Multi Skilled Technician

Anderson Knight; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Anderson Knight is partnering with a leading spirit company to recruit a Multi-Skilled Technician for Bulk Supply at Laverstock, Wiltshire. The role involves maintaining assets, carrying out planned and corrective maintenance, and ensuring safety and quality across shifts on a rotating schedule.

You will log work in CMMS, support PM improvements, and assist with CapEx projects while maintaining statutory inspections and engineering standards. A recognised apprenticeship and CompEx are preferred.

Qualifications

• Must have completed a recognised apprenticeship.
• Competent in mechanical or electrical maintenance, with electrical bias.
• Desirable: experience in spirit industry or FMCG.
• Experience with PLC faultfinding and automation equipment.
• CompEx Ex 1-4 qualification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Maintain assets and execute planned or corrective maintenance tasks on shift.
• Log work in CMMS with faults, parts used and time spent.
• Follow SOPs to ensure first-time quality and safety standards.
• Assist with prioritisation of work orders and PM improvements.
• Support CapEx projects and site continuity; protect PPM time.
• Lead backlog reduction for overdue critical maintenance.
• Coordinate with external contractors and ensure PTW compliance.
• Engage in Lean and 5S for maintenance excellence.

Skills

Mechanical

Electrical

PLC faultfinding

VSD/Servo drive

Maintenance planning

Diagnostics

ATEX/CompEx knowledge

Education

Recognised apprenticeship

Tools

Siemens PCS7 PLCs

PLC programming software

Job description

Anderson Knight are delighted to be partnering one of the largest spirit Companies who are looking to appoint a Multi-Skilled Technician, Bulk Supply (rotating day/backshift, 7 days based out of Laverstock Wiltshire.

About the Role

• Support the asset creation list and ensure full asset list is created and uploaded onto CMMS
• Ensure all assets have an appropriate maintenance regime (planned, condition-based, or run-to-failure as applicable) recorded and assigned in the CMMS, with all SCE holding appropriate statutory inspections and all work meeting relevant safety, statutory and legislative requirements.
• Responsible for the execution of agreed planned/corrective maintenance tasks on their shift and take an active role in improving the way we carry out maintenance. This includes logging work done so that faults/problems/defects encountered are captured in the CMMS along with parts used and time spent.
• Follow relevant quality SOP's to ensure the first-time quality of our products, service is guaranteed when equipment is returned to production and all work is carried out to the correct engineering standards.
• Assist the engineering coordinator and site leadership team in the prioritisation of work orders. Recommend and advise on Preventive Maintenance improvements in order to achieve maximum availability of plant & equipment. Support plant optimisation initiatives.
• Support delivery of the site's capital project (CapEx) workload alongside business-as-usual maintenance, protecting planned preventative maintenance (PPM) time so that project activity does not displace statutory and compliance-driven tasks
• Lead a focused drive to clear the backlog of overdue critical maintenance tasks within the fixed term, restoring PPM compliance to target levels and reducing asset and safety risk
• Where required, liaise with and support external suppliers/contractors. Support PTW requirements for any work by contractors (maintenance and projects).
• Actively participate in Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement processes relevant to maintenance excellence and demonstrate commitment to site philosophy.
• Support two-person isolation and high-hazard containment activities, closing the current gap in safe isolation coverage across shifts
• Maintain work area to 5S standards. Ensure it is maintained in a safe and effective condition.
• Assist with asset projects from concept and design through to implementation, testing and final handover ensuring that asset drawings and registers are updated to reflect the changes
• Identify and participate in training to assist in your own personal development and to improve productivity. This will include CompEx capability with knowledge of working within hazardous areas covered by the ATEX regulations.
• Provide first-line asset support for any breakdowns on the Laverstoke site
• Adhere to all Health and Safety regulations within the workplace and strive to eliminate any potential hazards before they become accidents or incidents
• Lead, with support from the site's established maintenance team, the development of contingency plans for critical assets — covering fallback options, temporary workarounds and escalation routes — to minimise downtime in the event of failure.
• Coordinate with site engineering and maintenance colleagues to build a long-term business continuity strategy for engineering assets, identifying single points of failure, obsolescence risk and resilience gaps across the site
• Lead a site-wide spares audit, working with the maintenance team to establish current holding against critical assets, and produce a recommended critical spares list with minimum/maximum stock level

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must have served a recognised apprenticeship as a minimum.

EXPERIENCE

• It is essential that you are competent in your core field (Mechanical or Electrical). However, it is desirable that you can demonstrate an aptitude in your non-core field.
• Electrical skill bias preferred
• Same or comparable position in the spirit industry or FMCG

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Demonstrable experience working safely in a manufacturing / processing environment within a maintenance department or comparable technical services team.
• Working in a World Class environment delivering proven process improvements.
• Knowledge of liquid handling / process equipment and machinery.
• Excellent diagnostic and fault-finding skills.

ELECTRICAL EXPERIENCE

• Siemens PLC's (PCS7 preferrable). Able to interface with PLC using programming software and make program changes
• Capable of working to a formal electrical change control process.
• PLC faultfinding/maintenance and I/O faultfinding.
• Experience/knowledge of distillation process and fluid handling.
• Experienced in electronic VSD's and Servo drive and control systems.
• Sound knowledge and understanding of general 3ph motor control circuits and fault diagnosis.
• Knowledge of electrical sensors and their applications.
• Experience of instrumentation and PID loops.
• Competent in general electrical maintenance.
• Comp EX Ex 1-4 qualified

MECHANICAL EXPERIENCE

• Sound mechanical fitting techniques and skills.
• Fluid transfer systems / pipework