Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Are you a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer looking for a new and exciting challenge?

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, then this is the opportunity for you.

The purpose of this Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer role is to ensure the effective maintenance of all plant and equipment and ensure that the production plan is achieved.

• Advising and assisting in the design of new plant to ensure that best practice for the maintenance of hygiene, health, and safety is adhered to.
• Ensuring all plant and equipment is maintained and in good repair, servicing is carried out within defined timescales, and all engineering work is carried out in accordance with best practice.
• Managing the services of external contractors to ensure work is completed to company requirements, within defined time scales, and adheres to Food Safety and Health and Safety requirements.
• Ensuring all plant and equipment are checked before the start of production.
• Ensuring the methods used for calibrating and checking measuring and test equipment and the calibrations carried out by the contractors are reviewed regularly.
• Identifying training requirements and ensuring all relevant personnel have adequate training and knowledge to operate machinery.
• Ensuring planned preventive maintenance schedules exist for plant, equipment, and building fabric in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations and agreements by the company and repair and maintenance enable correct operation and function.
• Ensuring company policies, procedures, and standards are followed.
• Ensuring engineering records are accurately maintained and presented in a timely manner.
• Liaising with the relevant management regarding engineering issues which are detrimental to production requirements.

We welcome applications for this Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer position from candidates with experience in the following areas: Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Engineer, ONC, HNC, NVQ, BTEC Level 3, City and Guilds or equivalent, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, FMCG, 17th Edition Electrical Standards, and BRC. Apply today to take the next step towards your new role!

• 20 days holiday
• Staff sales
• Service holidays
• On-site car parking
• Employee of the Month bonus

We pride ourselves on being a people-focused business; our goal is to support our team in achieving their career goals. We do this by providing a working environment that offers opportunity, support, scope, and pace of change. Our culture is the foundation of our business and is reflected in our mission, vision, and values statements.

We are a small, close-knit team that supports each other like a family. As a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, you will enjoy working closely alongside your experienced colleagues to deliver and maintain the highest levels of customer satisfaction that the industry has to offer.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work alongside a team of passionate and committed professionals who will inspire you on a daily basis. We have a reputation for establishing a working environment that encourages fun and creativity. We want to encourage you to make decisions that affect your work and consider continuous improvements.

Base working hours are Sunday to Thursday 07.00-16.00 OR night shift - 21.00-06.00, with additional flexibility where required to meet the needs of the business and in the event of emergency call-outs.

• Nationally recognised Apprenticeship or equivalent in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, plus ONC/HNC or equivalent in Electrical or Mechanical Bias
• Good communication skills
• Ability to develop good working relationships with managers in other areas of the business to deliver common goals in terms of profitability and provision of agreed service levels to customers
• Willingness to embrace change and the ability to work to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• The ability to read electrical/parts drawings
• Fault-finding skills and experience with corrective action

• Minimum of 3 years of previous experience in a similar role
• 17th Addition (Electrical standards)
• Proven post-apprenticeship experience in an engineering environment within a similar food industry site, working to BRC standards
• A high degree of troubleshooting skills combined with the ability to make decisions and operate on your own
• A good understanding of manufacturing processes and procedures and experience in working within the fast-moving consumer goods sector
• A background in fresh, chilled meat/poultry is desirable but not essential, as full training will be given

The MJ Birtwistle food group started life as a family butcher over 100 years ago. Since then, the business has changed dramatically and none more so than in recent years.

In 2003, MJ Birtwistle & Co Ltd was established, which marked the start of a new era in our history. Since then, growth has been dramatic, with the business expanding from one site at Worsley to eight sites across the UK.

We're always looking for great people to come and work with us. If you've got the right passion, drive and will to succeed, we'll nurture it and give you the opportunities to forge a successful career at Birtwistle's.