Electrical Maintenance Engineer - DAYS - FOOD Industry

Reed Specialist Recruitment; Hessle; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced engineer to maintain manufacturing equipment in the United Kingdom. The role involves ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations and performing routine checks on critical machinery. An essential electrical qualification and knowledge of maintenance procedures are required. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and growing environment.

Qualifications

• Essential electrical qualification for maintaining plant machinery.
• Experience with health and safety procedures in manufacturing.
• Ability to conduct maintenance and ensure equipment uptime.

Responsibilities

• Maintain plant and equipment to optimum standards.
• Ensure adherence to health and safety procedures.
• Conduct routine testing of metal detection equipment.

Skills

Plant and equipment maintenance

Health and safety compliance

Root cause analysis

Education

Relevant electrical qualification

Job description

Overview

REED Engineering & Manufacturing are working with a leading food manufacturer who are growing at a rapid rate.

Responsibilities

• Maintain plant and equipment to optimum standards safely with minimum downtime
• Liaise with all levels of management across all functions relating to engineering activities on the plan or breakdowns
• Ensure high standards of housekeeping are maintained
• Ensure that all health and safety and food hygiene procedures are adhered to at all times
• To undertake any training courses as the need of the business dictates
• Ensure the efficient usage of spare parts, consumables and equipment
• Any administrative duties as required in the fulfillment of the engineering plan
• To decrease time lost due to breakdowns
• Satisfactory completion of the engineering plan, designated areas and equipment
• Routinely test the metal detection equipment and failsafe features
• Carry out planned maintenance on the equipment which includes in depth visual checks to critical machinery components to identify damage and metal on metal contact or wear
• Document PPM checks and record any necessary corrective action
• Ensure that the workshops and engineering equipment are maintained and in a clean condition that this fit for purpose
• Ensure that tool boxes are clean and free from unnecessary extraneous matter which could be hazardous to production
• Understand the principles of metal detection and have a thorough knowledge of the equipment and testing routines
• Ensure that you have the relevant Legal compliance training completed (in liaison with the Health & Safety, Technical and the Training departments)
• Understand the importance of ensuring that all statutory (industry guidelines), legal, food safety and integrity and hygiene standards and customer requirements are met and adhered to
• Understand how to trace faults (route cause analysis)
• Understand the importance of maintenance and performance validation

Qualifications

A relevant electrical qualification is essential