Shift Maintenance Engineer in Biggleswade

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

Benefits of the role:

• Competitive hourly rates within the local area.
• An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay.
• Medicash Optional health cash plan for routine treatments like dental check-ups, eye tests, and physiotherapy, including 24/7 virtual GP access and mental health support.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• TELUS health wellbeing, which includes corporate discounts.
• 'Chips In' Volunteering Day Off to positively impact McCain communities globally.
• Opportunities for development and progression as part of a Global business.

About the role:

Our Maintenance Engineers work as part of a multi-disciplined team carrying out first-line maintenance tasks and improvements on equipment throughout the factory efficiently and effectively. You'll provide feedback on completed tasks into the engineering maintenance system to ensure equipment histories and costs are kept up to date and to enable follow-up work to be identified and planned. This is a shift-based role working a combination of 12-hour shifts across days and nights to a set rota.

Reporting into the Shift Engineering Manager, you will also:

• Consider all implications when carrying out designated tasks to minimise wasted time and materials.
• Have a 'Fix it right, now' work ethic and use Root Cause Analysis to determine the underlying reasons behind problems and failures and act on the findings.
• Be observant at all times when in the plant and report any deficiencies that cannot be rectified.
• Provide and implement ideas to improve manufacturing, efficiency, and equipment reliability.
• Work safely, with regard for your duty of care to yourself and to others who may be affected by your work.
• Adhere to company policies and procedures at all times.
• Work in liaison with other departments as required and provide support and assistance where possible.
• Enter accurate, detailed feedback on all completed tasks into the CMMS on a daily basis.
• Work closely with your Line Manager to ensure the smooth execution of both day-to-day maintenance tasks and shutdown work.
• Ensure the upkeep and reliability of all plant and equipment in your shift's designated area by feeding back requirements to your Line Manager.
• Identify through knowledge and analysis areas that will contribute to improved product quality or plant efficiency.
• Play a pivotal role in communicating and coordinating the activities associated with change.
• Support the driving improvements initiative on site and understand and implement the basic principles of lean manufacturing.

What we're looking for:

You will ideally have experience of working in a busy maintenance department, ideally within a food manufacturing department. You will also have:

• BTEC/NVQ Level 3 in Engineering or equivalent (Essential).
• Time served apprenticeship in Engineering or similar industry (Essential).
• City and Guilds 2391 or similar.
• Multi-skilled qualification in additional disciplines (NVQ L2/City & Guilds).
• Broad knowledge of modern maintenance techniques.
• Wide range of engineering practical fundamentals.
• Practical engineering experience.

At McCain, we actively champion ex-military talent. If you tick the technical boxes but not the experience of working in Manufacturing, we would still be open to having a conversation with you.

About the environment:

You'll be based at our Whittlesey plant in Peterborough. With about 350 employees on site, we're one of our largest plants across the GB business. Our Whittlesey plant is where we make our famous French Fries as well as our chilled products, such as our Shake Shake Fries.

About McCain:

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.