Engineer

  • Merton
  • Full-time
  • Permanent

About a career with Elis

About Elis

Elis is an international leader in textile, hygiene and facility services, helping businesses across a wide range of industries to operate safely, sustainably and efficiently. With a presence in 29 countries and a team of around 52,000 people, we combine the scale and stability of an international organisation with the opportunity to build a rewarding and long-term career.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We believe in investing in our people, recognising their contribution and giving them the opportunity to develop, progress and build careers they can be proud of.

At Elis, you'll be part of a culture built on trust, respect and collaboration, where your ideas and contribution are valued. We want our people to have a voice, and our commitment to listening and acting on employee feedback was recognised when Elis UK won Best Employee Engagement Experience Initiative at the 2024 CIPD People Management Awards for our Employee Voice programme.

With opportunities across operations, engineering, logistics, sales and our head office support functions, there are many ways to develop your career with Elis.

The Opportunity

  • Ensuring all activities are carried out in accordance with the Site Health and Safety instructions and the SSG Health and Safety manual, as well as in accordance with relevant engineering standards.
  • Ensuring all PPM activities are completed on time as required, feeding back information to the Senior Engineer to improve the PPM system and activities.
  • Working closely with the Engineer on the opposite shift to ensure all handover of ongoing activities is carried out every day, and sharing all other information and practices as required.
  • Providing knowledge and input into continuous improvement of plant, machinery, and maintenance activities.
  • Working with Engineering colleagues and Engineering Manager to identify long running problems and suitable solutions.
  • Undertaking repairs to equipment in a safe and timely manner ensuring that Production is constantly updated on progress.
  • Undertaking remedial engineering works to equipment or site as instructed by the Engineering Manager.
  • Reporting any incidents, accidents and near misses in accordance with Health and Safety Policies.
  • Ensuring that safe systems of work and best practice procedures are adhered to.
  • Ensuring the Company’s disciplines, rules and standards are maintained.
  • Maintaining excellent communication between Production staff and co-workers.

What We're Looking For

  • A recognised qualification relevant to the role (e.g. mechanical or electrical C&G).
  • Skills in both Electrical and Mechanical trades: Apprenticeship with indentures preferred.
  • Electrical Installation Maintenance.
  • Mechanical Fabrication/Maintenance.
  • Electronic fault finding to component level.
  • Preferred knowledge of other engineering disciplines including pneumatics, hydraulics, steam systems Electrical Installation 18th Edition.
  • Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.

What We Offer

  • Employee Assistance Programme

Interested?

Then apply online!

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