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Lead Maintenance Engineer
Are you a highly experienced Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer with team lead or supervisory experience? We have a great opportunity for a Lead Maintenance Engineer to join a fast-growing food manufacturing company who operate within a BRC AA Grade factory.
As the Lead Maintenance Engineer, you will work alongside our production teams in both a reactive maintenance and planned maintenance programme to ensure our customers receive our great products on time, every time.
Job Responsibilities
- Perform hands-on Reactive and Preventative Maintenance, Root Cause Analysis, and ensure ongoing reliability across all processing and packing equipment
- Maximise plant uptime by efficiently addressing maintenance issues
- Schedule and conduct maintenance activities, including servicing, repairs, and inspections, ensuring high standards and proper documentation, with a hygienic handover back to production
- Operate and maintain critical service plants, including boilers, chilled water systems, air supply, and effluent treatment units
- Participate in the design, upgrades, installation, and relocation of machinery and equipment
- Collaborate with production teams on loss reduction and efficiency improvement initiatives
- Carry out risk assessments before starting any maintenance work and ensure all safety measures are implemented to eliminate hazards
- Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and maintain a “clean as you go” culture
- Adhere to all company policies and procedures at all times
Person Specification
To be successful as the Lead Maintenance Engineer, you will need:
- A recognised engineering accreditation in electrical engineering, with optional mechanical qualifications, including a recognised apprenticeship, ONC, City and Guilds, or 17th/18th Edition IEE certification
- Strong mechanical and electrical expertise
- Experience in a food production environment is advantageous
- Confidence in working independently, alongside skilled operators, and as part of a wider engineering team
- Understanding of the importance of accurate record keeping ensuring quality, food safety, and personal safety
Hours of Work, Pay, and Benefits
- Up to £47,000
- Shift Pattern
- 4 ON / 4 OFF
- 11 hours per shift between the core hours of 6am and 7pm
- On call overnight one week out of 4
- 23 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays
- Company pension
- Wellness package
- Health Cashback Plan
- Death in service
- Onsite parking
- Corporate eye test voucher scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Store discounts
- Casual dress
- Company events
