Mechanical Engineer

Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a growing FMCG manufacturer based in Harrogate
. This business has some impressive growth plans and offers exceptional training and career development opportunities along with a great shift pattern that gives you alternate weekends off.

• £50,000 pa, (increases to £52,670 after probation)
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Private Medical Insurance
• Enhanced Company Pension Plan
• Death in Service
• Company bonus scheme
• Additional Company Benefits
• Candidates must be a UK Resident residing within the local area
• Please note we cannot offer visa sponsorship for overseas candidates

12-Hour Panama Shifts (7am – 7pm & 7pm – 7am)

• Week 1 – Mon, Tues, Fri, Sat, Sun
• Week 2 – Wed, Thurs

We are looking for candidates with prior experience in a manufacturing environment within the FMCG industry
, preferably food and beverage, although mechanical or electrical maintenance experience is more important. Ideally, you’ll be a multi-skilled engineer, with electrical and mechanical maintenance experience
, fault finding and resolution; with solid automated process control/PLC experience and servo motor control knowledge.

• Electrical fault finding and installation/testing
• Ability to replace set up inverters/controllers
• Mechanical servicing and repairs – Welding/turning
• Understanding of site services:
  Compressors, steam boilers, water treatment, electrical distribution
• Electrical/Mechanical City & Guilds or equivalent qualification
• Understanding of network control ASi systems
• Process control fault finding

Your role as engineer will be to continuously monitor and report on all equipment performance, alongside maintaining and repairing plant and equipment when necessary. You will work alongside multiple departments to ensure equipment is operated in the defined manner whilst constantly contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.

• Fault finding, repairs and maintenance on high speed, automated manufacturing machinery
• Undertaking reactive and planned maintenance on a range of specialist and high-tech machinery, predominately Krones
• Ensuring all engineering procedures are adhered to including Health and Safety, quality, hygiene, and general housekeeping
• Observing, recognising, and reporting on machinery and component defects or symptoms of impending failure, escalating potential problems
• Performing Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on major issues and communicating to the wider team