**About our opportunity**:
Working as a key member of the operations team, the post holder will operate, supervise and maintain the plant and equipment whilst prioritising safety and efficiency.
This opportunity will be working a shift pattern of 4 on 4 off days - changing to days & nights.

**What you will be doing**:

- Understand and adhere to Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality policies and procedures.
- Work to all relevant safe working procedures (SWP’s) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs);
- Maintain and wear statutory PPE issued and report defects to the site management team as required;
- Report all accidents and near misses in accordance with company guidelines.
- Monitoring the operational performance of plant and equipment and reporting defects and variations.
- Carry out basic planned and reactive maintenance.
- Conduct Patrol Audits as directed by the Shift Supervisor.
- Assist with any general duties as required by the Shift Supervisor.
- Complete training and development in order to multi-skill and enable growth and career progression.
- Adhere to standard operating procedures including safe working procedures (SWPs).
- Carry out daily and periodic checks including safety and quality
- Carry out activities to capture, record and action all machine defects.
- Assist the maintenance team with plant issue resolution
- Ensure good housekeeping standards are met and relevant PPE is worn
- Ensure safe isolation of machinery before undertaking relevant work
- Undertake corrective actions within scope of authorisation
- Complete actions from daily fault sheets
- Work in accordance with risk assessments for bespoke maintenance tasks.
- Ensure plant and workspace hygiene standards are maintained
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance activities.
- Deliver a full and comprehensive operational handover between shifts

**About you**:

- A strong appreciation and understanding of a safe working environment, hazard awareness and a compliant attitude
- Previous experience of basic mechanical and electrical maintenance.
- Manufacturing production or material processing experience
- Previous experience of having worked to standard operating procedures.
- Ability to work independently and unsupervised as well as in a team environment
- Strong attention to detail and solid problem-solving skills.
- NPORS or equivalent qualification in telehandler and fork lift truck driving.

**Who We Are**:
European Metal Recycling is a global leader in sustainable materials with physical operations in the UK, USA, Germany and the Netherlands. Our core business is the recycling of metal and plastics from a range of public, commercial and industrial waste streams. Our recycling activities generate around 10 million tonnes of sustainable materials every year, saving over 10 million tonnes of CO2.
Our mission is to have great people serving our customers with dependable recycling solutions. EMR is still privately owned, with family values at its core. It’s a place where we care about our people, our customers, our workplace and our communities. We offer diverse and exciting career opportunities where individuals can make a difference and are recognised and rewarded for their hard work.

It goes without saying that you will need the correct licences or certificates for a variety of our roles.

We Care
- Integrity - you are Respectful and Honest
- Trust - you are Collaborative and Genuine

We Do
- Accountable - you are Determined and Responsible
- Innovative - you have a Growth Mind-set and you are Progressive

The EMR Way - Our Behaviours will achieve success as One Team.
If you embody our Behaviours, we want to hear from you