Multi Skilled Engineer
2 Sisters Food Group
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Job summary
2 Sisters Food Group is seeking a Multi Skilled Engineer at its Thetford breaded/coated product centre of excellence. The role covers reactive and proactive maintenance, logging activity on the CMMS, and supporting production targets in a fast-paced food manufacturing setting.
Ideal candidates hold an electrical NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, with strong fault-finding skills and a commitment to safety and quality. The site operates a 4 on/4 off shift pattern with competitive benefits.
Qualifications
- Accredited engineering qualification.
- Electrical qualification to NVQ Level 3 minimum.
- Experience working in a food manufacturing or fast-paced industrial environment.
- Strong fault-finding skills in mechanical and electrical systems.
- Experience in reactive maintenance and planned preventative maintenance.
- Good health & safety knowledge and awareness.
- Basic computer skills (Microsoft Word and Excel).
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- Food Safety Level 2 or higher desirable.
Responsibilities
- Attend planned maintenance windows, ensuring equipment is fit for purpose and production ready
- Respond to breakdowns in a timely manner, delivering the engineering promise
- Support the Operations team to meet production targets
- Carry out reactive and proactive mechanical and electrical maintenance
- Accurately document all work carried out on the CMMS system and log time against the correct assets
- Identify, request, and follow up on parts required for further work
- Maintain correct stock holdings through accurate parts scanning
- Attend engineering handovers and respond promptly to radio calls
Skills
Education
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Job description
Location: Thetford
Shifts: 4 on 4 off pattern, 4 Days and 4 Nights
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Join 2 Sisters Food Group, one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, with an annual turnover exceeding £3 billion and approximately 13,000 employees across 16 sites. We have a strong presence in poultry, chilled, and bakery food categories. We supply high-quality products to major UK retailers and food service customers including Aldi, Asda, Co-op, KFC, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Waitrose.
Our Thetford site is a breaded and coated product centre of excellence within the UK Poultry (Added Value) division. Our Thetford operation is a breaded/coated product centre of excellence. As a value added, non-kill site we have no live animals or butchery onsite.
As a Multi Skilled Engineer, you will be the front-line engineering solution for all site engineering needs. You will carry out both reactive and proactive maintenance activities, ensuring a right-first-time approach to breakdowns and planned maintenance schedules.
You will document all engineering activity on the CMMS system, support site production targets, and contribute to the delivery of the site engineering strategy.
- Attend planned maintenance windows, ensuring equipment is fit for purpose and production ready
- Respond to breakdowns in a timely manner, delivering the engineering promise
- Support the Operations team to meet production targets
- Carry out reactive and proactive mechanical and electrical maintenance
- Accurately document all work carried out on the CMMS system and log time against the correct assets
- Identify, request, and follow up on parts required for further work
- Maintain correct stock holdings through accurate parts scanning
- Attend engineering handovers and respond promptly to radio calls
You will be an experienced Multi Skilled Engineer with an electrical bias, comfortable working in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment. You'll be proactive, disciplined, and able to act with pace while maintaining high safety and quality standards.
- Accredited engineering qualification
- Electrical qualification to NVQ Level 3 minimum
- Experience working in a food manufacturing or fast-paced industrial environment
- Strong fault-finding skills in mechanical and electrical systems
- Experience in reactive maintenance and planned preventative maintenance
- Good health & safety knowledge and awareness
- Basic computer skills (Microsoft Word and Excel)
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team
- Food Safety Level 2 or higher desirable
Location: Thetford
Shifts: 4 on 4 off pattern, 4 Days and 4 Nights
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Join 2 Sisters Food Group, one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, with an annual turnover exceeding £3 billion and approximately 13,000 employees across 16 sites. We have a strong presence in poultry, chilled, and bakery food categories. We supply high-quality products to major UK retailers and food service customers including Aldi, Asda, Co-op, KFC, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Waitrose.
Our Thetford site is a breaded and coated product centre of excellence within the UK Poultry (Added Value) division. Our Thetford operation is a breaded/coated product centre of excellence. As a value added, non-kill site we have no live animals or butchery onsite.
As a Multi Skilled Engineer, you will be the front-line engineering solution for all site engineering needs. You will carry out both reactive and proactive maintenance activities, ensuring a right-first-time approach to breakdowns and planned maintenance schedules.
You will document all engineering activity on the CMMS system, support site production targets, and contribute to the delivery of the site engineering strategy.
- Attend planned maintenance windows, ensuring equipment is fit for purpose and production ready
- Respond to breakdowns in a timely manner, delivering the engineering promise
- Support the Operations team to meet production targets
- Carry out reactive and proactive mechanical and electrical maintenance
- Accurately document all work carried out on the CMMS system and log time against the correct assets
- Identify, request, and follow up on parts required for further work
- Maintain correct stock holdings through accurate parts scanning
- Attend engineering handovers and respond promptly to radio calls
You will be an experienced Multi Skilled Engineer with an electrical bias, comfortable working in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment. You'll be proactive, disciplined, and able to act with pace while maintaining high safety and quality standards.
- Accredited engineering qualification
- Electrical qualification to NVQ Level 3 minimum
- Experience working in a food manufacturing or fast-paced industrial environment
- Strong fault-finding skills in mechanical and electrical systems
- Experience in reactive maintenance and planned preventative maintenance
- Good health & safety knowledge and awareness
- Basic computer skills (Microsoft Word and Excel)
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team
- Food Safety Level 2 or higher desirable
- Refer a friend scheme
- Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme and Grocery Aid are free and confidential support services 365 days a year
- Boparan Restaurant Group Discount - 50% discount for friends and family.
- Cycle2Work Scheme
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