FMCG Maintenance Engineer – Multi-Skilled & Impactful

Avara Foods Limited; Shrewsbury; Sur place; GBP 38 000 - 46 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Salary £41,551.54 per annum

Shift allowance £8,030 per annum

31 days holiday (pro rata)

Life assurance

Discounts and perks

Wellbeing resources

Subsidised staff canteen

Free staff parking

Résumé du poste

Avara Foods Limited in Telford is seeking a Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer to join our Engineering team on a rotating 4 on 4 off shift (06:00-18:30 and 18:00-06:30) in a fast-paced FMCG environment. The role focuses on optimising machinery output, reducing downtime, and maintaining high hygiene and safety standards.

You will lead breakdown responses, follow PPM schedules, log jobs in the CMMS, mentor colleagues, and work across process machinery with fault finding and basic engineering best

Qualifications

• Advanced Engineering Apprenticeship in mechanical or electrical disciplines.
• Solid engineering experience, ideally within food manufacturing.
• Familiarity with process machinery and fault finding.
• Mechanical fitting; machining, welding and fabrication skills advantageous.
• Ability to mentor colleagues and multi-task in a timeline-driven environment.
• Industrial refrigeration experience desirable; IE/18th edition and advanced electrical qualification are a plus.
• Good knowledge of PLCs, variable speed drives and control systems.

Responsabilités

• Lead role during breakdowns using your skills and experience.
• Maintain maintenance per PM schedules and apply effective corrective actions.
• Provide quick, root-cause breakdown responses across site areas.
• Communicate unscheduled breakdowns to engineering management and coordinate with operations to minimise downtime.
• Follow engineering standards and hygiene practices for the department and site.
• Report Health and Safety, Animal Welfare and Environmental issues promptly.
• Demonstrate fault finding to identify root causes and logging in CMMS.
• Raise stock and non-stock requests as needed.

Connaissances

Fault finding

Mechanical fitting

Mentoring

Multi-tasking

Pro-active

Industrial refrigeration (desirable)

PLCs knowledge

VSDs knowledge

Control systems

Formation

Advanced Engineering Apprenticeship (mechanical or electrical)

IEE 17th/18th edition (desirable)

Advanced Electrical qualification (desirable)

Outils

PLCs knowledge

Variable speed drives

Control systems

Description du poste

Avara Foods Limited in Telford is seeking a Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer to join our Engineering team on a rotating 4 on 4 off shift (06:00-18:30 and 18:00-06:30) in a fast-paced FMCG environment. The role focuses on optimising machinery output, reducing downtime, and maintaining high hygiene and safety standards.

You will lead breakdown responses, follow PPM schedules, log jobs in the CMMS, mentor colleagues, and work across process machinery with fault finding and basic engineering best