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Maintenance Engineer
Dorset (Bournemouth / Moordown)
Salary 48,861 pa
A superb opportunity to join a food manufacturing business that has experienced growth through developing high quality food products that consumers love. The business is forward-thinking and has invested heavily in its people, and production facilities.
The business is keen to appoint a Maintenance Engineer with either an Electrical or Mechanical bias, to join the Engineering Team and work across the full scope of production machinery on site.
The Role
- Work a Monday to Friday shift pattern based around 6-2, 2-10, 10-6;
- Undertake planned preventative maintenance on a range of equipment including: mixers, conveyors, palletisers, baggers, silos, dividers, cartoners, motors, drives, high-speed packaging, PLC's, checkweighers, metal detection, vision inspection, inspection equipment;
- Ensure that machinery, systems, infrastructure, and equipment run optimally with minimal downtime;
- Respond to equipment breakdowns and conduct routine and condition-based maintenance;
- Diagnose faults and research solutions to stop re-occurring breakdowns;
- Establish different maintenance procedures and protocols;
- Conduct and oversee maintenance process audits;
- Be involved with Project Engineering at a site benefitting from considerable CAPEX investment;
- Assist with the implementation of robust Engineering systems;
- Work closely with all departments: Operations, Manufacturing, Quality/Technical, Supply Chain;
- Work with the production team to improve production flow, throughput and productivity on a variety of products and manufacturing processes;
- During new product trials the Engineer appointed will provide expertise, guidance and practical support in the specification, trialling and introduction of new products into Manufacturing.
The Person
- Experienced within a fast-moving Manufacturing environment such as Food or similar;
- Have the ability to work well within a team and independently;
- To be a proactive problem-solver with excellent attention to detail;
- Self-motivated and willing to go the extra mile;
- Educated to HNC / C&G / NVQ (Mechanical or Electrical);
- Competent in a variety of engineering disciplines (Electrical, Mechanical, Plant);
- Able to work at pace and possess the passion and determination to always look for improvement.
This role is commutable from: Dorset, South Somerset, South Wiltshire.
- Salary: 48,861 pa + Overtime Paid at time and a half, and double-time on Sunday, + Very Generous Company Pension + Benefits. Ref 3531
- Work a Monday to Friday Shift Pattern encompassing 6-2, 2-10, 10-6
