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Lead Engineer
Responsibilities
* Maintain production assets to maximise efficiency through planned, predictive, and reactive maintenance.
* Support machinery setups, changeovers, and equipment installation or removal.
* Collaborate with teams to improve performance and drive continuous improvement.
* Prepare for food and drink maintenance work.
* Conduct planned maintenance of food and drink processing and packaging assets.
* Conduct predictive maintenance of food and drink processing and packaging assets (condition-based monitoring).
* Respond to breakdowns of food and drink processing and packaging assets and perform reactive actions to resolve deviations.
* Identify faults (electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation, and pneumatics) on assets and take appropriate action.
* Lead or support food and drink operational teams with machinery changeovers and setups.
* Manufacture and repair component parts for assets.
* Contribute to continuous improvement projects to optimise assets or processes, including failure investigations and implementing engineering solutions for efficiency and profitability.
* Contribute to technical performance reviews in collaboration with other functions and stakeholders.
* Maintain engineering documentation for maintenance work.
* Support maintenance and operational teams in developing engineering technical competence.
* Ensure availability and performance of maintenance tools and equipment.
* Contribute to internal and external audits.
* Escalate to Factory Maintenance Managers and the Site Engineering Manager when necessary.
About you
* Functional Skills: Level 2 in Maths & English at grade C or above (achieve within 24 months) or equivalent.
* Engineering apprenticeship (C&G / EAL NVQ Level 3 / 4 or OAL FDEM Diploma).
* Current Edition of IET Wiring Regulations (C&G Level 3, achieve within 12 months).
* Food Safety Qualification (Level 2, achieve within 12 months).
* Application of Safety, Health and Environmental legislation and procedures.
* Supervisory experience
* Communication Skills
* Teamwork
* Planning works and writing reports
* Verify assets meet performance criteria after work
* Reading and adhering to site SOPs
* Fault finding: Electrical &/or Mechanical systems
* CMMS experience (achieve within 12 months)
* Multiskilled capability with electrical bias (achieve within 48 months)
* Contractor control (achieve within 12 months)
* Hygienic engineering
* Carry out actions from CMMS (achieve within 1 month)
* Safety, Health and Environmental awareness
* Knowledge of IT systems
* Knowledge of effective teamworking
* Mechanical principles, safety and control systems
* Asset performance measures
* Knowledge of CMMS
* F&D assets, welding, machining, turning, hydraulic, pneumatic & thermodynamics systems and/or electrical principles, motors, motor control circuits, motion control, encoders, PLCs, sensors
* Knowledge of spare parts management systems
What you’ll receive
* As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. We offer benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.
* Life Assurance (1 x salary)
* 21 days holiday
* Staff Shop
* Stakeholder Pension Scheme
* MyBargains Discount Platform
* Personal Accident Insurance
* Free Independent Mortgage Advice
* Employee Assistance Programme
* A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
* Discounted tutoring for children
* Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
* Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years’ service)
* Free Carparking - Site dependent
* A commitment to wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services
We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated team!
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