Shift Maintenance Engineer (Multiskilled)- Crown petfood (Mars Petcare)

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Job summary

A leading pet food manufacturer in Castle Cary is seeking a Shift Maintenance Engineer to maintain and improve production machinery and ensure safety standards. The ideal candidate has a solid engineering background and hands-on problem-solving skills. This role offers a competitive salary of £43,600-£46,100, private healthcare, pension contributions, and significant career growth opportunities, including access to Mars University.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Career growth opportunities

Generous pension contribution

Gym membership

Annual leave starting at 24 days

Qualifications

• Recognized apprenticeship in Engineering or Technical skills.
• Demonstratable experience in a maintenance department.
• Systematic root cause analysis of technical issues.

Responsibilities

• Perform fault diagnosis and repairs on production machinery.
• Ensure technical safety and food safety standards.
• Complete planned maintenance activities.

Skills

Solid foundation in Engineering

Strong problem-solving ability

Industry Health & Safety knowledge

Education

National Standard level 4 or relevant level 3

HNC / HND level in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Overview

Shift Maintenance Engineer (Multi skilled) - Crown petfood (Mars Petcare) – Castle Cary

£43,600-£46,100 (prorated and including shift allowance, DOE) + Performance Bonus & Exceptional Benefits

32 Hours per week (with the choice of additional hours)

The Role

This is a great opportunity to join the dynamic Engineering Team at our Mars Petcare factory. Your role will focus on hands-on maintenance for specialised pet food processing & packaging equipment, including both mechanical and electrical challenges. The aim of this shift-based role is to problem solve and repair technical faults on the factory equipment. These faults cause lost efficiency and factory downtime, making the Shift Maintenance Engineer a critical & highly responsible role for our site to achieve production targets in a safe and food safe manner.

You will need to collaborate with other shift maintenance engineers, shift operations, and days engineers to maintain and improve future factory performance and asset reliability. This means you will also become involved in longer term improvements and projects to improve reliability on a particular asset, maintenance schedule, or maintenance strategy.

Shift Pattern

32 Hours per week (with the choice of additional hours)

• Weekend -2x Shifts
• Saturday & Sunday alternating weekly between (nights) 10pm-10am & (days) 10am-10pm
• Weekday-1x shift
• Mon-Fri 8am-4pm/6am-2pm

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary £43,600-£46,100 (prorated and including shift allowance, DOE)
• Career growth opportunities with structured development & Mars University
• Private healthcare + equal parental leave
• Generous pension (up to 9% contribution)
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• EV salary sacrifice scheme
• Gym membership & wellbeing support
• Annual leave starting at 24 days, rising to 32 with service
• Free perks on site: Parking, Lavazza coffee, tea, fruit twice a week, and access to our employee shop

What We're Looking For

• Solid foundation in Engineering & Technical skills, built through a recognized apprenticeship.
• National Standard level 4 (or relevant level 3) or HNC / HND level in a combined Electrical & Mechanical Engineering discipline. Or Electrical or Mechanical Engineering qualification but with other qualifications / proven experience in the other discipline.
• Self-sufficient, hands on, and strong problem-solving ability. Systematic root cause analysis of technical issues.
• Demonstratable experience working in a maintenance or reliability department.
• Industry Health & Safety knowledge (e.g. LOTO, Risk Assessments & Safe Work Permits)

Key Responsibilities

• Perform fault diagnosis & repairs on random failures on production machinery, identifying the root cause in the repair process.
• Responsibility for technical safety and food safety standards on your shift, supporting the Shift Operations Manager.
• Provide technical experience and support to the Shift Operations Team.
• Responsible for overseeing all factory services on shift (including steam, electricity, air, water, and gas)
• Determine when and which technical issues are escalated to the days team.
• Complete planned maintenance activities & improvements with smooth transitions from maintenance back to production

What You Can Expect from Mars

• Work alongside 130,000+ Associates worldwide guided by our Five Principles
• Be part of a purpose-driven company shaping "the world we want tomorrow"
• Access world-class training & development from day one
• Join a company with an industry-leading salary and benefits package