Electrical Maintenance Engineer

ForFarmers UK Limited; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to the future of farming as an Electrical Maintenance Engineer. This exciting role involves maintaining animal feed processing equipment across multiple facilities, ensuring maximum uptime and efficiency. You will engage in both pre-planned and reactive maintenance tasks, contributing to capital expenditure and continuous improvement projects. With a focus on safety, quality, and environmental standards, you will work in a collaborative environment that values personal development and innovation. If you are passionate about engineering and eager to make a meaningful impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Private Medical Insurance

Enhanced Pension Options

Cycle to Work Scheme

B&Q Trade Card Discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical and mechanical maintenance is essential.
• Supervisory experience in a maintenance department is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform pre-planned and reactive maintenance on production machinery.
• Ensure timely reactive maintenance to minimize downtime.

Skills

Electrical Maintenance

Mechanical Engineering

PLC & Scada Knowledge

CMMS Systems

Supervisory Skills

Shift Work Preparedness

Education

Nationally Recognised Apprenticeship in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Word

Excel

Counter-balance FLT

Job description

An informal, no-nonsense and ambitious culture

Personal development through our Academies and other training courses

Colleagues who like to share their passion and knowledge with you

We work For the Future of Farming. Would you like to join us?

Based in the Netherlands, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom

Job Title: Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme & Whitchurch
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Reporting to: Engineering Manager
Job Req: R8227

What will you do?

This role involves both pre-planned and reactive maintenance on production machinery across two facilities. You will work on a range of animal feed processing equipment ensuring maximum up time on the plant.

Experience in both electrical and mechanical aspects preferable.

Tasks and responsibilities as an Electrical Maintenance Engineer:

• Carrying out pre-planned maintenance tasks on all site machinery.
• Ensuring reactive maintenance is carried out in a timely manner to minimise down time.
• Active involvement in capital expenditure projects and continuous improvement projects.
• Communicating with all aspects of the production team to ensure all company safety, quality & environmental policies/procedures are adhered to at all times.
• Maintaining 5S standards in all work areas.

Your CV shows:

• Multi-Skilled engineer.
• That you have been in a supervisory role within a maintenance department.
• Nationally recognised apprenticeship or equivalent electrical or mechanical engineering.
• Knowledge of and experience with electrical energy technology, PLC & Scada.
• Experience working with CMMS systems.
• Counter-balance FLT licence.
• A working knowledge of Word and Excel.
• Full UK driving licence.
• That you are prepared to work in shifts for on-call duties and to travel to other sites.

About ForFarmers

ForFarmers produces feed for cattle, pigs and poultry in both conventional and organic livestock farming. Make no mistake: an awful lot of knowledge, research and innovation has gone into one of those seemingly simple-looking chunks of animal feed. And these are the kind of things we, as a company, invest a great deal in.

What are the benefits of working for ForFarmers UK?

• Employee Assistance Programme (offering support on a range of topics).
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Options to enhance your pension after 12 months service (increased employer contributions).
• Opportunities to grow personally and develop within the business.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• B&Q Trade card offering 10% discounts in-store and online.

Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the role by assessing their circumstances against the relevant criteria on the Gov.UK website.

Please make us aware if your need any reasonable adjustments to participate in this process.

We encourage you to submit your application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

What is ForFarmers’ job application process?

Interested in the vacancy above? Click apply to begin your application! We will ask you to upload your Cover Letter and CV (in one file) and provide us with some personal details too. We will subsequently contact you to inform you whether or not we will be progressing your application.

Application Steps:

1. Online application: Make sure you have your Cover Letter and CV to hand.
2. Initial Informal Conversation: An initial informal introduction to explore the role in more detail.
3. Interview: You will be invited to a first stage interview with the hiring manager.
4. Assessment: For some roles we may ask you to complete a short assessment style activity.
5. Second interview: Where necessary, a second interview may be required.
6. Offer proposal: If all goes to plan, we will inform you verbally that we would like to offer you the position.
7. Congratulations: Once we have verbal acceptance, we will issue you a formal contract.

Once you join us, you’ll be contributing to the Future of Farming!