Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer
Date: 18 Sept 2025
Search by city: HADDENHAM, GB, HP17 8LB
Company: McCormick & Company
Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer
Oxfordshire (Haddenham, Aylesbury)
Shift pattern: double day shift wk1 / wk2
Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer is responsible for the first level escalation of breakdowns within the factory. Working as part of the shift engineering team ensuring breakdowns are fixed promptly in line with priorities. The breakdowns include mechanical, electrical and controls. The eng ineer is also responsible for the completion of preventative works orders.
MAIN REPSPONSIBILITIES #LI-DNI
Health & Safety
1. Ensure Site PPE policy and LOTO Procedures are followed.
2. Ensure the safe working of engineering function (particulaily in areas of isolation and safe entry)
3. Provide ‘safety walk’ information to Operations Team using existing ‘in house’ reporting system.
4. To make the workplace a safe environment by ensuring:
5. All company and legal requirements are met and maintained.
6. Safety equipment is properly maintained, checked and recorded.
7. Safe working practices are promoted at all times with all checks and job sign-offs completed.
Quality
8. To ensure all Quality Management Systems are adhered to and properly documented.
9. To ensure Engineering GMP targets are achieved with standards being understood and adhered to by all team members.
10. To understand food safety legislation, including HACCP in line with the responsibilities of the role and to ensure that the team's outputs meet these standards.
11. To ensure all documentation is clearly completed, filed and available for internal and external auditors.
12. To work with Production and Quality teams to improve and develop operating practices which enhance product quality and customer service.
13. Ensure full compliance with Company Quality, Food Safety, Health & Safety and Environmental requirements.
14. To assist with the integration of new equipment with the manufacturing, operations and project teams.
Operational
15. Multi Skilled- Electrical, Mechanical and Controls.
16. Attends Daily Engineering meeting and inputs in terms of safety, quality, and operational KPIs where appropriate
17. Covers Senior Shift engineers in DDS meeting in collaboration with operations and quality team
18. Ensuring all work in recorded on CMMS ensuring correct parts booked out as appropriate
19. Execution of planned maintenance activities with the Engineering team leader
20. Ensure the correct spare parts are available and co-ordinate with stores personnel where required.
21. Report (written) on shift issues, ensuring successful information transfer to the oncoming shift's Senior Engineer.
22. Contractor Control — ensure appropriate Risk assessment, LOTO Procedures, Permit procedures are complied with.
23. Ensure that PPM schedules and works orders are completed within agreed time frames, ensuring breakdowns are closed out (where necessary), with PPM pro-forma advising on parts required.
24. On completion of maintenance work, ensure that equipment is serviceable and runs as expected, in readiness for production.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
25. Time served Engineer - minimum NVQ 3 UK electrical or mechanical (or equivalent).
26. Solid experience working in high-volume manufacturing environment (in food or consumer products industry preferably).
27. Strong general electrical and/or mechanical engineering skills and knowledge.
28. Experience in fault finding.
29. An awareness of HACCP, PUWER, LOLER and COSHH.
30. Must be an effective team player
31. Must be able to work on own initiative and have ability to highlight continuous Improvement opportunities
32. PC literate (Experience using Office 365 suite)
33. Must be able to troubleshoot and fault-find within a production facility
34. Good written and verbal communication skills — ability to effectively communicate with both suppliers and internal customers
35. Must be able to accurately interpret schematic diagrams
36. Logical thinker and problem solver
37. Must possess the energy and drive to ‘get things done’
38. Have an organised methodology
39. Can plan to a specified time scale.
Agencies: McCormick as needed will work with external recruitment vendors through our Agency Portal. Unless previously contacted, McCormick does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies.
McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.