Manufacturing Technician

Job Description

Position Title:

Manufacturing Technician

Position Type:
Regular - Full-Time

Requisition

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy. With automation on the rise, it is important we remain ahead in our manufacturing operations. Our Manufacturing Technicians are at the sharp end of this, overseeing the plant assets. It is their job to make quick‑thinking choices to ensure our plant is always running with limited (or no) breakdowns.

This role is a hybrid role between Engineering and Operations. You work with both teams to ensure efficient running of the assets, ensuring optimum plant efficiency to deliver the quality and quantity to make us one of the UK’s favourite food products. We are go‑getters with big plans and while we expect machines will break down once in a while, we believe prevention is better than the cure.

We want you at the forefront of our plants, knowing how our machines are running and helping us come up with new and improved ways of doing it faster and better, which is why continuous improvement and reliability play a huge part in your role.

• Multi‑skilled Engineer with strong electrical and mechanical skills.
• Qualified Engineer doing a similar job.
• NVQ‑3 / BTEC‑3 in related Engineering discipline – mandatory.
• Time‑served apprenticeship – essential.
• HNC or equivalent – desirable.
• Knowledge of SCADA or similar systems and some PLC knowledge.
• Experience in fault finding.
• Ability to steer continuous improvement activity in a similar role.
• Ability to work under pressure and at speed.
• Strong organisation and prioritisation skills.
• IOSH/NEBOSH certificate – desirable.

You will work a mixture of day and night shifts, with every other weekend off.

You will be based at our Scarborough plant in North Yorkshire, one of the largest French‑fry factories in the world and now highly automated.

• Excellent pension – company pays double up to 12% of pay.
• Flexible holidays – buy & sell up to 5 days per year.
• Optional health cash plan.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Chips’ In volunteering day off.
• Opportunities for growth and relocation.

McCain Foods is an equal‑opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, age or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer.