ENGINEER – REDGRAVE

Gressingham Foods; Hinderclay; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Gressingham Foods in the United Kingdom is seeking a Site Engineer to join a multi-skilled engineering team focused on maximum plant effectiveness and safety.

You will perform planned and reactive maintenance, ensure compliance with health, safety, quality, and food safety standards, and provide fast, first-line support across all plant and services. The role offers 4 on 4 off, 12-hour shifts, and a competitive hourly wage of £19.73, paid weekly.

Qualifications

• Electrical/mechanical qualifications and engineering experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• To undertake planned preventive maintenance and reactive maintenance to ensure optimum efficiency of the plant and profitability.
• To ensure all engineering tasks are undertaken in line with Health & Safety, Quality and Food Safety Standards.
• Provide full emergency breakdown cover for all plant and services.
• To carry out repair works to the highest standard and complete all work sheets with follow ups.
• Observe and report problem areas on all plant and services and work as a team with factory colleagues.
• Maintain high standard of work and promote good housekeeping throughout the factory and workshops.

Skills

Electrical

Mechanical

Engineering experience

Job description

About The Role

To be part of a multi skilled engineering team to ensure the maximum effectiveness and utilisation of plant is maintained at all times.

About The Role

To be part of a multi skilled engineering team to ensure the maximum effectiveness and utilisation of plant is maintained at all times.

Mechanical / Welding Skills Preferred

Electrical skills would also be a benefit.

Main tasks and responsibilities

As Site Engineer You Will Be Expected To

• To undertake planned preventative maintenance activities and reactive maintenance to ensure optimum efficiency of the plant and profitability.
• To ensure all engineering tasks are undertaken in line with Health & Safety, Quality and Food Safety Standards.
• Provide full emergency breakdown cover for all plant and services.
• To carry out repair works to the highest standard.
• Complete all work sheets and report any follow ups required, including Planned Maintenance work sheets, handover sheets.
• Observe and report all problem areas on all plant and services
• Work as a team with all other members of the factory team.
• Maintain a high standard of work and promote good housekeeping throughout the factory and workshops.
• To always ensure that Health and Safety issues are treated with the highest priority at all times.
• Administer, monitor, analyse and update machine history data using the engineering Pirana maintenance management system.
• Provide first line cover in all machinery problems.
• Be proactive with ideas for improving the plant and engineering departments.
• To ensure that all plant is running efficiently and safely.
• Provide full back-up to all problem areas in a speedy and safe manner.
• Full use of engineering resource as required.
• Provide full support across the site in order to carry out all works in an efficient and economical manner.
• Provide ideas on cost cutting measures.

Competencies

• Team Player
• Customer Focus
• Attention To Detail
• Electrical/mechanic qualifications and engineering experience preferred.

Job Type: Day Shift

Hours: (4 on 4 off 12 Hour Shift)

Salary: £19.73 per hour, paid weekly.

Reporting: Reporting into the Maintenance Team Leader