Mechanical & Electrical Engineer

Straight Forward Recruitment Ltd are looking for a Mechanical & Electrical Engineer, for a leading UK grower and processor of high-quality soft fruits.

This is a permanent position within a long established family business, whose looking for the ideal candidate to enhance their team.

There’s an attractive salary package starting at £50k per year and is open to further negotiation, subject to experience.

With an enhance overtime rate of Double-time, as and when required.

Salary: Starting at £50,000 per annum – open to further negotiation subject to experience. Overtime rate of Double-time, as and when required.

Shift Pattern:

Week: 1 Monday to Friday 07h00 - 17h00

Week: 2 Tuesday to Saturday 09h00 - 19h00

Skills Required:

The purpose of the role is to undertake both planned and reactive maintenance duties, in addition to completing engineering projects around the site.

This would typically involve a 60/40 split between Electrical and Mechanical required duties. With the ideal candidate having either a 17th or 18th Edition, Electrical bias.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensuring all duties are carried out in accordance with current legislation and company procedures, particularly relating to (though not exclusively to) health and safety, quality and environment management.

• Continuously assesses equipment for efficiency and purpose and implement improvements so that output will be optimised.

• Use line monitoring, fault finding and problem-solving systems/techniques in order to maximise utilisation of all site equipment, by minimising downtime through scheduled maintenance, and continuous improvement

• Completing engineering project tasks and making improvements to existing equipment as appropriate.

• Diagnosing faults and putting forward improvement suggestions and undertaking improvements as required.

• Installing new equipment and relocating existing equipment.

• Ensure that your work area is kept safe, clean and tidy

• Work and support the factory line setters to ensure they have help when needed and address any production line / machinery issues with them.

• Carry out any other tasks as requested by line manager, which the jobholder is capable of completing in a safe and competent manner.

For more information with regards to this opportunity, please contact the Straight Forward Recruitment Industrial Team on .

Or to apply directly for this position please submit your CV application online.