Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer – Food & Beverage Plant

Kerry; Runcorn; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

Pension 10%

Perkbox

Kerry Share Scheme

EAP

Training & development

Job summary

Kerry is hiring a Maintenance Engineer for our Taste & Nutrition Manufacturing facility in Runcorn. You will report to the Maintenance Manager to keep production equipment running safely and efficiently.

This permanent, full-time role covers planned preventive maintenance, breakdown responses and continuous improvement to maximise plant performance. Shifts rotate between early and late, Monday to Friday, with specific start/end times.

Qualifications

• Qualified multi-skilled engineer with mechanical and/or electrical expertise.
• Strong experience in manufacturing maintenance and equipment reliability.
• Excellent fault-finding, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Proven track record in PPM, breakdown reduction and continuous improvement.
• Collaborative, hands-on approach with the ability to support others.

Responsibilities

• Comply with health and safety policy and regulations.
• Carry out risk assessments and implement controls to minimise risk.
• Lock off dangerous machinery immediately, repair and notify as needed.
• Resolve breakdowns, perform PMs and support improvements to maximise uptime.
• Undertake PMs on offline machinery when time allows.
• Complete PM sheets with observations, jobs and recommendations.
• Gather information from production to speed up fault-finding.
• Maintain engineering log and computer systems with PM numbers and parts.
• Communicate professionally with external parties reflecting the company profile.

Skills

Multi-skilled engineer

Mechanical & Electrical

Fault finding

PPM & CI

SAP experience (advantage)

Tools

SAP

Job description

Kerry is hiring a Maintenance Engineer for our Taste & Nutrition Manufacturing facility in Runcorn. You will report to the Maintenance Manager to keep production equipment running safely and efficiently.

This permanent, full-time role covers planned preventive maintenance, breakdown responses and continuous improvement to maximise plant performance. Shifts rotate between early and late, Monday to Friday, with specific start/end times.