Machinery Engineer

NO AGENCIES OR CANVASSERS NO CALLS accepted

Job description

Westcountry Spice are a rapidly growing
successful food manufacturer.
We are currently seeking a highly motivated, organised individual to work with our production and management team and engineer to maintain, improve and prevent all maintenance issues within our production.

The position is flexible part time, or 38.5 hours full week.

As a Maintenance Engineer, you'll be an important part of the production process, your responsibility for the smooth operation of machinery, making sure that production can be carried out in the most effective and efficient way.
The ideal candidate will be experienced in fault finding both electrically and mechanically, with a stronger knowledge from a mechanical aspect. Have a background in food manufacturing would be advantageous.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out planned, preventative and reactive maintenance on machinery
• Minimising down time and fault finding on a range of packaging machinery
• Dealing with root cause analysis, continuous improvement and general daily operational efficiencies
• Organising and planning project work as and when required, along with the implementation of machinery flow in our new purpose-built factory.
• Assisting with documentation to enable full training structures.
• Liaising with production and management along with key suppliers and outside contractors.

Qualities and experience

• Experience working as a Maintenance Engineer.
• Flexible with shifts and overtime to support production
• Engineering qualifications
• Health & Safety Knowledge
• Ideally you will have worked in food manufacturing or FMCG production environments previously, however this is not absolutely necessary
• PLC/ automation experience is preferred with strong mechanical knowledge

What Westcountry Spice offer

• 28 days holidays pro rata
• non-contributory pension scheme
• Free canteen facilities
• We feel its important you enjoy and thrive in your position, so we offer additional training and support packages
• Salary dependent on experience.

Please note Westcountry Spice do not accept speculative agency applications, calls from agencies or their partners.
Westcountry Spice will only accept applications with a full CV and covering letter, sent through the indeed portal. Please read all aspects of this advertisement.
You will be contacted by email for an initial phone consultation, then invited in for an interview and working related assessment.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: £28,000.00-£50,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Discounted or free food
• Flexitime
• On-site parking

Experience:

• Mechanical engineering: 2 years (required)

Work Location: In person