Palm Papierfabrik

Electrical Engineer, King's Lynn

Company overview

The Palm Group, with 4,200 employees, is a leading supplier in Europe of newsprint and corrugated base paper made from 100% recycled paper as well as corrugated, cardboard packaging. 

Palm Paper Limited (PM7) is the UK site for the Palm Group based in King’s Lynn, manufacturing graphic papers. PM7 is the widest, largest and most powerful newsprint machine in the world with the capacity to produce 400,000 metric tonnes of newsprint, improved newsprint and magazine grades per annum. 

Palm Recycling Limited also based at PM7 is responsible for suppling Palm Paper Limited with the required waste paper. Carrying out collections and recycling services for the public sector and for commercial clients.

Production, sales, logistics and finance for the UK site for both Palm Paper Limited and Palm Recycling Limited is all run from PM7.

  • Innovation & Technology
  • Sustainability & Responsibility
  • Further training & Inspiration
  • Humanity & Team spirit
  • Safe workplace
  • Sustainable working
  • Further training opportunities and seminars

Job overview

Main purpose: Preventative and reactionary maintenance in order to reduce down time and improve the efficiency of plant & equipment. Provide fast and efficient failure analysis after breakdowns and technical incidents. Support and effect safe isolation of plant and equipment as required. On call service for the Electrical Department. Work in a manner that occupational accidents will be prevented.

Job description and main responsibilities

  • Always follow safety instructions and comply with regards to equipment, procedures and processes.
  • Ensure you meet the compliance with OHS regulations and further relevant legal requirements.
  • Monitor the relevant areas for being in compliance with requirements for fire prevention as well as for cleanliness and order.
  • Responsible for the fault repair as well as for supporting other departments in case they need help in troubleshooting.
  • Maintaining all required records.
  • Accomplishment of all requested repair work of all manufacturing equipment and installations.
  • Co-operate with relevant staff members for fault prevention in a sense of an adequate total production maintenance system.
  • The jobholder maybe required to carry out additional tasks as instructed by the line manager or by process instructions.

Specific responsibilities

  • Assist in the maintenance of a safe and healthy working environment and ensure that all equipment is used in accordance with H&S regulations and company rules.
  • Use resources as efficient as possible and ensure that all activities will be done in compliance with all legal regulations for environmental protection.
  • The job holder is encouraged to keep the standard of housekeeping at the entire premises of Palm Paper at the highest level at all times. Therefore, the employee shall follow the instruction given by the line managers.
  • The jobholder is requested to keep the process-related housekeeping standard for all equipment and installations at the highest level. Specific required housekeeping actions could be requested at any time or could be done on one’s own initiative.

Essential knowledge, skills and experiences required

  • Completed formal electrical apprenticeship
  • Minimum of 2 years Electrical engineer experience
  • A basic secondary education
  • An ability to operate relevant machinery and to comply with health and safety regulations

Benefits

  • Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays, increasing by 1 day every third year to a maximum of 30 days per annum plus bank holidays
  • Private Healthcare
  • Life insurance
  • Salary Sacrifice Pensions at 4% Employer and minimum of 4% Employee
  • Salary Sacrifice Cycle to Work scheme
  • Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle Scheme
  • Time served enhanced occupational sick pay between 50% and 80%
  • All tools and work wear will be provided

Start date – as soon as possible

Apply now, become part of our investment into the future!

We are looking forward to receiving your application by email to recruitment@palmpaper.co.uk

Palm Paper Limited
Mick Beckett
Poplar Avenue
Saddlebow Industrial Estate
King’s Lynn
PE34 3AL Norfolk
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King's Lynn (UK), Palm Paper