Maintenance Engineer
We are looking for a Maintenance Engineer!
Are you an experienced mechanical engineer looking for a new challenge? Are you keen to work in a hands-on engineering environment? Are you a team player who has excellent fault-finding experience?
If your answers are ‘YES, that’s me!’ then please read on ……
At our Production site based in Isleham, Cambridgeshire we are looking for a diligent, self-motivated team player who can exceed in their duties to help us retain our position as a leading conventional roots supplier in the UK.
You will join us on a fulltime permanent contract.
Our day shift operates on a Panama shift pattern arrangement which equates to 77 hours per fortnight. The shift times are 06:00 – 18:00.
Responsibility
The Job Role
We are looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join the Engineering Department and provide an effective and professional engineering service.
The responsibilities of the role include:
To make mechanical repairs with general fitting, welding, and fabrication skills.
- To provide the site with mechanical support as required.
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance, servicing schedules and overhaul of site plant, machinery, and equipment in accordance with site schedules as required.
- Using the CMMS platform, ensuring all PPMs are carried out in accordance with the schedule.
- To update and input data into the CMMS system and communicate requirements through the engineering team.
- Work alongside the Engineering Leads and Engineering Manager to supply overhaul kits for scheduled works.
- Proactively prioritise and own through to completion, tasks generated, and projects issued to the team by the Engineering lead or Engineering manager.
- Understand, participate, and support the delivery of site performance targets.
- Advise and participate in process development and continuous improvement projects as directed.
- Maintain the engineering log and shift hand-over, recording all aspects of work carried out on site plant, machinery, and equipment, to include details of faults, remedies, parts used, relevant info and outstanding issues.
- Observed risks to performance to be highlighted and escalated accordingly along with suggested remedial plans.
- Be open and receptive to any identified training requirements internal or external to business.
- Work alongside third-party service engineers and contractors as needs arise. Promoting the positive image of PW Isleham and the engineering department
- Adherence to Company Personal Hygiene standards
- Owner of machine manuals and spare parts manuals, both hard-copy and electronic
- Contribute to an “always audit ready department”.
What we are looking for
- Exposure to a hands-on engineering environment
- Team work
- PPM delivery
- Excellent verbal communication skills
Advantages
- Food Industry/FMCG Experience
- Experience working with a CMMS
- Recognised mechanical engineering qualification
What we can offer you
- Overtime available at an enhanced rate
- A weekly site performance bonus!
- Paid breaks
- Refer a family member or friend to join the team and receive £250
- A safe and friendly working environment
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life insurance of 2 x your salary
- Medicash Health Cash plan for you and your family
- Health and financial advice through an employee assistance programme (24/7 GP and counselling assistance!)
- Long service awards
- Be part of a fast-growing farming and food business with strong environmental and social values
- Work independently, but with support from our teams, gaining responsibilities fast
Equal opportunities
Burgess Farms is an equal opportunities employer, which means we’ll consider all suitability qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic.