Engineering Technician

DS Smith Plc; West Stow; Vor Ort; GBP 57.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Subsidised canteen

Company pension

Cycle to work scheme

Employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

ShareSave Scheme

Wellbeing / Digicare+ Apps

Annual health assessments

Free on-site parking

Referral programme

Zusammenfassung

DS Smith plc is seeking a skilled Multi-Skilled Site Engineering Technician for the Fordham site. The role focuses on maintaining manufacturing equipment, ensuring reliability, and driving continuous improvement across the site.

You will deliver a world-class maintenance service within a fast-paced environment, supporting production and safety initiatives. The position involves planned and reactive maintenance, fault-finding, and close collaboration with production teams and external partners.

Qualifikationen

• Demonstrated experience delivering and managing preventative maintenance programmes.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills across mechanical and electrical systems.
• Experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Aufgaben

• Carry out planned preventive maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance across site assets.
• Ensure equipment complies with safety legislation, inspections, and testing requirements.
• Track reliability data, identify trends, and support improvements.
• Lead fault-finding to minimise downtime and improve performance.
• Collaborate with production, OEMs and contractors to resolve technical issues.

Kenntnisse

PPM experience

Fault finding

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Communication

Problem solving

Ausbildung

NVQ Level 3

BTEC

Jobbeschreibung

Site Engineering Technician (Multi-Skilled)

Location: Fordham
Salary: £45,946.12 with additional shift allowance £12,405.45 and £5,127.45 per annum.

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm (with occasional shift cover as required)

We’re looking for a skilled and proactive Multi-Skilled Site Engineering Technician to join our team at Fordham. This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in maintaining and improving our manufacturing operations, ensuring equipment reliability, site safety, and operational excellence.

As part of the Engineering team, you’ll deliver a world-class maintenance service within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, supporting production performance while driving continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance activities across site assets and equipment.
• Ensure manufacturing equipment remains compliant with all relevant technical safety legislation, inspections, and testing requirements.
• Track, analyse, and report equipment reliability data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Lead fault-finding and problem-solving activities to minimise downtime and improve operational performance.
• Work closely with production teams, OEMs, and external contractors to resolve technical issues effectively.
• Identify, manage, and maintain critical spare parts inventory levels.
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping across engineering work areas and equipment.
• Support capital investment projects including site preparation, equipment installation, commissioning, and technical training.
• Assist with asset lifecycle planning and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide hands‑on technical expertise to support operational and engineering improvements.

About You

To be successful in this role, you’ll be a qualified maintenance professional with a strong background in manufacturing engineering.

• Fully qualified Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician
• NVQ Level 3, BTEC, or equivalent engineering qualification
• Proven experience delivering and managing preventative maintenance programmes
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills across mechanical and electrical systems
• Experience working within a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Root Cause Analysis
• Problem Solving Techniques
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation abilities.
• Proactive, hands‑on approach with a willingness to support wider team activities when required.

This is mainly a day shift role Monday to Friday 8am-16:30 with occasional shift cover to support where required.

Benefits

• Subsidised canteen

• Company pension

• Cycle to work scheme

• Employee discounts

• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

• ShareSave Scheme

• Wellbeing / Digicare+ Apps

• Annual health assessments

• Free on-site parking

• Referral programme

About us

We’re DS Smith, a company who are redefining packaging for a changing world. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. Today, we operate in more than 30 different countries, proudly employing over 30,000 people, and supporting customers across sectors like FMCG, industrial, and e-commerce. We deliver on quality, service, innovation, and added value to deliver market-leading sustainable packaging solutions our customers need. Our industry needs to transform, and we’re building the team to drive change across Europe and North America.

Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas, and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.

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