Overview
Shift Maintenance Engineer (Multiskilled) – Batley, Kirklees, West Yorkshire. Permanent position.
Salary: £50,400 - £56,700 (inclusive of shift allowance) dependent on experience. Performance related company bonus. Shifts: 12 hours, 7-7, including 2 days 2 nights (5 off), 2 days 3 nights (4 off), 3 days 2 nights (5 off) and the rotation starts again.
Benefits: Hot food restaurant, on-site gym, private medical insurance and free flu jabs, free on-site parking, employee shop, on-site nurse/osteopath/podiatrist.
Our Mars Petcare factory offers an opportunity to join a dynamic team focusing on machine maintenance for specialized equipment including flow wrapping, pick and place robotics, and secondary and tertiary packaging machinery.
Collaborate as part of a four-person team under the guidance of the Engineering Team Leader to ensure safety, quality, and efficiency on production lines, and take ownership of designated areas, driving continuous improvement (CI) through digitalised analysis.
Key responsibilities
* Perform fault diagnosis leading to resolution of random failures on production machinery, identifying the root cause in the repair process.
* Determine when and which technical issues are escalated to the days support organisation.
* Provide technical experience/expertise/information to assist others in resolution of equipment issues.
* Be responsible for the safe and required delivery of all services into and out of the factory during shift (including steam, air, water, gas and electricity).
* Undertake planning of maintenance activities, for self and others, to achieve smooth transition between maintenance and production availability of equipment.
* With the area engineer, ensure that the right planned preventative maintenance is completed.
Qualifications
* Solid foundation in engineering, built through a recognized apprenticeship.
* HNC level in an electrical engineering discipline and a sound mechanical aptitude.
* Proven working knowledge of 415v distribution, motor control, PLC software, process control philosophies, level 2 systems & networks.
* Experience of pneumatics & hydraulics would be an advantage.
* Understanding and knowledge of a broad range of electromechanical devices.
* Reasonable working knowledge of H&S regulations.
* Computer literate and comfortable navigating internal software packages such as Atlas PM, SAP and Microsoft packages. FMCG experience desirable. Working knowledge in Rockwell PLC including fault finding and diagnosing desirable.
About Mars
Mars is a family-owned business with more than $35 billion in global sales. We produce well-known brands including M&M's, SNICKERS, TWIX, MILKY WAY, DOVE, PEDIGREE, ROYAL CANIN, WHISKAS, EXTRA, ORBIT, 5, SKITTLES, BEN'S ORIGINAL and COCOAVIA. Mars operates in more than 80 countries and guides 130,000 Associates by The Five Principles: Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and can discuss adjustments to support you through the recruitment journey.
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