Posted 17 days ago
Maintenance Engineer
AI Summary
Maintains and repairs electrical and mechanical equipment in a food manufacturing plant, ensuring safe and reliable operations through fault finding, diagnostics, and preventive maintenance.
About this role
Overview
We are looking for an experienced electrically biased Maintenance Engineer to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will work as part of a team working full time, onsite, to provide skilled support in matters relating to premises maintenance and machinery repair.
We encourage new ideas and perspectives, in a supportive environment. You will benefit from personal development and training, working in a fast paced challenging and rewarding food manufacturing business, who will support you to achieve your career goals.
Responsibilities
- Ensuring plant equipment is operated and functioning in the correct manner.
- Maintaining equipment on a daily basis to ensure it is fit for its intended purpose.
- Ensuring appropriate housekeeping standards are maintained on a daily basis.
- Continually developing to improve operations to drive improvements in quality, cost and safety.
- Assisting production with machinery problems and setups, providing relevant training when appropriate.
- Fault finding and diagnostics.
- Following a PPM schedule and recording follow up work.
- Responsible for the protecting, at all times, of the integrity of the Company through positive and constructive actions and attitude.
Qualifications
- A BTEC/C&G in electrical/mechanical engineering or equivalent qualification. Having 18th Edition training would be an advantage.
- An appropriate post-apprenticeship in food manufacturing or work experience in a food manufacturing environment would be desirable.
- Appropriate work experience in a similar role is essential.
- Competent at working with electricity and conducting electrical work in a safe manner.
- Experience of problem solving and troubleshooting electrical issues through to resolution.
- Excellent organisational skills with ability to plan workloads effectively to meet deadlines.
- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills.
- Attention to detail, commitment and the ability to accept responsibility are key in this role.
- Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK.
No company sponsorship is available to overseas applicants for this position.
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