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ELECTRICAL ENGINEER/SUPERVISOR - AUTOMATION & PROCESS CONTROL
Roheela Khan MSc, BA (Hons), AssocCIPD Recruitment Operations Director
Job Description
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER/SUPERVISOR - AUTOMATION & PROCESS CONTROL
"Great Supervisory Management role for qualified Electrician/Electrical Engineer experienced with automation and process control systems and equipment"
£Very Competitive Bonus Benefits
Location: East Lothian, Scotland
Commutable from Edinburgh, Berwick upon Tweed, Dunbar, North Berwick, Haddington, East Linton, Musselburgh, South Queensferry, Livingston, Dalkeith, Bonnyrigg, Bathgate.
This is an excellent Supervisory opportunity to join the plant electrical maintenance team of this division of a multinational company and play a key part in delivering production targets within a medium/heavy factory process operation.
You will be one of three Electrical Engineering Supervisors leading a team of 15 night and day shift electricians and 3 apprentices. You will work day time hours of 08 00 - 16 00.
The focus is on maintenance, inspections, and planned maintenance of all electrical, automation and process control equipment. This includes instrumentation, PLCs, inverter drives, DCS/SCADA, LV and HV motors, switchgear and control gear, AC and DC, variable speed drives and specialised control panels. Therefore, this role would ideally suit a time served apprentice/degree educated Electrician/Electrical Engineer seeking to further develop their career in a supervisory role leading a small team of six Electrical Engineers/Electricians.
You will supervise and perform electrical inspections and maintenance, ensuring that you and your team respond in a timely manner to breakdown repairs with a keen eye to continuous improvement and to high standards in line with safety, technical, quality, operational and environmental targets. You will also represent the electrical maintenance and inspection department on site working committees.
This role would suit a well organised person who can operate effectively within both a planned and reactive electrical engineering and maintenance environment. An individual who enjoys problem solving and root cause analysis and can also cope with the unexpected within a fast-paced 24/7 environment. There will be plenty of opportunity to get involved in CI and capital projects too.
The Role:
- Supervise, mentor, coach and support your team of electricians and apprentices including undertaking their performance reviews and development plans.
- Managing and maintaining the electrical network across the plant
- Manage the current plant electrical networks to optimise their efficiency including changes and modifications to reduce breakdowns, and communicate plans and changes effectively
- To assist in managing electrical maintenance and projects utilising employees and/or contractors ensuring high levels of workmanship and safety are maintained. Ensure Risk Assessments and Permits to Work are always carried out, including safe systems of work are used.
- Plan, deliver and ensure availability of critical spares for routine and planned maintenance, and ensure risk plans exist for emergent failures
- Communicate and liaise with other departments and form cross functional links.
- Improve current plant electrical networks by implementing improvements and innovations to prevent downtime in support of the plant operations
- Take the lead and actively assist the electrical department
- Manage electrical systems to minimise risk and improve plant performance
- Ensure availability of electrical plant for production and engineering to meet time targets
- Fault finding of existing systems and electrical network
- Maintain record of all network changes
- Continually challenge the current network design to ensure plant needs are optimised
- Manage emergent electrical and system failures
- Ensure hardwired interlocks are working correctly to ensure staff and plant safety
- Manage obsolescence of existing plant by regularly checking component standards
- Use of SAP Maintenance to manage and complete electrical engineering and maintenance work
- Part of Electrical department call out rota, to technically support shift electricians
- Ability to perform under pressure ensuring plant reliability is kept at world class levels.
The Ideal Candidate will possess the following qualifications, skills and experience:
- Apprentice trained electrician/electrical/process control engineer educated to HNC/Degree (NVQ level 3-4) in Electrical/Process Control Engineering.
- BS-7671 IEE 18th edition wiring regulations
- HV Switching as Authorised Person
- At least 3-4 years team leadership/supervisor experience in electrical maintenance or inspection within heavy industry where process control is used.
- Experience in a continuous process industry, factory, chemical, cement, lime, steel, powders, aggregates, construction materials, energy or other heavy industrial process environment such as automated food manufacturing and processing including full competence in electrical maintenance of large plant equipment.
- Fully competence in Electrical and Mechanical Maintenance principles and techniques.
- Good knowledge of heavy engineering plant and equipment
- Knowledge of Siemens PCS7 systems
- Good knowledge of electrical networks and systems including High Voltage and Instrumentation
- PLC, inverter drives, gas analytics, explosive atmospheres and telemetry experience preferred.
- DCS experience desired.
- Experience of hydraulic and pneumatic systems useful
- Knowledge and experience of HV/LV switchgear and control gear systems
- Working knowledge of maintenance management systems eg SAP or MAXIMO
- Good working knowledge of electrical isolation
- Competence in the use of lean CI root cause analysis/problem-solving tools
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Our client is a well-established surveying company with expertise in topographical surveys. We are seeking an experienced Land Surveyor to join their team and conduct land surveys while mentoring junior surveyors. Our client offers a range of solutions including precision land surveys, 3D surveying services, site engineering and measured building surveys, for builders, architects, civil engineers.
As one of the team of Land Surveyors, you will be responsible for carrying out large scale topographical surveys and managing projects from start to finish, ensuring that all actions, such as drawings and reports, are delivered promptly.
In the role, you will have autonomy in managing projects, take responsibility for risk assessment, and follow health and safety procedures while visiting sites. You will be expected to communicate clearly and professionally with a range of audiences and stakeholders without expecting to be a salesperson or pitching and winning businesses.
Our client works on a countrywide remit, but site visits tend to be in the local area due to environmental considerations and bids on local and council projects. Although occasional overnight stays may be required, our client will ensure that work-life balance is good for its team of land surveyors. You will have the opportunity to mentor and support land surveying apprentices without having to performance manage them, allowing you to concentrate on your own responsibilities.
