Maintenance Engineer

AB Agri Ltd; Lichfield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched pension contributions

Flexible benefits

Development & wellbeing programs

Job summary

AB Agri Ltd is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join our site at Fradley, Staffordshire. You will perform preventive maintenance, respond to breakdowns, and support operations to maximise yields and efficiencies. The role requires a multiskilled mechanical/electrical background and proven maintenance experience.

The position is a permanent, day-shift role (38.5 hours/week). You will work with the Head of Maintenance to uphold safety, feed safety and quality standards while minimising downtime.

Qualifications

• Multiskilled engineer with Mechanical/Electrical background.
• Experience with planned maintenance systems.
• 18th Edition presence.
• Strong H&S knowledge and communication skills.
• Structured problem solving and fault finding.
• Experience in FMCG/Lean environments.
• Food industry experience is valued.
• IOSH or equivalent safety qualification.
• IPAF, PASMA and forklift operations exposure.
• BOAS and confined space awareness.
• Welding or fabrication capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Actively promote safety learning opportunities.
• Promote Target Zero and safety culture.
• Maintain site, cover reactive and planned work, fault finding, and small improvements to reduce downtime.
• Support Head of Maintenance to uphold health, feed safety and quality standards.
• Risk assess all work and isolate equipment safely.
• Execute PPM tasks per schedule (CMMS Agility).
• Coordinate downtime with Operators for maintenance.
• Manage spare parts stock and supplier orders.
• Identify cost-saving or process-improvement opportunities.
• Assist with contractor control and permits to work.
• Ensure understanding of Feed Safety across teams.
• Champion feed safety and quality aspirations.

Skills

Multiskilled engineer

Planned maintenance

18th Edition

Health & safety knowledge

Communication skills

Problem solving

FMCG/Lean experience

Food industry experience

IOSH

IPAF

PASMA

Forklift license

BOAS

Confined space

Welding/fabrication

Education

City & Guilds Level 3/HNC

Job description

The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job Title: Maintenance Engineer

Location: Fradley (Staffordshire)

Contract and shift pattern: Permanent contract, 38.5 hours per week Monday to Friday (day shift)

Package includes: 45000, plus matched pension contributions and access to flexible benefits that support your development, wellbeing and everyday life.

The role of the Multi-Disciplined Maintenance Engineer is to provide first class customer support to the Operations team. This is achieved by performing Preventive Maintenance activities, responding effectively to breakdowns, monitoring equipment performance and providing valuable input to help maintain process yields and efficiencies.

What you'll be doing

• Actively promote safety learning opportunities
• Promote and be an advocate of Target Zero.
• Overall maintenance of the site including both reactive and planned maintenance tasks, fault finding, and small improvement projects, minimising plant downtime
• Supporting the Head of Maintenance Manager to ensure health and safety, feed safety and Quality standards are never compromised.
• Ensure all work is risk assessed and carried out on safely isolated equipment.
• PPM tasks in accordance with the agreed schedule. In line with our CMMS - Agility
• Be proactive in cooperation with the Operators to agree equipment downtime and availability for maintenance tasks.
• Assist the Head of Maintenance Manager in ensuring that adequate spare parts are held in stock by keeping the stores area organised and reporting parts used and ordering from suppliers.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by highlighting/identifying possible cost saving initiatives or process improvements.
• Assist with Control of Contractors, Permits to Work etc.
• Ensure responsibility for Feed Safety is understood across all repartees.
• Champion the company’s Feed Safety responsibilities and quality aspirations.

What you'll bring

• Multiskilled engineer: City & Guilds Level 3/HNC or relevant equivalent experience in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
• Experience of planned maintenance systems.
• 18th Edition
• Good H&S Working Knowledge
• Effective communication skills.
• A logical and structured approach to problem solving and fault finding
• FMCG, CI or Lean techniques experience
• Food Industry experience
• Safety Qualification (e.g. IOSH)
• IPAF
• PASMA
• Forklift licence
• BOAS
• Confined Space
• Welding or fabrication skills

Where growth meets purpose

What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together, we’re shaping a world where responsible nutrition is accessible to all.With a big goal comes equally big opportunities to make a career that truly feels like your own. As a team we’re collaborative, purpose-driven and encourage trying new ideas. We also find ways to nourish your individual journey, so everyone can feel proud of the difference that they make in their own way.

We’re thrilled to share that AB Agri has been recognised as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025. This is a proud moment for us all. It highlights the real progress we’ve made to build a workplace that is inclusive, supportive, and fair for everyone. Over the last 5 years we have rebuilt our talent management practices, from inclusive hiring, to transparent pay frameworks, flexible work, and the momentum of our Employee Network Groups. Our actions are embedding inclusion at the heart of how we operate and creating a culture where people can be themselves.

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.

About The Company

Rewarding your passion

When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.

About us

Premier Nutrition are a leading provider of vitamin premix to manufacturers of animal feed across Europe and Asia and offers expert advice to customers from some of the worlds leading nutritionists.

We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry.