Maintenance Technician

About our Company:

Hill Biscuits Limited is one of the largest premier biscuit manufacturers in the UK with over 170 years heritage. We create family value everyday biscuit classics supplying own brand and private label. Recently acquired by Cerealto UK Limited a global food manufacturer with a presence in 40 countries, supplying products to large distribution chains and multinationals in the retail, foodservices, and B2B sector.

Globally we employ circa 3000+ colleagues and pride ourselves on our diverse workforce employing 36 nationalities, 48% male and 52% female colleagues, including those at risk of social exclusion; at Hill Biscuits we employ c.350 employees, and have colleagues spanning 25 nationalities.

Hill Biscuits Ltd is an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, race, religious belief, sex or sexual orientation.

About the Role:

You will support the Maintenance Team in ensuring the safe, efficient and reliable operation of all site machinery and equipment. You will be responsible for carrying out planned preventative maintenance, responding to breakdowns, diagnosing and repairing mechanical and electrical faults, and ensuring all maintenance activities are completed in line with company, health and safety, and engineering standards. You will also contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, helping to minimise downtime and improve the overall reliability and performance of the site.

Key responsibilities:

Responsible for running, introducing and maintaining equipment together with the development of continuous improvement ideas, and facilitation of these through a number of Lean Manufacturing areas to deliver improvements across the factory.

Your responsibilities will include:

· Delivery of planned/predictive maintenance across all production lines and process areas

· Recommendation and implementation of equipment optimization to prevent breakdowns, reduce losses in efficiency and waste, as well as improvements to increase performance.

· Facilitation of Continuous Improvement of cross functional teams using a combination of tools and techniques such as TPM, RCM, FMECA, 5’s and Kaizen events

· Identification and implementation of improvement ideas to achieve world-class standards relating to OEE, Food Safety, H&S and Quality measurements

· Supporting the development of production operators in first line maintenance and problem-solving

· Adherence to H&S procedures and legislation

About you:

· Multi-skilled with Electrical bias

· Completed a full Engineering Apprenticeship

· Preferably qualified to HNC/HND level with electrical awareness (18th edition); however, candidates with a full Engineering

· Proven quality awareness, decision making and problem-solving skills

· Previous experience working in a similar environment

· A good working knowledge and understanding of factory processes and technology

· Proven ability to plan and prioritize workload in order to meet required deadlines and performance standards

· Communication and interpersonal skills through cross –functional teams and departments.

· Initiative, self-motivated, assertive, tenacious, well organised, with influencing skills.

· Team worker.

· Familiar with planned and preventative maintenance skills

· The job holder must be able to converse clearly and confidently in the English language (written and oral)

· Work a rotating Saturday shift (1 in 2 weekends)

Pay: £42,690.00 per year

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Ashton-Under-Lyne OL7 0DB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Did you complete a full Engineering Apprenticeship

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person