SHIFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

TN United Kingdom; Halifax; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global biscuits and confectionery company is seeking a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer for its Halifax site. This role involves providing technical support, maintaining equipment, and ensuring safety and quality standards. Ideal candidates will have a formal engineering qualification and experience in FMCG environments, with opportunities for career growth and development.

Qualifications

• Multi-skilled role requiring knowledge of electrical and mechanical fields.
• Experience in FMCG manufacturing preferred but not mandatory.
• Formal engineering qualification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for maintenance and improvements.
• Train and mentor apprentices and team members.
• Ensure mechanical and electrical integrity of equipment.

Skills

Electrical automation skills

Fault finding skills

Data analysis and interpretation skills

Problem-solving skills

Attention to detail

Education

City & Guilds or NVQ level in engineering

Job description

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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. Success here requires pace and agility. We insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that resonates with you, 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?

We have an exciting opportunity at our Halifax site for a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer. We seek dynamic individuals with experience in maintaining and improving process and packaging equipment, looking for a varied engineering role with a competitive salary and promising long-term career prospects.

This role offers the chance to take on a highly responsible, visible position providing technical engineering support to production under the leadership of the Area Engineering Manager and working alongside the production team.

What will this role achieve?

This position is vital to our manufacturing operations in Halifax. Your main goal will be to support the factory's objectives by efficiently executing assigned tasks. You will work effectively as part of a diverse team.

We are looking for a multi-skilled maintenance engineer to provide comprehensive technical support, including proactive maintenance, reactive repairs, fault finding, and continuous improvement of plant performance, all while maintaining safety and quality standards. You will own the continuous improvement of a specific area, applying good manufacturing and engineering practices.

Occasionally, you may need to cover for other maintenance engineers during their absence, including on different shifts.

What will be your key deliverables?

Your primary responsibility will be to manufacture products to specifications in a safe, cost-effective manner. Responsibilities include:

• Training, assessing, mentoring, and supporting apprentices and team members in engineering skills development.
• Contributing to team action plans and continuous improvement activities, focusing on OEE, Condition Based Monitoring, Kaizens, and workplace organization.
• Ensuring the mechanical and electrical integrity of equipment through planned inspections, overhaul, repair, and managing parts and service contracts.
• Monitoring plant conditions, reporting defects, and improving plant reliability through effective management of downtime and maintenance planning.
• Reporting performance metrics and trends regularly.
• Modeling good engineering standards and safety practices.
• Performing safety checks and ensuring compliance with legislation.
• Managing engineering tasks across the factory to minimize idle time.
• Applying sustainability principles and energy conservation where appropriate.

What do you need for this role?

This is a multi-skilled role requiring knowledge of electrical and mechanical fields. Experience in an FMCG manufacturing environment is preferred but not mandatory. Essential skills include understanding engineering drawings, fault finding, and operating under pressure. A formal engineering qualification such as City & Guilds or NVQ level is required, with additional experience in electrical automation and mechanical engineering being advantageous.

Additional criteria:

• Electrical automation skills with mechanical experience
• PLC skills (highly desirable)
• Fault finding skills
• Data analysis and interpretation skills
• Risk assessment training
• Effective training capability
• Technical report writing skills
• Understanding of safe working practices and legislation
• Numerical and literacy skills
• Attention to detail and dexterity
• Knowledge of COSHH
• Basic PC skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Influencing skills

Desirable:

• Permit to work training
• Knowledge of packaging machinery
• Experience in the food industry
• Experience issuing permits to work

Work patterns:

You will work on a Pitman shift pattern, including day and night shifts with every other weekend off. Flexibility for additional hours may be required. Changes to shift patterns will follow employment agreements.

pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to diversity. All positions are filled based on qualifications without discrimination.

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List for recruitment agencies. Only agencies on the list may submit candidates, and we will not accept CVs from other sources or pay fees for candidates not represented by our approved agencies.