Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Avara Foods; Telford; Sur place; GBP 37 000 - 46 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Life assurance

Staff canteen

Free staff parking

31 days holiday pro rata

Résumé du poste

Avara Foods is seeking a highly capable Maintenance Engineer for our Telford site. You’ll work in a fast-paced FMCG environment, focusing on improving machinery output, product quality, and minimizing downtime through preventative maintenance.

The role requires an advanced engineering apprenticeship and solid experience in food manufacturing. You’ll join a team dedicated to safety, hygiene and continuous improvement on a rotating 4 on/4 off shift pattern.

Qualifications

• Advanced Engineering Apprenticeship in mechanical or electrical disciplines.
• Experience in food manufacturing.
• Ability to fault-find on process machinery.
• Mechanical fitting, machining and fabrication skills.
• Ability to mentor colleagues.
• Self-motivated, multi-tasking in a timeline-driven environment.
• Desirable refrigeration experience.
• Desirable IEE 17th/18th edition
• Desirable electrical qualification
• Desirable PLCs and VSDs knowledge

Responsabilités

• Lead breakdowns within your team using your skills and experience.
• Carry out maintenance per PPM schedules and corrective actions.
• Respond quickly to breakdowns and identify root causes.
• Communicate unscheduled breakdowns to the Engineering Shift Manager and minimise disruption.
• Follow engineering standards and hygiene practices.
• Report Health and Safety, Animal Welfare and Environmental issues.
• Log parts using the CMMS and raise stock requests.
• Support safe, efficient operation of the FMCG factory.

Connaissances

Advanced engineering apprenticeship

Food manufacturing experience

Fault finding

Mechanical fitting

Mentor colleagues

Proactive attitude

Refrigeration experience

IEE edition 17/18

Electrical qualification

PLCs & VSDs knowledge

Formation

Advanced Engineering Apprenticeship

Outils

Description du poste

Who are we, and what do we do?

You may not have heard of us, but there’s a good chance you’ve enjoyed our products. Avara Foods is one of the UK’s leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the country’s major supermarkets and well-known restaurants. We own and manage our entire supply chain, from farms to factory and all the way to the customer door – meaning we have careers that cover a whole range of functions. We have major processing sites across England and Wales, and an agricultural network of over 350 farms, spanning from North Yorkshire to the South Coast and Wales.

A Little About Our Telford Site

Our advanced manufacturing site in Telford, is one of our main processing facilities, processing up to 1.7 million birds per week. There are over 1,400 talented people employed at our Telford site, helping us to deliver high quality products to our customers and making the business a trusted leader in fresh foods. We’ve recently invested £2.3 million in technology and equipment, making it one of the most advanced food manufacturing facilities in the UK.

About The Role

Are you passionate about Engineering? Looking for a new challenge? Do you have experience or qualifications in Engineering? As an inclusive, forward-thinking business, we take pride in our approach to investing in our people across Avara Foods and are looking for a highly competent and motivated Maintenance Engineer to join our Engineering Team, based at our Telford site. The role is factory based, so you’ll be working in a fast-paced, dynamic FMCG factory environment which is noisy and refrigerated in some areas, manufacturing short shelf life products where hygiene standards are critical. You’ll be working a rotating 4 on 4 off shift pattern (06:00-18:30 and 18:00-06:30).

What will you be doing as an Engineer at Avara?

As a Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer you will optimise machinery output and product quality, and minimise plant downtime through effective preventative maintenance, efficient breakdown response whilst maintaining a safe and healthy environment and promoting good engineering practice.

What will your key responsibilities include?

• Taking a lead role within your team during breakdowns with your skills and experience.
• Ensuring that maintenance is carried out in line with PPM schedules and that effective and efficient corrective action is taken.
• Quick and effective response to breakdowns in more than one area on site, where possible identifying root cause and suggesting possible improvements to prevent further breakdowns occurring.
• Communicating unscheduled breakdowns to the Engineering Shift Manager / Principal Engineer and work with the operations department to minimise plant disruption.
• Following engineering standards and good hygiene practice for the department & site.
• Ensuring all activities are carried out within health and safety guidelines, highlighting possible areas of improvement to the Engineering Shift Manager / Principal Engineer.
• Timely reporting of any Health and Safety, Animal Welfare and Environmental Issues.
• Demonstrating basic fault finding techniques to identify root cause of issues.
• Raising Stock and Non-Stock request forms.
• Use of the CMMS system for spare parts, to log and complete jobs.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

• An advanced Engineering Apprenticeship in either mechanical or electrical disciplines
• Solid Engineering experience, ideally within food manufacturing
• Familiarity with process machinery or equivalent equipment and have the ability to fault find
• Mechanical fitting skills. Machining, welding and fabrication experience would be advantageous.
• The ability to mentor colleagues
• A self-motivated attitude with the ability to multi-task and thrive in a timeline-driven environment
• An individual who is keen to make a difference with their pro-activeness and a can-do attitude.
• Industrial refrigeration experience is desirable but not essential.
• Desirable IEE 17th or 18th edition
• Desirable Advanced Electrical qualification
• Desirable good knowledge of PLCs, Variable speed drives and control systems

The Benefits Of Working For Avara Foods

As an Engineer you will enjoy a secure, supportive and progressive working environment, where your contribution and achievements will be recognised and rewarded.

Benefits

We offer comprehensive training as well as continuous development as you build your long-term career with us. You can also look forward to benefits that amongst other things include the following:

• £41,551.54 per annum.
• Additional £8030 shift allowance per annum
• 31 days holiday allowance (pro rota)
• Life assurance
• Various lifestyle benefits, such as cashback perks, exclusive shopping discounts from well known retailers, and discounted cinema tickets!
• Wellbeing resources, including free online health advice & support, and wellbeing assessments.
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Free staff parking

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.

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