Multi Skilled Engineer (Night Shift)
Princes Group
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Job summary
Princes Group in Wisbech is seeking a skilled Maintenance Engineer for a permanent night shift (4 on 4 off) to ensure effective and efficient maintenance of the FMCG plant. You will respond to breakdowns, carry out planned maintenance and calibrations, and document all actions until completion.
You will move the maintenance approach from reactive firefighting to proactive improvement, identify root causes, and uphold GMP standards while coaching the team and communicating across functions.
Qualifications
- Nationally recognized levels of competence in maintenance of FMCG machinery.
- General understanding of PLC control systems as used within Princes equipment.
- Electrical competence in safe diagnosis and repair of faults within motors, control systems and lighting.
- Computer literate (SAP, Microsoft packages).
- Work within a CI environment.
- 18th Edition IEE Regulation qualification.
- Effective communication and teamwork in a food manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities
- Timely response to plant breakdowns, planned maintenance and calibrations, all owned until complete.
- All work formally recorded and handed over as required.
- Ensure proactive response to maintenance and breakdowns on site to maintain production continuity.
- Move maintenance strategy from breakdown focus to proactive improvement.
- Identify root causes and update the Planned Maintenance system.
- Support and coach development of the Engineering, Operators & Team Leaders.
- Share knowledge within the team to increase department flexibility.
- Drive improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce waste.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels and with external partners.
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Job description
Please note: This is a permanent Night Shift roster - 4 on 4 off
Effective & efficient maintenance of the plant.
Please note: This is a permanent Night Shift roster - 4 on 4 off
Effective & efficient maintenance of the plant.
Timely response to plant breakdowns, planned maintenance and calibrations, all owned until complete.
All work formally recorded as such and or handed over as required.
Ensure proactive response to maintenance and breakdowns on site ensuring continuity of production and services.
To carry out maintenance activities, ensuring the manufacturing team achieve maximum compliance to the production plan, by minimising engineering downtime.
Moving the engineering maintenance strategy from a breakdown/fire fighting mentality to a proactive approach.
Identify the root cause, records actions taken to correct fault and up date Planned Maintenance system.
To heavily support and coach the effective development of the Team (Engineering, Operators & Team Leaders) .
To share knowledge within team to increase the department flexibility.
To step change the performance and efficiency of the existing plant through continuous improvement techniques.
Be able to communicate effectively and confidently to all levels of colleagues within Princes and be capable of maintaining professional communication with clients, suppliers, contractors and customers outside the business.
Ensuring both verbal and written shift handovers are carried out including the Maintenance Log being completed
Ensure that when carrying out all duties that regard to own safety and that of others is always taken into account.
Strict adherence to all H&S work policies e.g. Lock out and Tag (Isolation of all energy sources when undertaking any work) and Use of the \"Permit to Work/Enter\" system.
Ensure purchased items conform to with legislative, moral and European directive requirements
Personally demonstrate safe behaviour and take responsibility for the management of health & safety of engineering staff and contractors
Carry out duties ensuring the site achieves and maintains required GMP standards
Ensure all work conforms to statutory & safety requirements
Ensure that risk assessments are completed and actioned.
Support a culture that enhances behavioural awareness to reduce accidents and near misses
Reduce customer complaints and wastage through effective maintenance and continuous improvement.
With Team Leader establish clear objectives and priorities to enable manufacturing to meet operational targets.
Carry out site maintenance activities and ensure GMP standards are reached.
Responsible for recording work carried out with regards to breakdowns, repairs and modifications. Taking ownership for issues to ensure follow-up is carried out and the original issues are closed off.
Responsible for monitoring, updating and improving the planned maintenance system and ensuring work planned and progressed.
Updating of plant parameters/set points etc. as per site procedures.
Ensure that plant and equipment perform to manufacture product efficiently to high quality standards.
To liase, assist with training and support other departments in general running of the factory.
Identify own training needs and with manager agree a time plan for achieving this. To include Multiskilling and continued Upskilling.
Contribute to and help implement continuous improvement, to enhance quality, safety, efficiency and waste reduction.
Work closely with support functions (HR, Technical, Manufacturing, Logistics and Finance) to ensure resources required are identified and communicated with all outstanding issues resolved.
Communicate as required with Planning, Manufacturing and all of site to ensure projects are implemented on time, in full, within budget.
Communicate daily with manager to ensure planned maintenance, engineering and production priorities are considered.
Communicate as required with Engineering Stores to ensure that spares are available for planned and breakdown maintenance.
Ensuring that good quality (\"End of Shift\" & \"Start of Shift\") briefings take place between shift engineers
To maintain product Food Safety, Legality, Integrity, Authenticity and Quality standards by ensuring all associated policies and procedures are adhered to.
Nationally recognized levels of competence in the maintenance of FMCG Machinery. Pneumatics, Hydraulics and electrical circuits, to suit the needs of our business.
A general understanding of PLC control systems as used within Princes equipment.
Electrical competence in the safe diagnosis and repair of faults within motors, control systems and lighting systems to a high level.
Computer literate (SAP, Microsoft package).
Work within a CI environment.
18th Edition IEE Regulation qualified.
Effective Communication
Working with Others
Food manufacturing environment
Knowledge of rotary and hydrostatic sterilising equipment
Diagnostics of finished product damage
5+ years hands-on experience of rotary sterilising equipment, preferably FMC/JBT manufactured equipment inclusive of ancillary parts such as pumps and control valves.
Basic PC skills.
Experience of working on hydrostatic sterilisation equipment
Food Safety Level 2.
Health & Safety Level 3
Confined space trained
- 22 Shifts 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
Country United Kingdom
Location Wisbech
Business Area Operations
Workplace Type Onsite
The 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.
- 22 Shifts 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
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