Facilities Engineer - Planning/Maintenance - Oxfordshire (KYU-101218)

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Facilities Engineer - Planning/Maintenance
Oxfordshire, England

Our client is a leading prestige automotive manufacturer who are looking for a Facility Planning Engineer, responsible for the project planning, installation and optimisation of assembly hardware and related logistics hardware systems to agreed cost and deadline targets. This covers the feasibility, specification, supplier selection, cost, quality, ergonomics, environment and availability of the technical solutions. The Maintenance Engineer is responsible for maintaining and optimising the facility when in operation; and supporting the planner in specification development and installation of new facilities. All activities must be carried out using core VPS principles.
Key areas of responsibility:
The role requires the planner to project manage new and modified facilities to be integrated into the production system. The maintenance engineer is responsible for the optimisation and innovation of the existing systems.
The planner must develop the technical concept and specify the solutions to allow suppliers to quote for the work. The budgets must be agreed and then the planner must manage the introduction of the equipment on time and on cost with the support of the Maintenance engineer. Both must employ VPS and best practice principles.
All legal, process and technical documentation must be included in the final project.
The complexity of the project ranges from simple stand alone facilities to high complexity systems with multiple interfaces (depending on experience
Educational requirements: For the Planner Degree/Masters with several years experience. For the Maintenance engineer a HND with several years relevant experience.
Relevant Knowledge including machine control, automation, robotics and control engineering, building services, hydraulics, pneumatics, project management, IT networks, machine operator protection and health and safety.
Advanced problem resolution techniques and good preventative maintenance techniques.
Good leadership and project planning skills are required.
Must be able to communicate with internal and external International partners and have the ability to sell concepts and communicate technical solution effectively.
Must be flexible in time and work place (inc. temporary international assignments)
Good knowledge of VPS principles.
Good office IT skills.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Contracts are those of an Employment Business.