Maintenance Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Brackley; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading food business in the UK is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join their team at a hatchery in Buckinghamshire. This hands-on role involves maintaining machinery, ensuring health and safety, and supporting ongoing improvement projects. The position offers competitive pay, guaranteed hours, and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Competitive pension

Access to lifestyle and wellbeing resources

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Qualified in a relevant engineering trade.
• Broad understanding of mechanical processes.
• Useful knowledge of facilities maintenance including welding and plumbing.

Responsibilities

• Maintain hatchery machinery and associated equipment.
• Carry out ongoing improvement projects.
• Work independently in farm buildings.

Skills

Mechanical processes

Mechanical assemblies

Facilities maintenance

Effective communication

Team player

Education

Qualified in a relevant engineering trade

Job description

About the Role:

As one of the UK's largest food businesses, we are playing a critical role in keeping the nation fed. We are continuing to operate and are looking for motivated people to join our team as a Maintenance Engineer based at our Hatchery in Quainton, Buckinghamshire. With ambitious growth plans, we are continually investing in our facilities and our people, with opportunities to develop and build your career with us.

What’s in it for you?

• Hourly pay rate: £15.91
• £25 per call out
• Paid weekly
• Guaranteed hours and opportunities for overtime
• Employee benefits include a competitive pension and access to lifestyle and wellbeing resources
• A safe dynamic working environment
• Training and development opportunities from day one

Purpose of the role:

We are looking for a strong team player with a high regard for health, safety, and poultry welfare to maintain on a daily basis the hatcheries machinery and associated plant and ancillary equipment related to the establishment process, such as setting and hatching machines & ventilation, and to carry out ongoing improvement projects.

This is a hands-on role and involves manual processes including lifting equipment weighing around 25kgs. You will also be required to work independently in farm buildings.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Qualified in a relevant engineering trade
• Broad understanding of mechanical processes
• A good understanding of mechanical assemblies
• Useful knowledge of facilities maintenance, including welding and fabrication, plumbing, and pipe fitting
• A good team player with effective communication skills
• Committed and reliable with a flexible attitude
• Ability to use own initiative and work independently, prioritising workload

What we are looking for:

• Qualified in a relevant engineering trade
• Broad understanding of mechanical processes
• A good understanding of mechanical assemblies
• Useful knowledge of facilities maintenance, including welding and fabrication, plumbing, and pipe fitting
• A good team player with effective communication skills
• Committed and reliable with a flexible attitude
• Ability to use own initiative and work independently, prioritising workload

Working Hours:

Week 1 to 3: Monday to Friday, 06:00 to 15:30 (75 minutes daily total unpaid break)

Week 4: 4 days, Monday to Friday, 06:00 to 15:30 (75 minutes daily total unpaid break per day)

Saturday: 06:00 to 15:30 (75 minutes daily total unpaid break)

Callouts within rota to be agreed with management (currently 1 in 8 weeks), paid at £25 per call out plus hours worked at time and a half.

A little about us:

Avara Foods supplies chicken and turkey to the nation’s most popular supermarkets and restaurants. We are a fully integrated business controlling the entire product supply chain, including feed mills, farms, hatcheries, and factories, with associated transport and logistics functions employing more than 7,000 people.

If you’re ready to work alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, apply today!

Note: Due to bird welfare, it is essential that you do not own any avian pets or poultry.