Regional Engineer

Culina Group Limited; Kingswinford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave

Company Bonus

Private Medical Cover

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Wellness – Employee Assistance Program

Eye Care Vouchers

Reward & Recognition

Everyday discounts

Job summary

IPS (Part of the Culina Group) is seeking a Regional Engineer to support the Midlands region with preventative and corrective maintenance on production equipment, driving cost reductions and improved line efficiencies.

You will own jobs from start to finish, diagnose faults, complete risk assessments, train new starters, and contribute to continuous improvement while ensuring safe operation.

Qualifications

• Experience in a food factory is advantageous.
• Desirable to have completed apprenticeship, with packing experience.
• Basic computer literacy is required.
• Strong communication and motivational abilities essential.
• Flexible, self-driven, and able to meet deadlines; willing to overtime.
• Ability to work under pressure and coordinate with colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of specific jobs/projects through to successful completion.
• Fault diagnosis leading to resolution of random failures on production machinery.
• Carrying out planned maintenance as part of a preventative strategy.
• Complete risk assessments/method statements for safe operation.
• Identify and report stock/spares issues.
• Liaise with production on plant outages to minimise downtime.
• Prioritise workload with output and quality in mind.
• Identify improvements to increase line and machinery efficiencies.
• Complete line checks and documentation as required.
• Assist in training and development of new starters.
• Act as a role model for best practice.
• Monitor, control and minimise waste; participate in PDP program.
• Be a specialist for machinery knowledge and drive personal development.
• Manage output and address issues as they arise.

Skills

Food factory experience

Apprenticeship completed

Basic computer literacy

Communication & motivation

Health and safety awareness

Decision making under pressure

Education

Fully completed apprenticeship (desirable)

Job description

Company Description

IPS (Part of the Culina Group) works with some of the best known brands and provides cost effective and innovative co-packing, co-filling and co-manufacturing solutions within the UK.

Company Description

IPS (Part of the Culina Group) works with some of the best known brands and provides cost effective and innovative co-packing, co-filling and co-manufacturing solutions within the UK.

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

Job Description

IPS have a wonderful opportunity to join the team as a Regional Engineer. In this role, you’ll play a key part in delivering high-quality outcomes, supporting day-to-day operations, and contributing to a positive and collaborative working environment. You’ll thrive on variety, take ownership of your work, and bring energy and ideas to the team. You will ensure the implementation of preventative and corrective maintenance tasks and improvements across the Midlands Region, and provide solutions to reduce costs and improve plant efficiencies.

Key responsibilities of a Regional Engineer

• Ownership of specific jobs/projects through to successful completion
• Perform fault diagnosis leading to resolution of random failures on production machinery, identifying root cause in repair process
• Carrying out planned maintenance tasks as part of a preventative maintenance strategy
• Complete risk assessments/method statements to ensure safe running of all factory equipment and processes
• Identify and report all stock /spares issues
• Liaise with production on plant outages to ensure minimum downtime of production equipment
• Prioritise own work load with consideration to output, product quality and line efficiency
• Proactive approach to identify improvements to increase line and machinery efficiencies
• Complete all line checks and documentation as required
• To assist in the training and development of new starters
• To act as a role model for best practice
• Monitor, control and minimise waste
• Play an active part in continuous improvement
• To participate in the company’s PDP program
• To act as specialist for machinery knowledge
• Drive own personal development through training and work based experience
• Manage the output of assigned production and effectively deal with issues as and when they arise.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a food factory environment would be advantageous
• Fully complete apprenticeship is desirable, with packing experience
• Basic computer literacy.
• Able to communicate and motivate others is an essential part of the role. Understanding of internal systems and processes, with the ability to work within these parameters. An understanding of health and safety requirements is essential.
• Self-driven, results-oriented with a positive disposition, and a clear focus on meeting deadlines. Must be flexible in approach to work and undertake overtime during busy periods when required
• Management Ability - The post holder must be able to work under pressure both as part of a team and on own initiative. Must also be able to communicate effectively to ensure the smooth running of the department. Must be able to make own decisions and liaise with other department colleagues and/or departments.

Additional Information

As part of our drive to make IPS a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave – Competitive holiday entitlement
• Company Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When we achieve our goals you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme
• Private Medical Cover – This gives you peace of mind, you have choice, flexibility and speed of access to the most clinically appropriate care via Bupa
• Pension scheme – we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 4% employee and 4% employer
• Life Assurance - x4 your annual salary
• Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year
• Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses
• Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!