Engineer - Days

MCBRIDE; Manchester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

McBride in Manchester seeks a highly motivated Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to support a high-volume production site. You will work in a cross-functional team on day shifts, driving proactive and reactive maintenance to maximise production speed with minimal downtime.

The role requires a time-served background or HNC/ONC in electrical/mechanical engineering and strong fault-finding on pneumics, hydraulics and electrical control systems. A structured, safety-driven mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience on high volume production automated machinery.
• Apprenticeship or HNC/ONC in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering.
• Able to read electrical and mechanical drawings.
• Strong multi-skilled maintenance fault finding capabilities.
• Experience in FMCG maintenance is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Pro-active member of cross-functional team maintaining 24/7 reactive and proactive engineering service.
• Manage permits to work, isolation procedures and risk assessments.
• Carry out planned maintenance inspections and tasks to a high standard.
• Fault finding and timely repairs to minimise production losses.
• Use CI/Lean techniques to drive maintenance improvements and TPM initiatives.
• Produce technical documentation such as SOPs and risk assessments.

Skills

Strong communication

Team player

Pro-active attitude

Reliable and flexible

Education

Apprenticeship or HNC/ONC in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Time served training

Tools

MS Office

PLC programming (adv)

Job description

If you are ambitious, self-motivated, hardworking and a team player and interested in growing your career with an International FMCG business, please read through our job opportunity.Key Purpose:Be a pro-active member of a cross functional, multi-skilled engineering team. Working on a day shift pattern to provide a 24/7 reactive and proactive engineering service to Middleton production site. Ensuring all assets perform to maximum production speeds with minimum interruptions and breakdowns.Having a natural desire for continuous improvement and ability to get to the root cause of failures. Applying corrective measures required to ensure all McBride assets are maintained and repaired to a high standard.Ensuring all equipment is fit for purpose as required and maintained to high safety standards. Working in a safe manner and inline with all Health & Safety procedures and McBride Health & Safety Policies and Procedures.Key Responsibilities:Work proactively within a team and independently to carry out:Issue and work with Permit to Work systems, Isolation Procedures and McBride Risk Assessments and Policies.Play an active part in Safety Walks and identifying improvements and producing/updating Risk Assessments.Completion of Planned Reliability Maintenance Inspections and Tasks to a high standardReactive maintenance and fault finding. Using practical problem solving skills to provide a timely fix.Ensuring production losses are minimal and workaround solutions are provided when required.Engage in Lean Maintenance Improvement Initiatives using CI and Lean techniques. Play an active role in CI projects taking the lead where appropriate.Use CMMS system to plan work. Including booking & requisitioning of spare parts, accurately recording completed work, follow up work, along with the results and findings of reliability maintenance tasks;Ensure communication is clear and consistent to all team members, management and across shifts – including all external customers such as Production, Quality and H&S,Collaborate with all site personnel to ensure site minimal disruption to production output.To assist with training new and existing staff members on specialist skills and experience to effectively benefit the team’s growth.Working alongside third party contractors on R&M and the implementation of new assets to site, including commissioning.Produce technical documentation and reports. Including SOPs and Risk Assessments.Support TPM autonomous maintenance and improve ways of working within the internal and external team.Have responsibility within the Emergency Evacuation plan to carry out the Engineering Investigation Team Role.Work a fully flexible rota which will include overtime and flexible working requirementsKey Result Areas:OEE improvements and reduction in downtimeLabour utilisationPro-active v Reactive MaintenancePPM completionCI improvementsChangeover time and start upsNear Miss Raise and Close %Corrective action completionAudit compliance for workshops and Ways of WorkingCompliance to H&S audits and Safe Systems of WorkRelevant and Quantifiable Measures:0 direct reports but essential to be a team player.Behavioural Competencies / Personal Characteristics:(Experience and skills needed to do the job)Able to handling complexity and a high pressure work environment.Able to work autonomously whilst effectively prioritising and adapting to variable workload.Good Communicator. Both written and verbal. Able to produce technical and non-technical report.Customer Orientated.Team playerHighly responsible and conscientiousReliable and flexible with strong work ethic.Punctual, presentable and with good attendance.Pro-active and can do attitude required.Strong desire to learn and improve own skills.Technical Competencies & Qualifications:(Experience and skills needed to do the job)You should have a minimum of 3 years’ experience working on high volume production automated machinery with knowledge of pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical control systems whilst carrying out and preparing routine maintenance programs.You should hold a time served apprenticeship or a HNC/ONC in an Electrical/Mechanical Engineering backgroundYou should have strong Multi-Skilled Electrical or Mechanical Maintenance fault finding capabilities.Previous experience of a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer within a similar FMCG environment.Good knowledge of MS Office and general PC skillsAble to read both electrical and mechanical drawingsAble to fault find and basic PLC programming advantageous.McBride Principles:Teamwork. Work together, learn from mistakes, support each other, and respect others opinions regardless of your own views. · Think of the needs of the team and focus on the achievement of collective results. · Handle any issue as one team and hold each other accountable for delivering results. · Have the moral courage to bring all topics and difficult issues on the table for discussion, and commit to decisions collectively taken.Leadership · Create an environment that encourages teamwork, engagement, and communication. · Set the tone for a focus on results and define goals that are specific and actionable. · Take the lead and responsibility, move forward without hesitation, and solve problems quickly.Engagement · Be present and participate in the realisation of our mission, vision and goals · Buy in to decisions, commit to plans, and always look for improvement · Join in on discussions and debates · Act with speed, agility, and confidence.Communication · Be genuinely open with one another · Talk and listen to each other · Challenge each other · Don’t be afraid to ask for help.This job description describes the key areas of the post but is not exhaustive. The job description is subject to review and amendments in line with the needs of the business.Privacy Statement: We will use the personal information that you have submitted to us in order to consider your application for the relevant role. Your privacy is important to us. Please check our Job Applicant Privacy Notice on our career opportunities page which explains the purposes for which we will use your personal information and the ways in which we will handle and retain your information. It also explains the rights you have in relation to your information, and how to contact us with any queries or requests.