Multi-Skilled Engineer
Are you a skilled Multi-Skilled Engineer ready to take on a key role in a dynamic engineering team? This is a fantastic opportunity to join on a permanent night shift basis, where you’ll play a vital part in keeping the plant running at peak performance, ensuring maximum efficiency and reliability around the clock. Hit apply now or ring Jason on 0161 564 9139 for a chat!
£51,300 - £51,300 PA
About the Company:
Our client is a proud, family-owned food producer with a reputation for quality, innovation, and care. From Red Tractor assured farms across Great Britain, they supply premium farm fresh products enjoyed by households nationwide and served in top restaurants. With strong roots, big ambitions, and a passion for excellence, our client offers the chance to be part of a business that’s growing, respected, and built on real values.
About the Role:
As a Multi-Skilled Engineer, you will play a key role in keeping the site running efficiently and safely. Your responsibilities will include carrying out planned preventative and reactive maintenance, providing full breakdown support, and ensuring all engineering work is completed to the highest standards while meeting Health & Safety, Quality and Food Safety requirements. You’ll work closely with the wider team to identify and resolve issues, maintain accurate records, and contribute ideas to improve plant performance and reduce costs. With a proactive approach, strong problem-solving skills, and a commitment to continuous improvement, you’ll help maximise uptime, efficiency, and profitability across the site.
It is worth noting that this role is solely for night shifts and requires you to have a full driving license and mode of transport.
Key Responsibilities:
- To undertake planned preventative maintenance activities and reactive maintenance to ensure optimum efficiency of the plant and profitability.
- To ensure all engineering tasks are undertaken in line with Health & Safety, Quality and Food Safety Standards.
- Provide full emergency breakdown cover for all plant and services.
- To carry out repair works to the highest standard.
- Complete all work sheets and report any follow ups required, including Planned Maintenance work sheets, handover sheets.
- Observe and report all problem areas on all plant and services.
- Work as a team with all other members of the factory team.
- Maintain a high standard of work and promote good housekeeping throughout the factory and workshops.
- To always ensure that Health and Safety issues are treated with the highest priority at all times. Administer, monitor, analyse and update machine history data using the engineering Pirana maintenance management system.
- Provide first line cover in all machinery problems.
- Be proactive with ideas for improving the plant and engineering departments.
- To ensure that all plant is running efficiently and safely.
- Provide full back-up to all problem areas in a speedy and safe manner.
- Full use of engineering resource as required.
- Provide full support across the site in order to carry out all works in an efficient and economical manner.
- Provide ideas on cost cutting measures.
Skills and Expertise:
- Qualifications to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent (such as ONC Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or BTEC Level 3 in Mechanical & Electrical/ Engineering).
- A proven track record in an engineering and fault finding role gained from a FMCG environment, ideally the food industry.
- A good understanding of HACCP principles and preferably IEE qualification up to 17th edition wiring regulations.
- Excellent communication skills
- The ability to make important decisions on the spot.
- A can do attitude, a strong work ethic, and ability to match the pace of our site.
- Own transport is essential due to the remote location.
Benefits: Discounted Company Staff Shop / Annual profit related bonus based on percentage of salary / Freebie Fridays / Discounted Canteen on site (hot meals) / Dedicated Training Department (to support and develop skills) / Monthly draw for all staff (One For all Voucher prizes) / Long Service Awards (in excess of 10 years) / 21 days holiday per year / On Site Mental Health First Aiders + access to private counselling if required
About Nova
At Nova Recruitment, we hold a wealth of experience and trade knowledge. We utilise expert search strategies and established industry connections to offer the best support for you and your business. Based in the heart of Manchester, we operate across the whole of the UK sourcing professionals across various sectors.
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