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Multi-Skilled Day Shift Maintenance Engineer
Permanent Panama 12hr Day Shift – 6am-6pm
Cambridgeshire
Commutable from Thetford, Cambridge, Ely, Newmarket, Bury St. Edmunds, Downham Market, Chatteris

£38,000-£40,000 + Overtime
Pension Scheme, Life Assurance, 20 Shift Holidays

Our client is a leading fresh food processing & packaging manufacturer, with a reputation for product quality which is second to none and industry leading standards. Due to continued customer growth they are looking for a Multi-Skilled Engineer – ideally electrically biased to support their engineering operations.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Provide front line engineering support to all food processing, production & packaging machinery
• Prioritise breakdowns on shift to get machinery up and running as safely and quickly as possible
• Carrying out both electrical & mechanical fault finding & routine maintenance plans
• Working on high-speed food production & packaging machinery, conveyors, automation & controls
• Keep machinery working to the designed output efficiency
• Monitor computer systems to determine efficiencies & development of systems
• Working on facilities and site services maintenance daily
• Regular PPM and scheduled maintenance and improvement works

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Need to be a multi-skilled maintenance engineer – ideally electrically biased
• Essential to have at least City & Guilds 2323 Industrial Electrical Maintenance or 17th Edition
• Strong cultural fit need to be a confident character with a good sense of humour
• Ideally have at least 5 years’ experience in food / FMCG manufacturing
• Experienced in high-volume, fast moving environment, supplying into retailer outlets
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills
• Beneficial to have worked on high-speed food production, packaging & processing machinery
• Ideally have dealt with conveyors, motors, strappers, palletisers, bucket fillers, weighers etc.
• Able to organise and manage own time when on shift
• Proven experience of continuous improvement activities
• PLC – electrical fault-finding skills
• Strong electrical & mechanical problem-solving skills

Shifts & Benefits Package:

• Shift:- Permanent Panama 12hr Rotating Day Shift – 6am-6pm
• Salary:- £38,000-£40,000 + Regular Overtime
• Benefits:- Pension Scheme, 20 Shift Holidays, Overtime & Life Assurance

Job Reference No: CG19578 / 534

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