Maintenance Engineer £50,000 base (£54,000 after 4-month probation), Burnley, Lancashire, PANAMA DAYS & NIGHTS (6 – 6) – 42 average hours a week.

Overtime available at X1.65, holiday equivalent to 25 shifts off, pension, healthcare.

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Maintenance Engineer to join one of the leading manufacturers in the UK of fresh juice, flavoured drinks and smoothies. That supply to convenience stores, coffee shops and all major retailers across the country. You’ll be implemented into a team of 10 Engineers in total. Conducting PPMs and reactive maintenance across all machinery on three production lines. The site is very fast paced, depending on demand just on smoothies alone, they produce 1.7million units a week. Production is 24/7.

The Role

As a maintenance engineer , you’ll work with a range of machinery including:

Sterilisers, pasteurisers, conveyors and labelling machines
Thermoforming machines, blow moulders, sealers, cappers and boxing machines

Your focus will be 70% reactive and 30% PPM , using a tablet system for job tracking. A new CMMS is currently being implemented. The role places a strong emphasis on maintenance and repair . You’ll need to be working with pneumatics, gearboxes, bearings, shafts, chains, sensors, and control panels etc. Fault finding via PLC or any welding experience is beneficial but not essential.

The Person We’re Looking For

To succeed in this role as a maintenance engineer , you’ll need:

A strong background in maintenance within FMCG manufacturing environments
Experience working on both mechanical and electrical components whilst abiding to H&S regulations
Confidence with strip-downs, rebuilds, and reactive maintenance
An NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, or equivalent qualification in engineering
A proactive attitude and hard worker who can deal with a fast-paced production environment

This is an ideal role for a maintenance engineer who wants to develop their skills in a stable, well-backed facility with real training opportunities.

Why apply?

Joining our client, you will be joining a business that place emphasis on training, development of their engineers. The company has been established for over 40 years, the site in Burnley is one out of four in the UK; therefore, it offers strong job security. You will be joining a company that look after their engineer’s future.

If you think you are the right maintenance engineer for this market leader, please press apply, call Sam on 07597679249, or email your CV too sam.dobbs@ata-recruitment.co.uk

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