Role and location
Role: Shift Engineer
Location: Laforey Road, Grimsby
Shift: Week A: Friday 6-12 or 12-18; Saturday 5.30-17.30
Week B: Sunday 05.30-17.30; Monday-Friday 14.00-22.00
Week C: Monday-Friday 5-15
About us
We are a company that takes pride in our people as it is our people who are at the centre of everything that we do. We have multi-category expertise with a focus on quality and innovation. We deliver what customers need and consumers want with expert taste and growth mindset. Our business began with meat, and we have developed and extended a market-leading expertise within Seafood, with unmatched quality globally. We’re always investing in new technology to deliver more value, efficiency and consumer-led innovative solutions.
What we are looking for
We are looking for a professional and experienced Shift Engineer to join our growing Engineering team. As a Shift Engineer you will be a highly competent team member providing a safe and efficient engineering service to support production, and to ensure that a proactive approach is adopted to maintaining good machinery and operating efficiencies within a timely manner. The new hire will work collaboratively with other functions, taking hands on approach, and providing support, where required, outside core functional responsibilities.
Key responsibilities as a Shift Engineer
* During all activities ensures that the Health and Safety of themselves and others remains priority.
* Correct or if unable to correct report any hazards which may lead to injury or food safety implications.
* Ensures all activities are following food safety legislation and good manufacturing practices.
* Ensure high standards of housekeeping are always maintained.
* Ensure fast and effective response to breakdowns and handovers to Production are appropriately communicated.
* Diagnosing faults and taking corrective action to ensure continuous service and identifying further improvements to increase equipment availability.
* Participate in a multi-skilled team within own capabilities and undertake in any training and development exercises to progress.
* Identify and share continuous improvement ideas that may contribute to Health & Safety and equipment uptime or maintenance cost improvements.
* Ensuring planned maintenance work is completed on time and further work required is communicated to the Engineering Supervisor or Manager.
* Flexibility to work across sites.
* Having a flexible approach to hours of work and working within the team to provide engineering cover to meet the needs of the business.
* Ensure that good food manufacturing practices are always maintained.
Required experience/expertise to succeed as a Shift Engineer
* Time served craft apprenticeship or equivalent training to NVQ level 3
* Multi-skilled or work towards qualification
* Must be a team player.
* Highly motivated self-starter
* Excellent communications skills
* Can-do, hands-on approach to your work
* Flexible in work approach
* Be able to demonstrate a proven track record within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
What you get in return
Great package with competitive holiday allowance
Life assurance of minimum two times yearly salary
Opportunities for development and internal promotion
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Free car parking on site
Enhanced Maternity/Paternity
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