Position Type: FT Permanent
We are currently recruiting for a Maintenance Technician to the join the Engineering Team at our food crumbing and coating production facility in Gainsborough. The successful candidates will perform PPM and reactive maintenance on assets to maximize plant availability and maintain production.
This is a permanent, full-time position operating on a 4-on, 4-off shift basis.
Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.
As an Electrical Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for:
Complying with the health and safety policy and regulations.
Carrying out risk assessments with the relevant people and put controls in place to minimize the risk to acceptable levels were reasonably practicable.
Lock off any dangerous machinery immediately/ or repair and notify.
Resolving breakdowns, carryout PM’s and work on project / improvement works with a view to minimizing production downtime.
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.
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 valued
Must be multi-skilled with a strong electrical background
Experience with pneumatics, packaging machinery, and the ability to fault find is essential
Flexible approach with a positive 'can-do' attitude
Experience of SAP is a plus.
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In the event that speculative CVs or candidate profiles are submitted by recruitment agencies, we reserve the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current or future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency.