Maintenance Engineer

e2e Infosys; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

e2e Infosys in the West Midlands is seeking a hands-on Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer for a busy food manufacturing site. You will maintain, fault-find and repair production and packaging equipment to maximise reliability and minimise downtime, while ensuring safe, efficient production.

Candidates from electrical, mechanical or multi-skilled backgrounds with practical maintenance experience in manufacturing are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds / BTEC or equivalent required.
• Hands-on maintenance experience in food manufacturing / FMCG.
• Strong fault-finding and breakdown experience.
• Experience maintaining production and/or packaging machinery.
• Good understanding of PPM and reactive maintenance.
• Able to diagnose problems and carry out repairs safely and efficiently.
• Able to work independently and in a team.
• Flexible for fast-paced production environment.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventive maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance.
• Respond quickly to production breakdowns and minimise equipment downtime.
• Diagnose, fault-find and repair production and packaging machinery.
• Maintain equipment including motors, gearboxes, bearings, pumps, conveyors, drives, sensors, pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
• Carry out routine inspections, servicing and component replacement.
• Support machinery installation, modification and commissioning.
• Identify recurring equipment problems and support Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Contribute to Continuous Improvement and equipment reliability initiatives.
• Complete maintenance records and update CMMS where applicable.
• Work closely with Production and Operations teams.
• Ensure all engineering activities comply with Health & Safety, BRCGS, HACCP, GMP and food hygiene requirements.

Skills

Hands-on maintenance

Fault finding

Production machinery

PPM maintenance

Independent worker

Team player

Education

NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds / BTEC or equivalent

18th Edition qualification

Tools

CMMS systems

Job description

Job Title :

Multi-Skilled Engineer (Food Manufacturing)

Department: Engineering / MaintenanceReports to: MaintenanceManager

Shift Pattern: [Days / Nights / Rotating Shifts]Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Location : West Midlands

Job Descriptions:

We are looking for an experienced and hands on Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a busy food manufacturing environment.

The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining, fault-finding and repairing production and packaging equipment to ensure maximum reliability, minimum downtime and safe, efficient production.

Candidates may come from an electrical, mechanical or multi-skilled engineering background, but must have strong practical, hands on maintenance experience within a manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance.
• Respond quickly to production breakdowns and minimise equipment downtime.
• Diagnose, fault-find and repair production and packaging machinery.
• Maintain equipment including motors, gearboxes, bearings, pumps, conveyors, drives, sensors, pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
• Carry out routine inspections, servicing and component replacement.
• Support machinery installation, modification and commissioning.
• Identify recurring equipment problems and support Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Contribute to Continuous Improvement and equipment reliability initiatives.
• Complete maintenance records and update CMMS where applicable.
• Work closely with Production and Operations teams.
• Ensure all engineering activities comply with Health & Safety, BRCGS, HACCP, GMP and food hygiene requirements.

Skills & Experience

Skills & Experience

Essential:

• Recognised engineering qualification NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, BTEC or equivalent.
• Hands on maintenance engineering experience within food manufacturing, FMCG or a similar production environment.
• Strong practical fault finding and breakdown experience.
• Experience maintaining production and/or packaging machinery.
• Good understanding of PPM and reactive maintenance.
• Ability to diagnose problems and carry out repairs safely and efficiently.
• Comfortable working independently and as part of an engineering team.
• Flexible and able to work within a fast paced production environment.

Desirable:

• Previous experience within food, beverage, bakery, dairy, meat, ingredients, sauces or other FMCG manufacturing.
• PLC fault finding experience.
• 18th Edition qualification.
• Experience with CMMS systems.
• Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement or RCA experience.

Candidate:

• We are open to engineers from electrical, mechanical or multi-skilled backgrounds. What is most important is that you are a practical, hands on maintenance engineer who is confident working on manufacturing equipment, diagnosing breakdowns and getting production back up and running safely and efficiently.