Maintenance Technician (Multi-skilled)

Barry Callebaut Manufacturing Iberica SA.; Banbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading chocolate and cocoa manufacturer is seeking a Maintenance Technician to ensure equipment availability and uptime. This role involves reacting to technical issues, executing planned maintenance, and contributing to continuous improvement on site. Applicants should have mechanical or electrical engineering qualifications, experience in maintenance, and knowledge of health and safety regulations. Competitive shifts and a commitment to sustainability are part of this role.

Qualifications

• Hold an ONC (or equivalent) in a mechanical or electrical engineering discipline.
• Hold at least NVQ Level 3 in mechanical or electrical discipline.
• Previous experience in a maintenance department, preferably in food manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective emergency response for breakdowns.
• Implement permanent corrective actions for identified issues.
• Execute Planned Preventative routine maintenance on equipment.

Skills

Effective problem-solving

Communication skills

Team player

Computer literate

Education

ONC in mechanical or electrical engineering

NVQ Level 3 in mechanical or electrical discipline

17th Edition Certificate

Tools

PLC knowledge

Maintenance software

Microsoft Excel

Job description

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the role:

The Maintenance Technician role is primarily responsible for ensuring equipment availability to support production processes. This includes executing site-identified Planned Maintenance activities and providing timely reactive responses to technical issues across the site to maximize equipment uptime. The position also contributes to continuous improvement initiatives through root cause analysis, while maintaining the highest standards of health and safety and food quality in all tasks.

Shift pattern:

Wednesday 12-6pm and Thursday to Saturday 7am - 6pm, 39 hours a week

Key responsibilities:

• Provide an effective emergency response service for breakdowns within the factory - providing immediate and long-term solutions in a timely, safe and cost-effective manner
• When undertaking fault finding and diagnostic work, understand and diagnose problems and then implement permanent corrective actions to prevent recurrence
• Working with the equipment users to understand clearly the problems to ensure that sustainable remedial solutions can be implemented
• Undertaking Planned Preventative routine maintenance across all equipment on the site
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and follow these through to implementation where appropriate
• Undertake meaningful handover reports/notes
• Proactively involved in undertaking risk assessments
• Issue permits to work (including immobilisation certificates) as required.

About you:

• Hold an ONC (or equivalent) in a mechanical or electrical engineering discipline and have successfully completed an apprenticeship scheme in that discipline - primary core skill
• Hold at least NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in mechanical or electrical discipline as the secondary core skill
• Holder of 17th Edition Certificate or equivalent – desirable
• Previous experience of working in a maintenance department – preferably within a food manufacturing/processing environment
• Knowledge of PLC’s - preferably Siemens
• Understand permits to work and lock off procedures
• Operational knowledge of and ability to adhere to health and safety legislation and best practice - particularly in COSHH, working at heights, working in confined spaces, risk assessments
• Team player and able to work with limited supervision
• Effective problem-solving and communication skills (verbal and written)
• Computer literate - maintenance software, Microsoft Office programmes - namely Excel.

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