Multi Skilled Engineer

About Princes

The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Reporting to an Engineering Team Leader and forming part of a multi‑skilled shift maintenance team, the post holder will be required to maintain equipment and repair faults as directed.

The role involves working a 12hr Panama shift pattern to support a 24/7 drinks production operation. Frontline operational technical support to ensure optimal manufacturing reliability. Supporting site and group projects on initiatives.

Tetra

PaK ingredients processing centre; 9 PET blow and fill production lines with the capacity for producing over 100,000 units per hour, predominantly Tetra

PaK, Krones and Sidel processing equipment and a range of packaging associated machines such as Acme, Heuft, Sacmi, Stork, Come, Kister, KHS, Holoila. Multiple palletising and conveying systems.

• Undertake the role in accordance with health, safety, environmental, food hygiene and quality requirements.
• Respond promptly to breakdowns to minimise downtime and associated costs.
• Carry out fault‑finding on a diverse range of automated equipment.
• Carry out identified modifications and improvements.
• Implement and support planned preventative maintenance schemes.
• Complete maintenance schedules and engage in operational improvements.
• Actively support continuous improvement projects and activities by challenging existing practices and making recommendations for improvements.
• Communicate with relevant departments on breakdown and maintenance progress.
• Complete all relevant reports and accurately maintain CMMS records.
• Monitor the efficiency of equipment and identify problem areas to proactively implement improvements.
• Ensure engineering spares store records are updated when parts and materials are used.
• Maintain all work areas to the required 5S standards.
• Record and communicate any adjustments to production equipment.
• Be fully competent in a wide range of machine and equipment operating and cleaning procedures.
• Review daily achievements of targets and report variances.
• Resolve all operational problems on the lines, carrying out fault diagnosis and first‑line repairs including lubrication, breakdown repair, changeover and running adjustments.
• Carry out effective handovers by communicating key information to other colleagues.
• Carry out new or additional tasks, projects, trials and other reasonable duties in conjunction with colleagues in the area of work.
• Maintain product Food Safety, Legality, Integrity, Authenticity and Quality standards by ensuring all associated policies and procedures are adhered to.

These are the key daily tasks, not a comprehensive list of all tasks undertaken by the job holder. Flexibility is required by the business and will be agreed with the individual’s line manager.

• Demonstrable manufacturing engineering experience in a high‑volume process‑driven environment e.g., food production, automotive component manufacturing or packaging.
• Experience with a range of PLCs including Siemens S7/S5.
• Demonstrable experience of diagnostics and repair of faults.
• Experience of supporting continuous improvement projects using tools such as 5S, BRCA, SMED, Cent relining and TPM.
• Experience of SAP CMMS.
• Evidence of multiskilled assessment.

• Strong analytical skills in problem solving.
• Participation in the commissioning and start‑up of technical equipment(s) and/or production line(s) or systems.
• Participation in multi‑disciplinary teams that focus on process, product or packing optimisation/continuous improvement.
• Participation in a change implementation through business initiatives such as TPM / Lean.
• Awareness and participation in integration of new technologies into manufacturing.

• Completed recognised and relevant…