Site Maintenance Engineer

Princes Limited; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in food and drink manufacturing is seeking a Site Maintenance Engineer for its Cardiff location. The role offers significant development opportunities alongside state-of-the-art machinery. Ideal candidates will have an electrical bias, mechanical knowledge, and experience in a maintenance role, contributing to high-performance operations.

Benefits

22 Shift Holidays

14.5% Pension (9.5% Princes Contribution)

Career Progression

Critical Illness Scheme

Enhanced Family Friendly Policy

Employee Assistance Plan

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical engineering with mechanical knowledge.
• Exposure to PLC’s (coding not required).
• Experience in the food/drink industry is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide planned and reactive maintenance on the production lines.
• Work alongside the Engineering Shift Team Leader.
• Implement permanent fixes in mechanical and electrical systems.

Skills

Problem Solving

Electrical Knowledge

Mechanical Knowledge

Education

Relevant Engineering Qualifications

Tools

PLC Exposure

Job description

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Vacancy NameSite Maintenance EngineerEmployment TypePermanentCountryUnited KingdomLocationCardiffBusiness AreaOperationsWorkplace TypeOnsiteAbout PrincesThe 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 experience 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

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.

Role Requirements


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

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

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

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