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Colchester

We are a leading food manufacturing company seeking a skilled and proactive Maintenance Engineer to primarily support the running of our new factory. The core mission is resolving equipment breakdowns and delivering essential planned maintenance. Secondly, the role involves driving site improvement through work on new machinery, modifications, and performance enhancements.

You will be responsible for ensuring all maintenance work (reactive and preventative) is carried out to the highest possible standards across the whole site. You are expected to carry out all maintenance across the factory during contracted hours, or out of hours if necessary.

• Reactive and Preventative Maintenance (PPM): Carry out both planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance as required.

• Minimizing Downtime: Actively work to minimize plant downtime resulting from both mechanical and electrical failures.

• Fault Finding: Perform skilled fault finding , particularly electrical fault finding and repair.

• Food Safety Priority: Ensure the achievement of food safety is always a priority in your work.

• Site Safety: Ensure the site is Electrically and Mechanically safe.

• Improvements: Drive improvement across the site in terms of new machinery, modifications, and performance.

Candidates should possess the necessary skill set and experience, with advantageous knowledge in areas including:

• Electrical fault finding and repair

• Food processing equipment

• Pneumatics

• Conveyors

• Motors

• Bearings

• Isolators

• Hourly Rate: £21/hour (Approx £44,000)

• Working Hours:

  • 4-on, 4-off Shift: 06:30 to 18:00 hrs

If you are a dedicated Maintenance Engineer with strong electrical and mechanical skills, experienced in a food manufacturing environment, and driven to minimize downtime, we encourage you to apply!

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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