Shift Maintenance Engineer — Food Plant Reliability & Safety

CO5710 Griffith Foods Wincanton Ltd; Wincanton; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Griffith Foods is seeking a Maintenance Engineer for the Wincanton site. This hands-on role ensures the reliability, performance and safety of site equipment, carrying out mechanical and electrical maintenance and supporting day-to-day operations in a production environment.

The successful candidate will diagnose issues, manage their own workload, and work with operations and engineering colleagues. Experience with boilers, air handling plants, packaging machinery and CMMS is valuable.

Qualifications

• Recognized engineering apprenticeship or HNC/HND in Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a reactive production environment.
• Experience with boilers, air handling plant and refrigeration.
• Familiarity with CMMS and shift work.

Responsibilities

• Mechanical service and repair of motors, gearboxes, pumps, valves, hydraulics and pneumatics.
• Electrical service and repair of motors, sensors, control gear and VSDs.
• Document electrical/mechanical settings and perform measurements and calibrations.
• Provide technical support to operators and assist with new installations.
• Maintain compliance with hygiene and safety policies.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Welding TIG/Arc

Read electrical schematics

Maintenance planning

Education

Engineering apprenticeship or HNC/HND in Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Griffith Foods is seeking a Maintenance Engineer for the Wincanton site. This hands-on role ensures the reliability, performance and safety of site equipment, carrying out mechanical and electrical maintenance and supporting day-to-day operations in a production environment.

The successful candidate will diagnose issues, manage their own workload, and work with operations and engineering colleagues. Experience with boilers, air handling plants, packaging machinery and CMMS is valuable.