Food Science jobs in United Kingdom

Multi-Skilled Engineer
Harlow, Essex

£50,000 - £55,000

Monday-Friday 7am-3pm / 3pm-11pm

Our client is a leading food manufacturer, supplying to all the major supermarkets, online food delivery companies, wholesale, and restaurant chains. They are looking for an experienced multi-skilled engineer to join their team.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Carry out both electrical & mechanical fault finding & repairs on high-speed food production lines, packaging machinery, automation & control systems & associated equipment.
• Work closely with the engineering manager to create new SOPs, PPM plans & schedules for new production lines & packaging machinery that have recently been installed.
• Challenging role, which would suit a self-starter who can monitor production line efficiencies, suggest improvements, and monitor real-time data.
• Mixture of hands-on maintenance & repairs and improvement activities.
• Installation & commissioning of new machinery & production lines.
• Continuous improvement project work - Factory Acceptance Testing.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Must be a multi-skilled engineer - confident electrically & mechanically.
• Will suit an engineer that is happy to be hands-on but also carry out machine condition monitoring, asset care management & project work.
• Ideally have worked in a projects-based role - suggest improvements, create new SOPs, PPMs.
• Must have worked in food manufacturing.
• NVQ Level 3 / ONC / HNC Engineering.
• Knowledge of creating new PPM plans and schedules.
• Use of SAP beneficial.
• Ideally have completed a time-served apprenticeship.
• Strong communicator - working closely with the engineering manager, production teams, and quality.
• Beneficial if been a Site Electrical Duty Holder.
• Must be able to think on own initiative.
• Aspirational person that wants to progress & develop their career.
• Ideally be able to do electrical installation / commissioning / FAT.
• Flexible character with approach to new machinery and working hours.

To apply please email your CV / resume to chrisg@hunterselection.co.uk.