Summary

Exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and ambitious individual to join us as an Engineering Technician at our Packaging Manufacturing site at Fordham. Gain operational experience by assisting in many areas, including supporting planned preventative maintenance plans and carrying out reactive repair and improvement on equipment.

• Maintaining and continually improving housekeeping standards in engineering workshops, and when conducting tasks around the site
• Development and execution of a planned preventative maintenance plan
• Carry out reactive repair and improvement of selected equipment
  Understand how and where to source spare parts and service contracts, with a view to continually improving performance while reducing costs
• Maintain comprehensive equipment records, with details of repairs completed, root causes, and corrective actions
• Comply with asset management performance targets set by group and site
• Record performance to demonstrate adherence to KPIs
• Engage with wider DS Smith engineering teams to ensure the site is fully compliant with all policies, and to stay fully informed of technical developments in the business
• Management of maintenance & repair subcontractors

Employment

Employer

DS Smith is a leading provider of sustainable fibre-based packaging worldwide, which is supported by recycling and papermaking 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.

Training Provider

Training To Be Provided

• You will be in college 1 day per week and 4 days a week on site working with the Engineering and wider Operations Teams
• For college you will be based at West Suffolk College

How To Apply

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