Engineering Technician

Kerry; West of England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Competitive salary with shiftAllowance

Matched pension up to 10%

Life Assurance

Employee benefit platform with retail/

Employee Assistance Programme

Udemy courses

Kerry share plan

Job summary

Kerry is recruiting a multi-skilled or electrically biased Engineering Technician to join our Portbury production team in Bristol. The role supports a dry blending and mixing facility that produces flavour blends for leading brands.

It operates a 3-shift cycle from Monday to Friday across PM, AM, and Nights shifts, with opportunities for career development within a global nutrition leader. The successful candidate will have electrical engineering qualifications (HNC/City & Guilds or time

Qualifications

• HNC, City & Guilds or time served apprentice with appropriate electrical engineering qualifications.
• Experience within a similar role ideally gained within a food manufacturing environment, if not food, experience within any manufacturing environment is highly desirable.
• Electrically biased, or multi-skilled. PLC experience highly desirable.
• Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems experience highly desirable.
• Flexible approach with a positive 'can-do' attitude.
• Experience of SAP highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Complying with the health and safety policy and regulations.
• Resolving breakdowns, carryout PM’s and work on project / improvement works with a view to minimizing production downtime.
• Carrying out risk assessments with the relevant people and put controls in place to minimise the risk to acceptable levels where reasonably practicable.
• Lock off any dangerous machinery immediately/ or repair and notify.
• Actively seek to undertake PMs on offline machinery where time allows.
• Fully complete PM sheets with all observations, jobs completed and recommendations and file with the Maintenance Planner, whilst always looking at ways of improving to PMs.
• Actively gain as much information as possible from production personnel regarding the fault on the machine to speed up the fault-finding process.
• Ensure engineering log and computer systems are fully filled in with all relevant information including PM numbers, all used parts, plant numbers, urgency of required parts, at the end of each shift.
• Manage all communications with external persons are conducted in a professional manner which reflects the company profile.

Skills

Electrical engineering

PLC experience

Hydraulic & Pneumatic

Flexible attitude

SAP

Education

HNC/City & Guilds/Apprenticeship

Tools

SAP

Job description

About Kerry

Kerry is the world’s leading taste and nutrition partner for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. Working behind the scenes, every day we partner with customers to solve the world’s most complex food challenges with our range of differentiated ingredients, technologies, and people. We are passionate about what we do and are constantly innovating to create a healthier, more enjoyable, and sustainable food future without compromise. We are driven to be our customers’ most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition and will reach over two billion consumers with sustainable nutrition solutions by 2030.

Requisition ID 66191

Position Type FT Permanent Workplace Arrangement

About Kerry

Kerry is the world’s leading taste and nutrition partner for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. Working behind the scenes, every day we partner with customers to solve the world’s most complex food challenges with our range of differentiated ingredients, technologies, and people. We are passionate about what we do and are constantly innovating to create a healthier, more enjoyable, and sustainable food future without compromise. We are driven to be our customers’ most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition and will reach over two billion consumers with sustainable nutrition solutions by 2030.

About the role

We are currently recruiting for a multi-skilled or electrically biased Engineering Technician to join our team of 7 Engineers at our Portbury production facility in Bristol. This role has become available following an internal promotion, demonstrating the development and career opportunities available within our business. Our Portbury site is a dry blending and mixing facility where we produce flavour blends for some of the world's best-known brands. Every week, hundreds of tonnes of product are accurately measured, blended and packed for our customers.

This is a permanent position, with a 3 shift pattern from Monday to Friday week 1 - PM - 1400 - 22.00 , week 2 - AM - 6.00 - 14.00 and week 3 - Nights - 22.00 - 6.00.

Key responsibilities

• Complying with the health and safety policy and regulations.
• Resolving breakdowns, carryout PM’s and work on project / improvement works with a view to minimizing production downtime.
• Carrying out risk assessments with the relevant people and put controls in place to minimise the risk to acceptable levels where reasonably practicable.
• Lock off any dangerous machinery immediately/ or repair and notify.
• Actively seek to undertake PMs on offline machinery where time allows.
• Fully complete PM sheets with all observations, jobs completed and recommendations and file with the Maintenance Planner, whilst always looking at ways of improving to PMs.
• Actively gain as much information as possible from production personnel regarding the fault on the machine to speed up the fault-finding process.
• Ensure engineering log and computer systems are fully filled in with all relevant information including PM numbers, all used parts, plant numbers, urgency of required parts, at the end of each shift.
• Manage all communications with external persons are conducted in a professional manner which reflects the company profile.

Qualifications and skills

• HNC, City & Guilds or time served apprentice with appropriate electrical engineering qualifications
• Experience within a similar role ideally gained within a food manufacturing environment, if not food, experience within any manufacturing environment is highly desirable
• Electrically or biased, or multi-skilled. PLC experience highly desirable
• Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems experience highly desirable
• Flexible approach with a positive 'can-do' attitude
• Experience of SAP highly desirable.

In Kerry we know that sometimes the perfect candidate doesn’t exist, and people can be put off applying for a role if they don’t fit all the requirements. If you are excited about working for us and have the majority of the skills or experience, then please do apply as you could be exactly what we are looking for.

Why join Kerry?

At Kerry, we believe in giving talented, curious people the opportunity to make a difference. We work as a team, searching for the best ways to inspire food and nourish life.

We can offer you

• Career development opportunities within a leading global player in sustainable nutrition
• Competitive salary with shift allowance
• Matched pension scheme up to 10%
• Life Assurance
• Employee benefit platform with discounts and offers for retailers online and offline, travelling, utilities and more.
• Employee Assistance Program, supporting your emotional, physical, nutritional and financial wellbeing.
• Access to Udemy, a learning platform with 1000's of free courses.
• OurShare, Kerry share plan available to all employees, with option to enroll once a year.