Maintenance Electrician

PE Global Recruitment are currently recruiting for an experience Maintenance Electrician to join our client, a Semi-State Power generation entity based in Offaly. The role is permanent and paying an excellent salary/benefits package.   

The Role:

Our Client’s Renewable Energy Business Unit currently has an opening for an experienced Maintenance Electrician to join them on a permanent basis. This role will be based in Edenderry and will report to the Maintenance Foreman.

The successful candidate will be responsible for achieving challenging maintenance, engineering, commercial, safety, environmental, quality, and personal development targets. The Maintenance electrician will be working under the direction and leadership of the Maintenance Foreman.

The main duties and responsibilities of the role will include the following:

• Contribute to the maintenance function to achieve maximum plant availability, efficiency and safe systems of work. The efficient use of appropriate spare parts in line with budget and operation of a maintenance management system;
• Ensure maintenance plans and targets for the team are achieved safely, economically and within the environmental limits of the Plant;
• Carry out fault diagnosis as required;
• Conduct plant inspections and undertake operational duties as required;
• Pro-active and creative in problem solving and initiative;
• Participate in the implementation of the Plant Business Management System including the Plant Safety Release programme;
• To carry out PM/other works and report to the Maintenance Management System and keep record of all other necessary quality documentation;
• Work within their own and alongside other teams to provide high quality flexible maintenance resource geared to achieving high plant availability;
• Work alongside other parties and, as necessary, manage their activities on site;
• Carry out all work in a safe manner. Actively participate in the work permit systems. Follow all the safety guidelines and promote working safely in the workplace;
• Proactively participate in the Performance Management process to ensure delivery of own, and the wider team’s, objectives; 
• All employees are expected to co-operate fully with all provisions taken by the company for ensuring Health and Safety, and Welfare of co-employees and members of the public using the premises.

The Person:

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualification, skills, knowledge and attributes:

• Should have appropriate technical qualifications, recognized apprenticeship, HND, HC, and/or equivalent experience;
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in similar role;
• Possess IT skills and a good knowledge of maintenance management systems, including planning of preventative maintenance and reporting; 
• Advantage to have mechanical aptitude and experience with similar systems.