Shift Maintenance Engineer – Fast-Paced Food Manufacturing

The Oval Partnership; Beaminster; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Grocery Aid

Development opportunities

Competitive salary

Job summary

The Oval Partnership is seeking an experienced Shift Maintenance Engineer for a busy food manufacturing site. You will work within a multi-skilled engineering team to keep production machinery and utilities running safely and efficiently across rotating day and night shifts.

You will perform planned preventive maintenance, tackle reactive breakdowns, fault-find and pursue continuous improvement while upholding high food safety and Health & Safety standards.

Qualifications

• Time-served apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3 in Engineering Maintenance.
• Minimum 2 years’ engineering experience in production/manufacturing.
• Strong multi-skilled engineering background.
• Experience with both planned preventive and reactive maintenance.
• Good mechanical maintenance and fabrication skills.
• Experience working with CMMS.
• Understanding of Health & Safety within manufacturing.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving abilities.
• Able to work effectively as part of a team and communicate well.

Responsibilities

• Respond quickly to mechanical and electrical breakdowns, minimising production downtime.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance in line with schedules.
• Record maintenance activities accurately through the CMMS.
• Ensure food safety and quality remain a priority during all engineering activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, productivity, energy efficiency and overall plant performance.
• Support engineering projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure site facilities and utilities remain electrically and mechanically safe.
• Coordinate with contractors, including the use of Permits to Work.
• Contribute to internal hygiene audits and audit performance improvements.
• Work in accordance with Health & Safety procedures and engineering standards.

Skills

Multi-skilled engineering

Fault finding

Problem solving

Communication skills

Teamwork

Electrical maintenance

Education

Time-served apprenticeship

NVQ Level 3 Engineering Maintenance

Tools

CMMS

Job description

The Oval Partnership is seeking an experienced Shift Maintenance Engineer for a busy food manufacturing site. You will work within a multi-skilled engineering team to keep production machinery and utilities running safely and efficiently across rotating day and night shifts.

You will perform planned preventive maintenance, tackle reactive breakdowns, fault-find and pursue continuous improvement while upholding high food safety and Health & Safety standards.