Multi Skilled Engineer

Hilton Foods Seachill; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive holiday allowance

Paid overtime

Life assurance (2x yearly salary)

Development opportunities

Internal promotion

Free on-site car parking

Job summary

Hilton Foods Seachill is looking for an experienced Multiskilled Engineer to support daily engineering operations on site. You will carry out planned tasks, respond to breakdowns and prioritise maintenance to ensure safe, efficient production.

The role requires hands-on problem solving, collaboration with colleagues, and a flexible approach to hours to meet business needs.

Qualifications

• Previously worked in similar FMCG environment.
• Time served recognised apprenticeship or equivalent.
• BTEC Level 3 or above in Engineering Discipline or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned tasks and respond to breakdowns to keep production running.
• Prioritise maintenance activities and ensure safe, efficient engineering service.
• Collaborate across teams and provide hands-on problem solving to improve uptime.

Skills

FMCG experience

Hands-on problem solving

Flexible hours

Education

BTEC Level 3 in Engineering or equivalent

IOSH Trained preferable

Job description

Shift 1 - Friday 6am-12pm or 12pm-6pm rotating, 6am-6pm Sat & Sunday, 2-10 Monday - Friday

Shift 2 - 5am-3pm - Monday - Friday

Shift 3 - Saturday - Thursday - Rest Week 6 days off - return on shift 1 Friday

About the role:

We are seeking an experienced Multiskilled Engineer to join a friendly and customer-driven business with a high-performance culture. This is an excellent opportunity to build a long-term career within a company that offers significant progression and development opportunities.

The purpose of this role is to support the day-to-day operations of the engineering function, carrying out planned tasks, responding to breakdowns, and prioritising maintenance activities effectively. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering a safe, efficient, and reliable engineering service in support of production operations. A proactive approach to equipment maintenance, continuous improvement, and operational efficiency will be essential.

Working collaboratively with colleagues across the business, you will take a hands-on approach to problem-solving and provide support where required beyond your core responsibilities, contributing to the overall success of the site.

As an Multiskilled Engineer some of the responsibilities will be to:

• - During all activities ensure that the Health and Safety of themselves and others remains first priority.
• - Correcting or if unable to correct report any hazards which may lead to injury or food safety implications.
• - Ensuring all activities are in compliance with food safety legislation and good manufacturing practices.
• - Ensuring fast and effective response to breakdowns and handovers to Production are appropriately communicated.
• - Diagnosing faults and taking corrective action to ensure continuous service and identifying further improvements to increase equipment availability.
• - Participating in a multi-skilled team within own capabilities and undertake in any training and development exercises to progress.
• - Identifying and share continuous improvement ideas that may contribute to Health & Safety and equipment uptime or maintenance cost improvements.
• - Ensuring planned maintenance work is completed on time and further work required is communicated to the Engineering Supervisor or Manager.
• - Having a flexible approach to hours of work and working within the team to provide engineering cover to meet the needs of the business.
• - Ensuring that good food manufacturing practices are maintained at all times.

To succeed as an Multiskilled Engineer we ask that you have the following experience/expertise:

• - Previously worked in similar FMCG environment
• - Specific equipment knowledge and experience preferable
• - IOSH Trained preferable
• - Time Served recognised apprenticeship
• - Previous experience in a similar engineering position
• - BTEC Level 3 or above in Engineering Discipline or equivalent

What you get in return:

On top of working for a fantastic organisation with a family feel you will receive a great package with competitive holiday allowance, paid overtime, life assurance of minimum two times yearly salary, opportunities for development and internal promotion and free car parking on site.

About us:

We are a company that takes pride in their people as it is our people who are at the centre of everything that we do, if you want to find out more please follow the link below.

Hilton Food Group - Home (hiltonfoodgroupplc.com)