Maintenance & Reliability Area Lead

Cargill; Sefton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural company is seeking a Maintenance Technician to join their Seaforth operation. In this role, you will handle equipment maintenance, ensuring the integrity of mechanical systems and expertise in rotating machinery. Applicants should have a solid technical background, with experience in maintenance and troubleshooting. The position offers a fast-paced, stimulating environment with competitive salary and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Career development opportunities

International work environment

Qualifications

• Demonstrable related work experience in maintenance and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Execute specific equipment maintenance for high hazard processes.
• Maintain the mechanical integrity of new installations and existing systems.
• Monitor and maintain best practices for operational effectiveness.
• Partner with vendors for asset improvements and project activities.
• Ensure the integrity of plant equipment.
• Maintain rotating equipment and conveyor systems.

Skills

Equipment maintenance

Troubleshooting

Mechanical integrity

Continuous improvement

Education

Secondary education level or equivalent experience

Job description

Cargill's size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials - from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill. This position is in Cargill's agricultural supply chain business. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver essential products. Cargill's soybean crush and refinery based in Seaforth, Liverpool has been operating since 1986. The plants produce high protein soybean meal, soya hulls, crude soya oil and crude tocopherol (vitamin E). The Maintenance Technician will perform routine maintenance practices, resource management and tools and processes controls to maintain and improve capacity utilization and quality standards realized through reliable operations. In this role, you will execute the work as selected and needed by the production team. A key part of the role includes hands‑on work with rotating equipment, such as replacing bearings, motors, gearboxes, and pumps, as well as performing precise pump alignment. You will also be expected to maintain and troubleshoot belt and chain conveyor systems, ensuring their efficient and safe operation. This position requires a solid technical background and practical experience in maintaining rotating equipment.

Key Accountabilities

• Execute specific equipment maintenance for each asset involved with containing, controlling or safeguarding a high hazard process.
• Maintain the mechanical integrity of new installations and existing systems.
• Implement, monitor and maintain best practices to improve operational effectiveness through continuous improvement and reliability excellence methods and tools.
• Monitor capitalized repair and replacement projects, mitigate risk issues, and remove barriers to ensure completion of milestones within budget.
• Partner with vendors and handle contracts related to asset improvements and new asset project activities.
• Ensure the ongoing mechanical, electrical and structural integrity of plant equipment.
• Responsible for maintaining rotating equipment, including the replacement of bearings, motors, gearboxes, and pumps, pump alignment and maintenance of belt and chain conveyor systems.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Secondary education level or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable related work experience in maintenance and reliability.

Offer

We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world. Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today. Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cargill. Cargill is committed to being an inclusive employer. Click here to find out more https://careers.cargill.com/diversity.