Multi Skilled Engineer- Capri Sun

Princes Limited; Bradford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food and drink manufacturer in Bradford seeks a Maintenance Technician to ensure the efficient operation of automated equipment and production lines. The role involves fault diagnosis, responding to breakdowns, and implementing preventative maintenance schedules. Candidates should have relevant engineering experience in FMCG and strong communication skills. This position offers a range of benefits including enhanced leave and pension options.

Benefits

22 shift days annual leave

14.5% pension – 5% employee opt‑in / 9.5% employer

Flexible holiday option – buy 5 additional days

Enhanced family‑friendly policies

Critical illness cover

Learning & development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Maintain equipment and repair faults as directed.
• Respond promptly to breakdowns to minimise downtime.
• Carry out fault finding on a diverse range of automated equipment.
• Implement and support planned preventative maintenance schemes.
• Communicate with the relevant departments on breakdown and maintenance progress.

Skills

Relevant engineering experience in FMCG

Ability to work alone and as part of a team

Excellent communication skills with colleagues of all levels

Experience in using CMMS e.g. SAP

Job description

Reporting to a Shift Operations Manager for daily priorities, Asset Care Manager for overall management and forming part of a multi‑skilled shift maintenance team, the post holder will be required to maintain equipment and repair faults as directed. Dimensions:

Equipment

• 4 Capri Sun Pouch filling production lines
• 2 Robotic palletisers
• Check Weighers
• Tetrapac Mix systems

Responsibilities

• Maintain equipment and repair faults as directed.
• Respond promptly to breakdowns to minimise downtime and the associated costs.
• Carry out fault finding on a diverse range of automated equipment.
• Carry out identified modifications and improvements.
• Implement and support planned preventative maintenance schemes.
• Complete maintenance schedules and engage in operational improvements.
• Actively support continuous improvement projects and activities by challenging existing practices and making recommendations for improvements.
• Communicate with the relevant departments on breakdown and maintenance progress.
• Complete all relevant reports and accurately maintain in engineering CMMS records.
• Monitor the efficiency of equipment and identify problem areas to proactively implement improvements.
• Ensure the engineering spares store records are updated when parts and materials are used.
• Manage Capri Sun engineering stores stocks by working with the site engineering stores team.
• Maintain all work areas to the required 5S standards.
• Ensure that you record and communicate any adjustments to production equipment.
• Be fully competent in a wide range of machine and equipment operating and cleaning procedures.
• Review daily achievement of targets and report variances.
• Resolve all operational problems on the lines. Carry out fault diagnosis and first line repairs where task competent to do so including lubrication, breakdown repair, changeover and running adjustments.
• Carry out effective handovers by communicating key information to other colleagues.
• Carry out new or additional tasks, projects, trials and other reasonable duties in conjunction with colleagues in your area of work.
• Work with production operations to run and optimise the lines performance.
• Maintain product Food Safety, Legality, Integrity, Authenticity and Quality standards by ensuring all associated policies and procedures are adhered to.

Qualifications

• Relevant engineering experience in FMCG.
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills with colleagues of all levels.
• Experience in using CMMS e.g. SAP.

About Princes

Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France, and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Benefits

• 22 shift days annual leave
• 14.5% pension – 5% employee opt‑in / 9.5% employer
• Flexible holiday option – buy 5 additional days
• Enhanced family‑friendly policies
• Critical illness cover
• Learning & development opportunities