Multi-Skilled Engineer

ETS Consulting Ltd; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

ETS Consulting Ltd is seeking a Multi-Skilled Engineer for a Blackburn site. The role focuses on maintaining food processing machinery, combining electrical and mechanical skills to minimize downtime and keep line performance high.

You will perform robust PPMs, fault-finding, and routine repairs within a fast-paced FMCG environment, reporting to the shift lead and coordinating with senior engineers to ensure spare parts are available and safety standards are met.

Qualifications

• Electrical and mechanical knowledge of food processing machinery.
• Experience with PPM and process control.
• Proven FMCG maintenance background.

Responsibilities

• Report to shift Team Leader and coordinate with Factory Manager to minimize downtime.
• Work in a small multi-disciplinary engineering team.
• Undertake preventative maintenance (PPMs) on equipment.
• Perform repairs and record actions to identify recurrent faults.
• Coordinate with Engineering Manager for parts supply and maintenance planning.
• Champion health and safety compliance and environmental policies.
• Support continuous improvement of maintenance processes and practices.

Skills

Apprentice trained

Automated machinery

PPM systems

Education

Electrical engineering apprenticeship + BTEC ONC/HNC/HND

Job description

Multi-Skilled Engineer

Location: Blackburn

Salary: £48,000 + Benefits Package

Continental Shift Pattern - Hours: 4 on 4 off days/nights, 12-hour shift 6am/6pm - 6pm/6am (No Saturday nights on schedule)

Reference: Jo7417/JB

The Company

Based within one of the UK's leading privately owned specialist food manufacturing groups, they are an extremely well established manufacturing group with over 50 years of food production knowledge, and they are looking to recruit an experienced maintenance engineer to add to their existing team.

Key Skills

• Apprentice Trained Engineer in Electrical Engineering
• Experience of Fast-Paced Automated Machinery
• Understanding of PPM Systems

Main Responsibilities

• Reporting to the shift Team Leader, you will work closely with the Factory Manager and Production Managers to ensure that machinery downtime is kept to a minimum and that all preventative maintenance is conducted in advance to avoid production disruption.
• Work as part of a small team of multi-disciplined engineers
• Undertake PPM's on equipment
• Action repairs and ensure all measures taken are recorded so recurrent faults can be recognised
• Liaise with the Engineering Manager and Senior Engineer to ensure the supply of appropriate parts
• Minimise the amount of downtime suffered by the site following machine breakdowns
• Comply with all health, safety and environmental policies and procedures
• Champion H&S matters as delegated by the Engineering Manager
• Champion building maintenance as directed by the Engineering Manager
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes and practices

Requirements

• Strong Electrical and Mechanical knowledge and ability on Food processing machinery
• Process control knowledge.
• Competent in building electrical control systems from switchgear through to software implementation.
• Engineering apprenticeship and associated qualifications such as BTEC ONC, HNC, HND in Electrical Engineering is essential
• Have a proven track record in an Engineering and fault-finding role gained from within a FMCG environment.
• Drive Root Cause Analysis and strive to prevent re-occurrence with counter measures.
• Multi-skilled in both electrical and mechanical engineering
• PLC fault finding.