Maintenance Engineer

Location: Northfleet, Kent, United Kingdom

As aMaintenance Engineer at PrepWorld you will be working as part of a team or individually onNights, you will be responsible for scheduled maintenance, fault finding and repair of food manufacturing equipment and associated support services and systems.

Main Duties

• Carry out routine scheduled servicing and maintenance on food manufacturing, ancillary and associated equipment
• Suitably trained and competent to carry out mechanical maintenance tasks and electrical isolations
• Attend machine and equipment breakdowns in a timely manner and apply sound engineering principals to diagnosis and repair
• Apply root cause analysis principals to identify and subsequently rectify issues to deliver continuous improvement
• Maintain good maintenance record keeping as required
• Support the Production Teams at all levels to drive continuous improvement and reduce downtime
• Support both the Engineering Shift Managers and Maintenance Planner in selecting correct spare parts and maintaining stock levels
• Attend training courses (internal and external) as required by Prepworld to build personal and Engineering Department capabilities
• Assist in training/mentoring other members of the Engineering Team or other Departments if required to do so
• Maintain and promote good health and safety practices as a core principle of engineering activity on site
• Participate in Capital and improvement Projects as required
• Maintain good housekeeping practices within the Engineering Department and site wide as required
• The role involves manual handling and the ability to withstand working in cold storage conditions on a daily basis

Key Relationships

Maintain and continually improve good working relationships at all levels with all Prepworld Departments

Key Accountabilities

• Maintain and promote health and safety at work best practices to achieve zero lost hours within the Engineering Department due to injury
• 100% completion of all scheduled maintenance tasks duly issued
• Respond to all breakdown requests in a timely manner
• Escalation of any major issues preventing prompt problem resolution in a timely manner

Skill Requirements

• Suitably trained and competent in mechanical disciplines
• Suitably trained and competent to apply electrical isolations aligned with LOTO process
• Good computer skills in Microsoft Excel and Word
• Ability to problem solve
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Qualifications

• Recognised apprenticeship or minimum of a Level 3 NVQ in a mechanical discipline or at least 5 years experience in a maintenance role with recognised qualifications
• Specific Knowledge & Experience: Ideally, previous experience of FMCG industry

What we provide in return:

• Stream (track your earnings and instantly access up to 50% of your money as you earn it, without waiting for payday)
• On site parking with electric charge points
• Fully paid for, Staff events
• Staff restaurant serving heavily subsidised hot and cold food
• Brand new facilities
• A supportive team

Working Pattern:

4 on / 4 off rotating shift pattern

Shift Details:

This is a night shift role, involving 12-hour shifts.

We are currently seeking 2 engineers to join the team and work within this schedule.