Maintenance Engineer

ATA Recruitment Ltd; Burnley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime pay

Holiday entitlement

Pension

Healthcare

Job summary

ATA Recruitment Ltd in Burnley seeks a Maintenance Engineer to join a leading UK FMCG manufacturer. You will perform PPMs and reactive maintenance across three production lines, in a fast-paced environment with 1.7 million units produced weekly.

The role emphasizes maintenance and repair, with PLC fault-finding advantageous. You will use a tablet-based system with a new CMMS and contribute to a skilled team of ten engineers, ensuring equipment reliability and safety.

Qualifications

• Strong background in FMCG maintenance.
• Experience with mechanical and electrical components.
• Proactive attitude in fast-paced production.
• NVQ Level 3 or City & Guilds in engineering.

Responsibilities

• Conducting PPMs and reactive maintenance across three production lines.
• Site uses a new CMMS and tablet device for job tracking.
• Maintenance and repair of pneumatics, gearboxes, bearings, shafts, chains, sensors and control panels.
• Fault finding with PLC experience beneficial.

Skills

Maintenance

Electrical

Mechanical

FMCG

PPM

Reactive maintenance

Education

NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds in engineering

Tools

CMMS

Tablet system

Job description

Maintenance Engineer £50,000 base (£54,000 after 4-month probation), Burnley, Lancashire, PANAMA DAYS & NIGHTS (6 – 6) – 42 average hours a week.

Overtime available at X1.65, holiday equivalent to 25 shifts off, pension, healthcare.

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for aMaintenance Engineer to join one of the leading manufacturers in the UK of fresh juice, flavoured drinks and smoothies. That supply to convenience stores, coffee shops and all major retailers across the country. You’ll be implemented into a team of 10 Engineers in total. Conducting PPMs and reactive maintenance across all machinery on three production lines. The site is very fast paced, depending on demand just on smoothies alone, they produce 1.7million units a week. Production is 24/7.

The Role

As amaintenance engineer, you’ll work with a range of machinery including:

• Sterilisers, pasteurisers, conveyors and labelling machines
• Thermoforming machines, blow moulders, sealers, cappers and boxing machines

Your focus will be70% reactiveand30% PPM, using a tablet system for job tracking. A new CMMS is currently being implemented. The role places a strong emphasis on maintenance and repair. You’ll need to be working with pneumatics, gearboxes, bearings, shafts, chains, sensors, and control panels etc. Fault finding via PLC or any welding experience is beneficial but not essential.

The Person We’re Looking For

To succeed in this role as amaintenance engineer, you’ll need:

• A strong background in maintenance within FMCG manufacturing environments
• Experience working on both mechanical and electrical components whilst abiding to H&S regulations
• Confidence with strip-downs, rebuilds, and reactive maintenance
• An NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, or equivalent qualification in engineering
• A proactive attitude and hard worker who can deal with a fast-paced production environment

This is an ideal role for amaintenance engineerwho wants to develop their skills in a stable, well-backed facility with real training opportunities.

Why apply?

Joining our client, you will be joining a business that place emphasis on training, development of their engineers. The company has been established for over 40 years, the site in Burnley is one out of four in the UK; therefore, it offers strong job security. You will be joining a company that look after their engineer’s future.

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation