Site Maintenance Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Site Maintenance Engineer to join their dynamic team in Cardiff. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to work with state-of-the-art machinery following a significant investment in the site. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing maintenance support on production lines, enhancing their technical skills in a collaborative environment. Ideal for engineers with electrical bias and mechanical knowledge, this position promises career progression and the chance to contribute to a company committed to quality and innovation in food and drink production. Join a team where your expertise will make a significant impact!

Benefits

14.5% Pension (9.5% Princes Contribution)

Career Progression

Critical Illness Scheme

Enhanced Family Friendly Policy

Employee Assistance Plan

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering with electrical bias and mechanical knowledge.
• Exposure to PLC systems and problem-solving skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide planned and reactive maintenance on production lines and equipment.
• Work with electrical and mechanical issues, focusing on fault finding.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Knowledge

Problem Solving

PLC Exposure

Education

Relevant Engineering Qualifications

Tools

Siemens PLC

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Vacancy Name: Site Maintenance Engineer
Employment Type: Permanent
Country: United Kingdom
Location: Cardiff
Business Area: Operations
Workplace Type: Onsite

About Princes
The Princes Group has over 7, employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description
We are looking for Multi-Skilled Electrically biased Engineers to join our team at Princes in Cardiff. Are you an experienced Engineer with Electrical experience looking to develop your career?

Due to the incredible £60 million investment at the Cardiff site there are fantastic development opportunities with the site team. You will be working with state-of-the-art machinery due to 95% of the plant being brand new!

Who are we
Few food companies have a heritage as rich as Princes. We are committed to producing quality branded and customer own brand products that deliver innovation and convenience to meet changing customer needs, building on our strength as a trusted partner and sourcing raw materials responsibly and ethically. Cardiff is home to our drinks production. It is where we produce our orange juice, squash, and other drinks.

What you will be responsible for
Working as part of a team of engineers you will work alongside the Engineering Shift Team Leader to provide planned and reactive maintenance on the production lines and plant equipment. This role will allow you to develop your innovation and technical skills to implement permanent fixes underpinning high performance. You will be working with mechanical and electrical issues and fault finding through mainly Siemens PLC.

Shift pattern
This is a rotating shift pattern – 2 on 2 off, 3 on 3 off doing 6AM – 6PM or 6PM – 6AM.

Role Requirements
Please note for this position you must have good experience within Engineering ideally Electrically biased with mechanical knowledge and with relevant qualifications to match.

The ideal candidate will have experience as an engineer and will be ideally electrically biased with mechanical knowledge. You will ideally have exposure to PLC’s (doesn’t have to be coding) and will be comfortable problem solving through to solutions. Experience in the food/drink industry is beneficial but not essential we are open to other industries.

To maintain product Food Safety, Legality, Integrity, Authenticity and Quality standards by ensuring all associated policies and procedures are adhered to.

Benefits

• 14.5% Pension (9.5% Princes Contribution)
• Career Progression
• Critical Illness Scheme
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policy
• Employee Assistance Plan (Emotional, Financial and Legal Support)