Maintenance Supervisor Skye and Lochalsh, UK due on 07/06/2025

PARETO SECURITIES AS; Kyleakin; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the seafood industry seeks a Maintenance Supervisor to oversee operations at their Kyleakin plant. Candidates will engage in troubleshooting, task prioritization, and collaboration with the maintenance team. The position demands strong knowledge of maintenance protocols and safety standards, alongside excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Pension

Challenging work tasks

Opportunities for development

Qualifications

• Experience in production, manufacturing, maintenance or servicing environment.
• Ability to demonstrate good computer literacy.
• Experience with electrical systems is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Assist the maintenance manager with day-to-day operations.
• Plan jobs and prioritize tasks in a dynamic work environment.
• Support maintenance engineers and liaise with contractors.

Skills

Good computer literacy

Competency working with common hand tools

Familiarity with mechanical / Electrical components

Good understanding of health and safety protocols

Excellent work ethic

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Mowi is the global leader in salmon farming, processing and marketing. Having entered production in June 2014, Mowi Feed has quickly established itself as a competitive supplier of salmon feed playing a key role in supporting Mowi Farming in its delivery of high quality, nutritious and sustainable salmon.

Operating from its factories in Kyleakin, Isle of Skye in Scotland and in Valsneset in the Trøndelag Region of Norway, Mowi Feed has an annual production volume in the order of500,000 tonnes per year. We manufacture a broad portfolio of conventional and organic feeds for both fresh and seawater phases of salmon growth in Scotland, Ireland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Norway.

The Role – MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR

MOWI Fish Feed is seeking to recruit a suitable candidate to take on the exciting and challenging role of Maintenance Supervisor .

The successful candidate will work within the Maintenance team and support all departments in the efficient operation of all process related equipment.

The main duties and responsibilities undertaken will involve:

• Assisting the maintenance manager with day-to-day operations, e.g.:
• Planning of jobs
• Prioritisation of tasks (in a dynamic work environment)
• Supporting team of Maintenance engineers and contractors
• Liaising with contractors
• Training and sharing of knowledge
• Electrical and mechanical process troubleshooting
• Working with and maintaining records within the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Maintaining a safe, clean and tidy workspace
• Getting hands on where required, leading by example
• Deputising for Maintenance Manager when required

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Good computer literacy (sending emails, working with files and folders etc.)
• Competency working with common hand tools
• Familiarity with mechanical / Electrical components
• Experience in production, manufacturing, maintenance or servicing environment
• Good understanding of health, safety and environmental protocols and experience undertaking risk assessments and exercising risk reduction measures
• Excellent work ethic, professional attitude and interpersonal skills

Preferable experience (Not essential as full training provided)

• Moving pallets/ forklift work / Slinging and signalling
• MEWP Operation
• Competency working with electrical systems
  For example: 24VDC / 4-20mA control systems, 230 – 1000V (or above), 3 phase motors, VFDs etc
• Mowi Feed offers:
• £48,000 starting salary, bonus scheme and pension
• An exciting place to work with colleagues who are passionate about what they do, where no two days are the same.
• Challenging work tasks and opportunities to develop into the wider business.

The place of work will be in the Mowi Fish Feed Plant at Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye and the position reports to the Maintenance Manager.

We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. To apply for this vacancy, you must be eligible to work in the UK and hold a valid driving license.

Please note, we retain the right to close this vacancy or keep it open subject to volume and quality of applications. We would therefore encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Mowi is the world’s leading seafood company and the largest producer of Atlantic salmon. As the first global seafood company with an end-to-end supply chain, Mowi brings supreme quality salmon and other seafood products to consumers around the world. Mowi is also ranked the most sustainable animal protein producer in the world by Coller FAIRR. With headquarters in Bergen, Norway, Mowi employs 11,600 people in 26 countries worldwide, and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of EUR 9 billion and total assets of EUR 8.2 billion.