Shift Maintenance Engineer

Job Description

Electrically biased multi-skilled engineer would be advantageous

Key objectives of the role include:

• To respond to machine & auxiliary failures
• Troubleshooting and fault finding on a range of electrical and mechanical plant equipment, packing machinery and site services
• Installation, commissioning and repair of all plant and facilities
• Assist the manufacturing department with line adjustments, changeovers and breakdowns
• Responsible for improvements and reduction of downtime through increased efficiencies through own ideas and input
• Be able to work unsupervised when tasked to do so and to organise the work of others in response to the site needs

Experience & Know How:

• A qualified engineer to HNC/NVQ Level 3 standard in an electrical, mechanical/multi-skilled discipline
• Hands-on multi-skilled experience on automated machines within a continuous manufacturing environment – ideally food manufacturing
• Working experience of integrated systems, automatic packaging and palletisation systems
• Knowledge of AC and/or servo drive systems
• Safety driven
• Team worker with the ability to work under own initiative

Competencies:

• Use of own initiative and judgement in identifying and correcting all stoppages and breakdowns to production plant, equipment and services
• Use of own initiative with some independent action to prioritise engineering problems in the absence of the Maintenance
• Leader/Engineering Manager
• Competency based interview will be conducted at first stage interview, candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to attend an assessment centre exercise.

Additional Information

About Us:

Deeside Cereals is one of the largest manufacturers of breakfast cereal and cereal bars. Our position as a market leader is as a result of over 30 years of continuous growth. Deeside Cereals has captured the market delivering into all major UK food multiples.

Ideally, we are looking for a multi-skilled tradesperson with experience in an FMCG environment, able to carry out planned, predictive and re-active maintenance of plant equipment and machinery with the aim of maintaining plant reliability at +95%.

We also offer an attractive benefits package which includes:

• Generous holiday entitlement which increases with length of service
• On site canteen, staff shop, free parking and paid breaks
• Enhanced overtime rates of pay
• Overtime bonus
• Enrolment into GPP pension scheme with life assurance benefits included
• Salary sacrifice scheme
• Training to achieve level 2 multi skilled engineering status