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Location

Sittingbourne, Kent | United Kingdom

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Job description

Drives and Automation Engineer page is loaded

Drives and Automation Engineer

Apply locations Kemsley time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R-5153

About the role

We have a new opportunity at our Kemsley Paper Mill for a Drives and Automation Engineer to join and contribute to a high-performing team. Working with your team, project teams, area managers, and external contractors, you’ll be responsible for the coordination and management of a successful drive maintenance program and support the technical development of your area.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring all asset, parts and maintenance schedules are created and facilitated utilising the engineering asset management tools.
• Coordinating and managing the motor store and ensuring spares are effectively maintained
• Developing and managing various training programs (BS13849, software training, etc)
• Ensuring VSD drives and programmable smart motor control center devices (Simocode) software and parameters are recorded, stored and available.
• Managing asset database, obsolescence and improvement plan
• Working with the various asset teams to ensure that obsolete equipment is replaced
• Creating an asset performance monitoring system as part of the Industry 4.0 initiative
• Developing and participating in upgrade projects

• Ensuring systems and safety files are maintained, change control is in place, and that records are available for auditing
• Working with the project team on strategic safety development

Note: This role is part of a engineering callout rota, you will be on call 1 week out of every 7 with the expectation that you’ll provide support , escalate and facilitate engineering events that effect production of the site.

About you 

• Experience in Drive Control and Automation systems
• Understanding of principles of AC and DC drives
• Electrical or multi-skilled engineering background,
• A recognised Electrical Engineering qualification
• Driven and self-motivated, always looking for improvements in the way we do things
• Accountable and wanting to take full ownership over your area of expertise
• Be able to identify the root cause of problems by logical problem solving and using industry standard tools and approach

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Discretionary bonus
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays 
• Pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
• Sharesave scheme
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Discounts
• Cycle to work scheme

Location: Kemsley Paper Mill, Sittingbourne

About Us

DS Smith is a leading provider of sustainable fibre-based packaging worldwide, which is supported by recycling and paper making operations. We play a central role in the value chain across sectors including e-commerce, fast moving consumer goods and industrials.

Through our purpose of 'Redefining Packaging for a Changing World' and our  Now and Next sustainability strategy, we are committed to leading the transition to the circular economy, while delivering more circular solutions for our customers and wider society - replacing problem plastics, taking carbon out of supply chains and providing innovative recycling solutions. Our bespoke box-to-box in 14 days model, design capabilities and innovation strategy sits at the heart of this response.

Headquartered in London and a member of the FTSE 100, DS Smith operates in 34 countries employing around 30,000 people and we are a Strategic Partner of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Our history can be traced back to the box-making businesses started in the 1940s by the Smith family.

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