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The main responsibility is to carry out required electrical and mechanical maintenance to maximise equipment up-time whilst minimising costs. The ideal candidate will have several years’ experience and ideally be from an FMCG background.

The Role:

• Provide support and contribute in a tangible way to the implementation and maintenance of the HSE & Quality process on-site

• Be a key player in a small engineering team

• Conscientious and lead by example

• Work using your own initiative

• Calm under pressure

• Ensure Permit to Work compliance and enforce all site H&S rules

• Ensure Quality & Hygiene procedures are adhered to and all work undertaken conforms with them

• To complete all predictive, preventative and corrective maintenance tasks as detailed in the departmental workload plan generated by the Engineering Manager.

• Recommend amendments to the installation maintenance plan in light of maintenance and inspection history

• Develop and implement improvement plans for allocated equipment to increase efficiency.

• Work with the Engineering Manager to develop and implement annual overhaul plans for allocated equipment

• Develop an atmosphere of change that will positively contribute towards the advancement of all functions relating to the manufacturing operation.

• Conduct bench overhaul activities on designated repairable components

• Conduct second line fault finding on plant upsets and equipment malfunctions, implementing suitable corrective actions

• Records/registers stop information into the shift log spreadsheet to assist in continuous improvement of the asset

• Provide technical support to local & capital projects

• Conduct project works

• Conduct audits to measure and improve effectiveness of Site Maintenance and Engineering function

The Person:

• Engineering / Automation

• Food Safety

• Health & Safety

• Minimum 2 years’ experience of maintenance within an automated Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) environment

• Financial awareness

• IT literacy

• Timed served apprenticeship

• Recognised electrical qualifications

• 17th / 18th edition regs

• Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)

• Reliability Centred Maintenance awareness (RCM)

Our Referral Incentive:

Due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our roles unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually, therefore if you do not hear back from us you have not been shortlisted for this role. Please continue to check our website for any other roles which may be of interest.

We offer a £500 referral if you introduce someone we place - see our website for details

We regret that this client is not prepared to sponsor work permit or work permit transfer applications. Candidates must be able to prove their eligibility to work in the UK

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