Our Safety purpose "we 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. Join us in creating a workplace where safety is everyone's responsibility. 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. You will be supporting a fast paced, continuous process environment covering areas such as milling, blending, extrusion, and crumb production. This is a permanent, full time position, operating on a 4 on / 4 off shift pattern.
Responsibilities
* Comply with the health and safety policy and regulations.
* Carry out risk assessments with the relevant people and put controls in place to minimise the risk to acceptable levels where reasonably practicable.
* Lock off any dangerous machinery immediately and repair and notify.
* Resolve breakdowns, carry out PMs and work on project or improvement works with a view to minimising production downtime.
* Actively seek to undertake PMs on offline machinery where time allows.
* Fully complete PM sheets with all observations, jobs completed and recommendations and file with the Maintenance Planner, whilst always looking at ways of improving to PMs.
* Actively gain as much information as possible from production personnel regarding the fault on the machine to speed up the fault finding process.
* Ensure 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.
* Ensure all communications with external persons are conducted in a professional manner which reflects the company profile.
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.
* Hydraulic and pneumatic systems experience highly desirable.
* Flexible approach with a positive can‑do attitude.
* Experience of SAP highly desirable.
Benefits
* 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.
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