Shift Engineer

We are looking for a professional and experienced Shift Engineer to join our growing Engineering team. As a Shift Engineer you will be a highly competent team member providing a safe and efficient engineering service to support production, and to ensure that a proactive approach is adopted to maintaining good machinery and operating efficiencies in a timely manner. The new hire will work collaboratively with other functions, taking a hands-on approach, and providing support where required, outside core functional responsibilities.,

• Ensure health and safety of yourself and others remains a priority during all activities.
• Correct or report any hazards that may lead to injury or food safety implications.
• Follow food safety legislation and good manufacturing practices.
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping at all times.
• Respond quickly to breakdowns and communicate handovers to Production appropriately.
• Diagnose faults, take corrective action to ensure continuous service and identify further improvements to increase equipment availability.
• Participate in a multi-skilled team within own capabilities and undertake any training and development exercises to progress.
• Identify and share continuous improvement ideas that may contribute to health & safety, equipment uptime or maintenance cost improvements.
• Ensure planned maintenance work is completed on time and communicate any further work required to the Engineering Supervisor or Manager.
• Show flexibility to work across sites.
• Maintain a flexible approach to hours of work and work within the team to provide engineering cover to meet business needs.
• Maintain good food manufacturing practices at all times.
  Time-served craft apprenticeship or equivalent training to NVQ level 3.
• Multi-skilled or working towards qualification.
• Team player with excellent communication skills.
• Highly motivated self-starter with a can-do, hands-on approach.
• Flexible in work approach and able to demonstrate a proven track record within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
  We are a company that takes pride in our people as they are at the centre of everything that we do. We have multi-category expertise with a focus on quality and innovation, delivering what customers need and consumers want with expert taste and a growth mindset. Our business began with meat and we have developed and extended a market-leading expertise within Seafood, with unmatched quality globally. We are always investing in new technology to deliver more value, efficiency and consumer-led innovative solutions.
  Great package with competitive holiday allowance.
• Life assurance of minimum two times yearly salary.
• Opportunities for development and internal promotion.
• Share Save scheme.
• Free car parking on site.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity benefits.