Overview:

Preventative maintenance on machines and equipment, as well as responding to emergency machine break downs throughout the plant. Involvement with new design, installation and movements of existing machines. Overhaul and repair of machines, ensuring that all equipment on site is safe to use, working efficiently and fit for purpose.

Alternating a week of days and afternoons. Candidates must be flexible as possible call outs maybe required in line with the remit of the post.

Duties:

Ensure that Planned Preventative Maintenance is carried out in line with task schedules and industry best practices

Attend to breakdowns onsite ensuring that there is always a rapid response and that plant equipment and machinery breakdown time is minimised.

Ensure the provision of a safe & healthy working environment and ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures

Complete suitable risk assessments prior to undertaking maintenance and repair work and document in full to ensure safe working practice

Ensure all equipment is safe to use and fit for purpose

Work with and install single phase / three phase electrical circuits

Carryout repairs and maintenance to site facilities

Actively promote safe working practices

Effective communication - keeping management and relevant parties aware. Seeking advice and assistance when required

To action and complete time/task sheets on a daily basis in accordance with agreed procedures.

Any other duty as maybe required commensurate with the post and the skill of the post holder

Requirements:

A recognised Electrical / Mechanical apprenticeship

Multi Skilled with a mechanical bias accompanied by good electrical knowledge

Qualified Multi skilled Engineer with an electrical bias

3 years plus experience of working in a food production environment

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

BRC experience

Good standard of written and oral communication in English.

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