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About The Role
Are you passionate about engineering? Looking for a new challenge?
About The Role
Are you passionate about engineering? Looking for a new challenge?
As an inclusive, forward-thinking business, we take pride in our approach to Feed Manufacturing across Avara Foods and are looking for a highly competent and motivated Multi Skilled Engineer to join our Engineering Team, based at our Hatchery in Shobdon, Herefordshire
This position is ideally suited to someone with a minimum Level 3 qualification in Engineering and preferably IEE 17th or 18th Edition.
What’s in it for you?
As a Multi Skilled Engineer you will enjoy a secure, supportive, and progressive working environment, where your contribution and achievements will be recognised and rewarded.
Benefits
We offer comprehensive training as well as continuous development as you build your career with us. You can also look forward to benefits that amongst other things include the following:
* £16.79 + £0.92 shift premium
* 28 days Holiday - increasing with service
* Pension Contribution - up to 3% matched
* Life Assurance
* Various lifestyle benefits, including wellbeing resources
* Car Parking Available
* Terms and Conditions Apply
Hours Of Work
* Week 1 - Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs & Fri (05:30-13:30)
* Week 2 - Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs & Fri (05:30-13:30)
* Week 3 - Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs & Fri (10:00-18:00)
* Week 4 - Sun (05:30-17:30) Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs & Fri (10:00-18:00) Sat (05:30-13:30)
* Week 5 - Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs & Fri (05:30-13:30)
* Week 6 - Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs & Fri (10:00-18:00
* Week 7 - Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs & Fri (10:00-18:00) Sat (05:30-17:30)
This averages to 44.57 hours per week
There is a call-out rota in operation where you will carry out a response service for 1 week in a 7 week rotation. This is a 24hr call out service to cover two of the operations' Hatchery sites. You would be the first point of call if the person on site needs engineering assistance.
Purpose Of The Role
As a Multi Skilled Engineer operating from a well-established Hatchery, you will optimise machinery output and product quality and minimise plant downtime through effective preventative maintenance and efficient response whilst maintaining a safe and healthy environment and promoting good engineering practices.
A fast-paced, dynamic Hatchery environment which can be noisy and dusty in some areas, incubating eggs into chicks, where hygiene standards are critical. The role is predominantly factory based.
Your key responsibilities as a Multi Skilled Engineer will include:
* Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance and Breakdown/Reactive Maintenance of Plant, Equipment and incubators.
* Ensure the Engineering maintenance carried out in line with the current schedule and effective and efficient corrective action is taken.
* Quick and effective response to breakdowns, where possible identifying root cause and suggesting possible improvements to prevent further breakdowns occurring.
* Communicate unscheduled breakdowns to Management and work with the process departments to minimise plant disruption.
* Record and identify spare parts that have been used through MS and to Engineering Team Leader.
* Follow good engineering standards and good hygiene practice for the department across the whole site.
* Ensure Maintenance and Engineering practices are audit complaint.
* Ensure all activities are carried out within company and legislative health and safety and environmental guidelines reporting any issues.
* Ensure compliance through regular process weigher and Liquid meter calibrations (weights and measures Act)
* Proficient in engineering operations whilst working in hazardous environments (Hot working, WAH)
* Participate in Mechanical projects and installations - Conveyors, machine installs, machine refurbishments.
* Participate in Electrical projects and installations.
* Efficient operations of effluent plant systems ensuring environmental compliance.
* Understand the operations of fire suppression systems - Fire Trace, Sprinkler system, Hydrant system.
* Demonstrate understanding of environmental impacts.
What We Are Looking For
* Time served Multi-skilled Apprenticeship in a relevant engineering discipline
* Proactive and dynamic approach to safety
* Good diagnostic and problem-solving skills
* Ability to work under pressure whilst having a high attention to detail
* Flexibility with a positive attitude and the ability to work well within a very small team.
* Food manufacture experience desirable
* IEE 17th or 18th Edition desirable
* Pneumatic experience desirable
A Little About Us
Avara Foods is one of the UK’s largest food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the nation’s most popular supermarkets and restaurants. We are a fully integrated business controlling the whole product supply chain,which include feed mills, farms, hatcheries and factories with associated transport and logistics functions that employ more than 7000 people. This is achieved by investing in people, utilising the latest technology and being uncompromising in our commitmentto high quality and food standards.
If you are ready to work in a dynamic environment alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, apply today!
We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
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