Maintenance and PLC technician in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

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 an Electrical Maintenance Technician to join the Engineering Team at our Gainsborough manufacturing site, a high-volume food production facility operating 24/7 across multiple process areas. In this role, you will carry out PPM (Planned Preventive Maintenance) and reactive maintenance on a range of automated production and utility assets, with a strong focus on plant availability, safety, and compliance. Depending on the day and operational needs, you will work either as part of a maintenance team or autonomously. This is a permanent, full-time position, operating on a 4-on / 4-off shift pattern.

As an Electrical Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for:

• Complying with the health and safety policy and regulations.
• Carrying out risk assessments with the relevant people and putting controls in place to minimise the risk to acceptable levels where reasonably practicable.
• Locking off any dangerous machinery immediately or repairing and notifying.
• Resolving breakdowns, carrying out PMs and working on project/improvement works with a view to minimising production downtime.
• Fully completing PM sheets with all observations, jobs completed and recommendations and filing with the Maintenance Planner, whilst always looking at ways of improving PMs.
• Actively gaining as much information as possible from production personnel regarding the fault on the machine to speed up the fault-finding process.
• Ensuring engineering log and computer systems are fully filled in with all relevant information including PM numbers, all used parts, plant numbers, urgency of required parts, at the end of each shift.

Qualifications:

• HNC, City & Guilds or time served apprentice with appropriate engineering qualifications.
• Experience within a similar role ideally gained within a food manufacturing environment; if not food, experience within any manufacturing environment is highly desirable.
• Electrically biased, or multi-skilled.
• Flexible approach with a positive 'can-do' attitude.
• Experience of SAP highly desirable.

You will join a friendly, people-focused site of around 100 employees, working as part of a 15-strong engineering team, with real opportunities to learn, develop, and grow your technical skills. We operate in a Safety First, Quality Always environment where your safety is our priority, and you will be part of a business strongly committed to sustainability and responsible manufacturing.

Benefits include:

• 4-on / 4-off shift pattern (4 days working, 4 days rest).
• 25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays).
• Matched pension scheme.
• Access to Perkbox, offering discounts and benefits with major retailers.
• Share scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.

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. Any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.