Maintenance Engineer

PrepWorld Ltd; Northfleet; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stream (earnings access)

On-site parking with electric charge点

Staff events

Staff restaurant

Brand new facilities

Supportive team

Job summary

PrepWorld Ltd in Northfleet, Kent, is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join a night shift team. You will perform scheduled servicing, fault finding and repair on food manufacturing equipment, working on a 12-hour night shift with a 4 on/4 off pattern.

You will diagnose issues, apply root cause analysis, maintain records and support production teams to reduce downtime, while following health and safety practices and participating in training.

Qualifications

• Recognised apprenticeship or Level 3 NVQ in mechanical discipline, or 5+ years in maintenance.
• Experience in FMCG industry is preferred.
• Good problem solving and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Carry out routine scheduled servicing and maintenance on food manufacturing equipment.
• Attend machine breakdowns and diagnose faults to restore operation.
• Apply root cause analysis to drive continuous improvement.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and reports.
• Support production teams to reduce downtime and improve efficiency.

Skills

Mechanical disciplines

Electrical isolations (LOTO)

Microsoft Excel

Problem solving

Verbal & written communication

Education

Recognised apprenticeship or Level 3 NVQ in mechanical discipline

5+ years maintenance experience

FMCG industry experience (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

• Location: Northfleet, Kent, United Kingdom

As aMaintenance Engineer at PrepWorld you will beworking as part of a team or individually on Nights, you will be responsible for scheduled maintenance, fault finding and repair of food manufacturing equipment and associated support services and systems.

Main Duties

• Carry out routine scheduled servicing and maintenance on food manufacturing, ancillary and associated equipment
• Suitably trained and competent to carry out mechanical maintenance tasks and electrical isolations
• Attend machine and equipment breakdowns in a timely manner and apply sound engineering principals to diagnosis and repair
• Apply root cause analysis principals to identify and subsequently rectify issues to deliver continuous improvement
• Maintain good maintenance record keeping as required
• Support the Production Teams at all levels to drive continuous improvement and reduce downtime
• Support both the Engineering Shift Managers and Maintenance Planner in selecting correct spare parts and maintaining stock levels
• Attend training courses (internal and external) as required by Prepworld to build personal and Engineering Department capabilities
• Assist in training/mentoring other members of the Engineering Team or other Departments if required to do so
• Maintain and promote good health and safety practices as a core principle of engineering activity on site
• Participate in Capital and improvement Projects as required
• Maintain good housekeeping practices within the Engineering Department and site wide as required
• The role involves manual handling and the ability to withstand working in cold storage conditions on a daily basis

Key Relationships

Maintain and continually improve good working relationships at all levels with all Prepworld Departments

Key Accountabilities

• Maintain and promote health and safety at work best practices to achieve zero lost hours within the Engineering Department due to injury
• 100% completion of all scheduled maintenance tasks duly issued
• Respond to all breakdown requests in a timely manner
• Escalation of any major issues preventing prompt problem resolution in a timely manner

Skill Requirements

• Suitably trained and competent in mechanical disciplines
• Suitably trained and competent to apply electrical isolations aligned with LOTO process
• Good computer skills in Microsoft Excel and Word
• Ability to problem solve
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Qualifications

• Recognised apprenticeship or minimum of a Level 3 NVQ in a mechanical discipline or at least 5 years experience in a maintenance role with recognised qualifications
• Specific Knowledge & Experience: Ideally, previous experience of FMCG industry

What we provide in return:

• Stream (track your earnings and instantly access up to 50% of your money as you earn it, without waiting for payday)
• On site parking with electric charge points
• Fully paid for, Staff events
• Staff restaurant serving heavily subsidised hot and cold food
• Brand new facilities
• A supportive team

Working Pattern:

4 on / 4 off rotating shift pattern

Shift Details:

This is a night shift role, involving 12-hour shifts.

We are currently seeking 2 engineers to join the team and work within this schedule.