At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to resolve engineering challenges and ensure smooth production processes.
- Company: Kerry, a global leader in taste and nutrition for food and beverage industries.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, shift allowance, pension scheme, and employee discounts.
- Other info: Opportunities for career growth and a supportive work environment focused on safety.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in sustainable nutrition while developing your engineering skills.
- Qualifications: HNC or City & Guilds in electrical engineering; experience in manufacturing preferred.
The predicted salary is between 28350 - 34650 £ per year.
Kerry is the world’s leading taste and nutrition partner for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. We are passionate about what we do and are constantly innovating to create a healthier, more enjoyable, and sustainable food future without compromise. Our Safety purpose is to work together in a caring culture where everybody goes home safe every day. We are committed to providing a safe working environment and ensuring that all safety protocols are strictly followed.
We are currently recruiting for 2 multi-skilled or electrically biased Engineering Technicians to join the Team of 7 Engineers at our Portbury production facility in Bristol. The facility is a dry blending and mixing production facility where we create flavour blends for some of the world's best loved brands. This is a permanent position, with a 3 shift pattern from Monday to Friday:
- Week 1 - PM - 14:00 - 22:00
- Week 3 - Nights - 22:00 - 06:00
Key Responsibilities:
- Complying with the health and safety policy and regulations.
- Resolving breakdowns, carrying out PM’s and working on project/improvement works to minimise production downtime.
- Carrying out risk assessments and putting controls in place to minimise risk to acceptable levels.
- Locking off any dangerous machinery immediately or repairing and notifying.
- Actively gaining information from production personnel regarding faults to speed up the fault-finding process.
- Ensuring engineering log and computer systems are fully filled in with all relevant information at the end of each shift.
Qualifications:
- HNC, City & Guilds or time served apprentice with appropriate electrical engineering qualifications.
- Experience within a similar role ideally gained within a food manufacturing environment; experience within any manufacturing environment is highly desirable.
- Electrically biased or multi-skilled; PLC experience is highly desirable.
- Flexible approach with a positive 'can-do' attitude.
- Experience of SAP is highly desirable.
We offer:
- Career development opportunities within a leading global player in sustainable nutrition.
- Competitive salary with shift allowance.
- Matched pension scheme up to 10%.
- Life Assurance.
- Employee benefit platform with discounts and offers for retailers online and offline, travelling, utilities and more.
- Employee Assistance Program, supporting your emotional, physical, nutritional and financial wellbeing.
- OurShare, Kerry share plan available to all employees, with the option to enrol once a year.
- MyCommunity, have one day per year to volunteer for a worthwhile cause.
Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms. Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses.
Pracownik Techniczny-Kontrakt in Bristol employer: Kerry Group
Kerry is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment at our Runcorn facility where safety and collaboration are paramount. As a Maintenance Engineer, you will enjoy a competitive salary, generous benefits including 25 days annual leave, and unmatched opportunities for professional growth within a supportive team dedicated to continuous improvement and innovation in the food and nutrition industry.
