Multi-Skilled Engineer

Multi-skilled Engineer Electrical Bias Highly successful, continuously expanding chilled food company Location: Ealing area Salary: Up to £60,000 – paid hourly Benefits: Numerous benefits including 33 days holiday (including bank holidays back in lieu), pension, life assurance, income protection, extensive discounts for you & your family career growth support, training &mental well-being support. Work pattern: 12 hour shifts – Day/Night Rotation: 4 on/4 off (with flexibility) Background in electrical buying/mechanical – Ideally around r 60/40 or 70/30 Split Electrical/Mechanical Highly successful, forward thinking chilled food group, focused on quality of service & products, supplying to leading food retailers throughout the UK & internationally are looking for a Multi-skilled Engineer to join the business, due to their continued rapid expansion. The successful Multi-skilled Engineer will work with a skilled, passionate, diverse team & in a culture where employees are supported & can develop their career as the company continues to grow. Innovative & continuously looking at market trends, the company regularly develop new products for the chilled market & work with several high-profile retailers. This is a great time to join the company to use your experience & skills to help the company change & evolve whilst benefiting from the company’s growth opportunities. The Role: *The Multi-skilled Engineer is responsible for the day-to-day engineering function – providing scheduled preventative & unplanned/reactive breakdown maintenance using Best Engineering Practices quickly & efficiently whilst finding cost effective improvements to ensure the reliability & efficiency of equipment & site assets. *The Multi-skilled Engineer will also work following GMP, SHE & TFMS/BRC policy as well as completing Audit & closing the action promptly, keeping a record for traceability. *The MS Engineer will be responsible for delivering Plant Uptime & Maintenance KPIs through planned, preventative & predictive maintenance. *Report to & support the Engineering Head of Department *Support the team & assist in developing other engineers/machine operatives *Lead effective communication between shifts Required Skills & Experience: *Strong electrical skills *Good mechanical skills – for diagnosis & replacement *Computer literate – familiar with electrical, pneumatic & mechanical drawings *Some automation skills for fault finding & re-mediation *The ability to complete any maintenance tasks, identifying & implementing improvements *Recognised apprenticeship completed *An electrical qualification would be an advantage – Btech Electrical or equivalent NVQ or city & guilds *Competent on mechanical engineering *Automation – CI tools & techniques would be an advantage *Experience within maintenance *Experienced Multi-skilled Engineer ideally with a fresh produce/chilled working background (fresh product, chilled food, ready meals, food to go) . *Food production/manufacturing with some previous UK experience would be desirable *FMCG Experience would be desirable *Flexible to work shifts – 4 on 4 off days/nights in rotation: 12 hour shifts *Great communication skills & the ability to manage contractor on site *Ability to work under pressure & happy to work in a chilled environment *Happy to roll sleeves up & get stuck in – able to look after all machinery on site, including manual handling, sometimes at height & in varying temperatures *IOSH desirable *H&S and Food Hygiene trained *Comfortable to work ever-changing environment as the company continues its growth Salary & Benefits: The starting salary for this role is up to £60,000 paid hourly (£21.50- £27.00 per hour) 33 days holiday (including bank holidays back in lieu), pension, life assurance, income protection, extensive discounts for you & your family, career development support and mental health support