To be considered for this opportunity, you must have significant experience in surveying and processing with the ability to manage the project end to end, avoiding the complications of different departments that may be typical of larger organisations. You should communicate efficiently and professionally and be comfortable working in all outdoor environments, irrespective of the weather.
In terms of qualifications and experience, you may have studied geography or civil engineering or similar before becoming a land surveyor. You will possess a CSCS or ECTIB card and our client will also consider supporting further professional development and education.
Our client takes pride in offering variety in different projects, and you will not be expected to work overtime or night work, making this an excellent opportunity to maintain a healthy work-life balance.
Does this sound like the next role for you? Email your CV quoting reference LX 1596008 to .
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Executive Recruitment Consultant - Interim Executive Division
£Competitive + bonus/commission scheme & benefits schemeEXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT - INTERIM EXECUTIVES DIVISION
£Competitive + bonus/commission scheme & benefits scheme
Location: Pershore, Worcestershire
THE COMPANY
Martin Veasey Talent Solutions is a leading independent executive search consultancy with experience recruiting across a diverse range of industries and service sectors. The client portfolio spans both the UK and international market places. Specialising in middle and senior management appointments we are able to source high quality candidates from the UK as well as all over the world, in a variety of disciplines, from key management roles to board level directors.
We utilise leading edge recruitment technology and marketing tools and work with a large blue chip multinational client base offering a full range of talent, recruitment, and assessment services.
THE ROLE
The role of Executive Recruitment Consultant - for our Interim Executives Division will be a good combination of new business development, account management and both consultative and transactional recruitment. You will be working as part of a very successful and established team that enjoys a strong reputation in the marketplace. You will be involved in the whole recruitment lifecycle from developing client relationships, attending client visits, new business development, advertising, interviewing and managing your candidates through a client's selection process to the point where you place the candidate in a suitable role. You will have access to state of the art recruitment software and a candidate and client database that is proactively and regularly updated by our recruitment support team.
You will be responsible for sourcing, screening, interviewing and consulting with candidates on their career aspirations as well as forging strong relationships with clients and companies to understand their requirements and corporate culture to ensure that you source the very best candidates for them. You will develop and expand your interim executives division and identify new business opportunities. You will also be expected to work as part of a team and develop excellent working relationships both internally and externally.
THE PERSON
- Graduate calibre with lots of drive, ambition, and commitment.
- Experienced in recruiting managerial and executive level candidates.
- Experience of recruiting interim executives advantageous
- Experienced technical and competency/behavioural interviewer.
- CIPD level 3 or 5 would be highly advantageous but not a prerequisite.
- Psychometric test or coaching qualifications would be advantageous but not a prerequisite.
- Articulate with the ability to build rapport and relationships with senior stakeholders and decision makers within the corporate marketplace.
A consultative, solutions focused approach.
Experience within the interim executives recruitment sector or experience of recruiting temporary managerial staff.
Excellent customer service/key account relationship management experience.
A hardworking and committed individual who is looking to contribute and progress within a growing company whilst maintaining their work, family life balance.
Ideally you will have previous recruitment experience gained either as an in-house recruiter, or as HR/Talent Acquisition/Resourcing Manager or with a recruitment/executive search and selection consultancy.You will be a high achieving and articulate candidate who is able to present to the highest levels within business. Having excellent organisational skills, you will be able to work on multiple projects at any one time, ensuring that all are delivered on time and to a successful conclusion.
In return we offer a relaxed but challenging, team orientated, highly focused environment within a growing business. As well as a competitive salary we offer bonus/commission and a range of other benefits.
These roles are offered on a full or part time or job share basis and hybrid working. This may involve occasional evening calls to candidates/clients. The role will predominantly be based from our offices near Pershore.
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Business Development Manager - Recruitment Solutions
£Competitive Pro Rata Bonus/Commission BenefitsBusiness Development Manager - Recruitment Solutions - Full Time or Part Time
£Competitive Pro Rata Bonus/Commission Benefits
Worcestershire (Hybrid)
As an experienced sales professional, what's it like to sell a service that you know isn't very good?
It's difficult to sell when, deep down, you don't believe what you're saying.
So, how would you feel about selling a professional recruitment service that excels in every way? A sales role where you can confidently create solutions around customers' requirements and know you have the backup of a talented team to carry them out perfectly?
Martin Veasey Talent Solutions are well-established and highly respected in the international recruitment industry. With clients on every continent, we specialise in delivering a tailored recruitment service with multiple selling points.
It's not just about finding people. Our team is well-trained in using multiple tools to assess personality and cultural fit. Plus, our 35 years of expertise in our sector means our clients trust our judgement when we submit candidates for review.
Over the past year, we've expanded our team and invested heavily in state-of-the-art technology to help us provide the best recruitment service possible. And now we're looking to expand our client base.
So that's where you come in.
You'll need to be an experienced sales professional who excels in solution selling. All our clients have different requirements, so it's about crafting a solution to fit their particular needs. We don't use a catalogue!
As such, experience in the recruitment industry is ideal. However, we will consider people with relevant expertise selling other tailored services. Your core skills will include intelligence and communication, as you'll be interacting with clients from senior to c-suite level.
Ideally degree qualified, you'll be a confident, resourceful, and proactive sales professional who loves the chase and will show tenacity when targeting new business.
Our offices are based near Worcester, so you'll need to be able to attend our site, but we're happy for you to work remotely or hybrid, and we'll consider full or part time hours depending on your situation.
This is a wide-ranged and varied role, so please get in touch by sending your CV or call us at 44 (0)1905 381 320 so we can discuss this in more detail.
