Site Services Technician

pladis Foods Limited; Halifax; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

pladis Foods Limited is seeking a Site Services Technician for their Cake Factory in Halifax. This day-based role emphasizes autonomous work and offers career progression through extensive training. Candidates should have a formal engineering background and experience with site services equipment.

Qualifications

• Completion of a formal engineering apprenticeship.
• Experience in an industrial environment.
• Electrical qualification with 17th edition regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering resource for maintenance and repairs.
• Improve plant availability and efficiency.
• Support engineering function to achieve World Class standards.

Skills

Problem solving techniques

Data analysis & interpretation skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

City & Guilds level, NVQ level 3 or equivalent

Tools

Steam Raising Boilers

Air Compressors

Effluent Plant

Water Systems

A/C Systems

Job description

Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.

As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.

To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led , resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility , we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact

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Why join our team?

pladis is home to iconic brands Godiva, McVitie’s and Ulker. These brands make sweet treats and savoury treats that consumers everywhere recognise and enjoy! As we start on our new journey, we will continue making the biscuits and confectionery people know and expect from these brands, and we will expand their portfolios too. Together we will build new and exciting products at pladis – new flavours, new concepts and new ways to share happiness!

Our strength is not only in our products, it is also in our people and our values. Each business that has united to form pladis are loved for their heritage and values. We will retain the honesty, integrity and trust instilled in our brands by our ground-breaking founders as we embark on the next chapter of our success.

What will this role achieve?

Are you a Site Services Technician looking for a role that offers good career progression? Or maybe a multi skilled maintenance engineer looking to take on more responsibility and move away from shifts?

We are recruiting for a Site Services technician at the Cake Factory in Halifax. This is a day based autonomous role that offers career progression and lots of training and development.

You will be the specialist for all service equipment across the site including boilers, refrigeration, compressors and water systems. Other work will involve overseeing contractors, general amenity work in line with expected standards and permits. A lot of the role will be spent working independently so you will need to be decisive and able to work under own initiative.

This role be split approximately 60% hands on and 40% desk based

You will ideally be time served and electrically qualified with 17th edition regulations. You will have experience of working on site services equipment/amenities. However we will also consider multi skilled maintenance engineers with an interest to work in a site services role.

Whilst this is a day based role you will occasionally need to be flexible your working arrangements to accommodate requests that drive the site’s performance.

What will be your key deliverables?

• Provide engineering resource in carrying out planned maintenance, breakdown repairs, refurbishment, installation, improvements and modifications or upgrade to plant and services in order to maximise plant performance and maintain equipment to the required standard
• Improve plant availability, life cycle costs and efficiency
• Carry out all engineering work to high Engineering, Quality, Safety and Hygiene standards
• Support the engineering function in moving to World Class standard in maintenance standards in line with AMIS audits and benchmarking
• Work on Factory projects when required.

What do you need for this role?

• You will be multi skilled and will have completed a formal engineering apprenticeship
• You will have an engineering qualification to at least City & Guilds level, NVQ level 3 or equivalent in an electrical and/or mechanical discipline with corresponding practical experience ideally in an industrial environment
• Interpersonal skills
• Problem solving techniques
• Data analysis & interpretation skills
• Full understanding of safe working practices and relevant legislation where applicable
• Experience writing and reviewing risk assessments
• Experience in an industrial environment
• Needs the ability to clearly understand engineering drawings, symbols and notation
• Experience of generic engineering equipment is essential as is experience of the following:

o Steam Raising Boilers and associated plant.

o Air Compressors

o Effluent Plant

o Water Systems

o A/C Systems

Flexibility - willing to accept and adapt to change including changing demands or objectives.

Teamworking – able to cooperate with others to achieve common goals.

Communication – have clear and concise written and spoken English. Input to team briefings and meetings. Listen to and consider others. Deal politely and promptly with enquiries and requests

Drive for results - act to meet own goals and objectives. Take pride in consistently delivering high quality work on time.

Problem Solving - identify problems & find solutions using the appropriate techniques. Take personal responsibility to ensure that solutions happen. Learn & apply more complex problem-solving techniques. Think creatively to deliver possible solutions

Continuous Improvement - implement design enhancements to support site requests and business targets

Planning and organising - think ahead and prioritise. Do not take things at face value and uses data to support effective decision making. Know when to seek advice or expert support.

Developing self and others – . seek to involve, develop, support and encourage others. Strives to improve own performance via being receptive to feedback and coaching. To actively up-skill at all available opportunities

Managing Time: Must have the ability to self manage time, prioritise workload and work with minimal supervision.

Our winning traits and behaviours

• Purpose-Led - Energised by our promise to deliver happiness to the world with every bite
• Agile - Ever evolving, never satisfied and never standing still
• Collaborative - Willing to work collectively for mutual success
• Resilient - Quick to adapt to change, fast learner and persistent in the face of setbacks
• Positive - Self-motivated, optimistic, adventurous, and inspiring

Diversity and inclusivity is central to everything we do and is reflected across our business. pladis brings together brands and people from around the globe – and this diversity is our great strength.

We’re an equal opportunities employer and believe in encouraging an inclusive environment where we celebrate diversity of thinking and respect everyone’s distinctive qualities and perspectives.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform key job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation

pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business.
We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.

About Us

pladis is one of the world’s fastest growing snacking companies and home to much loved brands including McVitie’s, GODIVA and Ülker. pladis also owns regional brands Jacob’s, Go Ahead, Flipz, Turtles, BN, Verkade and many more products across sweet and savoury biscuits, wafer, cake and chocolate.

Formed in 2016, pladis is the proud steward of over 300 years of family baking and confectionery experience. The expertise of our 16,000-strong global workforce spans 27 bakeries across 11 countries and is united by our purpose: to ‘bring happiness with every bite’.

As a responsible business delivering the highest quality products and exceptional service, pladis’ products have the potential to reach more than four billion people across the world.

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