Building Maintenance Technician

AVONDALE FOODS (CRAIGAVON) LIMITED; Craigavon; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Avondale Foods (Craigavon) Limited is looking for a hands-on Maintenance/Engineering technician to support reactive and preventative maintenance across our busy factory, ensuring equipment availability and compliance.

You will tackle joinery, sheet metalwork and mechanical tasks, service plant systems like AHUs, handle CAPEX and smaller projects, collect storm water samples, keep the workspace tidy, and record work as required while following Food Safety and H&S policies.

Qualifications

• Experience in factory fabrication and maintenance.
• Ability to work independently or in a team.

Responsibilities

• General worklist tasks to keep factory fabrication audit-ready (joinery, wall panels, flooring, drainage, doors/locks).
• Collect storm water samples.
• Contribute to engineering projects (CAPEX and smaller works).
• Change AHUs and storm water interceptor filters.
• Keep workspace clean and organised; complete task records.
• Work safely in line with Food Safety and Health & Safety policies.
• Develop knowledge in all aspects of factory fabrication.
• Multi-skilled building work: joinery, sheet metal, mechanical, power tools.
• Use initiative to work independently or in a team to achieve results.

Skills

Joinery

Sheet metalwork

Mechanical

Power tools

Tools

Power tools

Job description

Avondale Foods is a leading food processing company of Fresh and Chilled products supplying leading retail businesses such as Marks & Spencer, Morrisons and Waitrose in the UK.

The Engineering/Maintenance Department provide reactive maintenance, preventative maintenance, worklist, site services management and project delivery resources to the business.

This role contributes to the provision of these essential services.

What you will do;

• General worklist tasks – keeping factory fabrication to an audit ready standard including joinery and wall panel work, flooring repairs, drainage, doors and locks/keys.
• Collect storm water samples.
• Work on engineering projects (major CAPEX and smaller types).
• Change AHUs and storm water interceptor filters.
• Maintain a clean and organised workspace while performing tasks.
• Complete work records for all tasks.
• Work in a safe and responsible manner in compliance with company food Safety and H&S policies and procedures.
• To be/become knowledgeable in all aspects of factory fabrication.
• Multi-skilled building work knowledge/competence (joinery, sheet metalwork, mechanical, use of power tools/accessories etc).
• Ability to use initiative to work independently or as part of a team to achieve results.