Facilities Engineer

Greencore Group plc; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK is seeking a skilled maintenance technician in Bristol. You will be responsible for ensuring the reliability and performance of plant equipment, carrying out maintenance tasks, and complying with health and safety standards. Ideal candidates will have mechanical and electrical skills, problem-solving abilities, and experience in a manufacturing environment. This role offers competitive salary and various benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary and job-related benefits

Holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role or as an engineering apprentice.
• Evidence of good communication skills (both written and verbal).
• Experience gained in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Complete planned and preventative maintenance on plant and equipment.
• Ensure plant running efficiently for optimum efficiency.
• Carry out fault finding and problem solving.

Skills

Electrical skills

Mechanical skills

Problem solving

Root cause identification

Good communication skills

Experience working with computers

Job description

• Complete planned and preventative maintenance on plant and equipment to maximise equipment reliability and performance
• Ensure the DAF Plant is running to efficiently to ensure optimum efficiency.
• Ensuring plant equipment, boiler houses, utilities are more are in correct working order.
• Carry out fault finding, problem solving to establish route causes and identify and implement fixes to address plant or equipment issues
• Comply with all Greencore health and safety standards, safe systems of work and standard operating procedures in addition to legislative and compliance standards and controls to ensure all work is carried out correctly and safely
• Complete all necessary documentation in an accurate and timely fashion to ensure that comprehensive reporting and history is maintained and that records are always audit-ready
• Identify and recommend opportunities for improvements on plant equipment efficiency and effectiveness
• Support the site maintenance team where required to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness
• Experience in a similar role or experience gained on the job as an engineering apprentice
• Can evidence electrical and / or mechanical skills and ability
• Evidence experience gained in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with problem solving and root cause identification, supported by the delivery of sustainable solutions
• Experience working with others as part of a diverse team
• Evidence of good communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Experienced working with computers

Why Greencore?

We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better. We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn. Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties. Here at Bristol we are the UK's leading producer of Chilled Sauces & Soups! From our site we supply over 37% of the UKs chilled sauces and 20% of the country's chilled soups to both Sainsburys & Asda. We deliver this success through a commitment to The Greencore Way - passion for great food, efficient systems, and exceptional people., We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.