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Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 3JY, England, UK
Listed on 2026-08-06
Listing for:
McCain Foods (GB) Ltd
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-08-06
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Maintenance Technician / Mechanic
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Shift Engineer
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition : 43796
Shift Maintenance Engineer
Wombourne
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role.
Our Maintenance Engineers work as part of a multi-disciplined team carrying out first line maintenance tasks and improvements on equipment throughout the factory efficiently and effectively. You'll provide feedback on completed tasks into the engineering maintenance system to ensure equipment histories and costs are kept up to date and to enable follow up work to be identified and planned.
What you'll be doing.
Consider all implications when carrying out designated tasks to minimise wasted time and materials
Have a "Fix it right, now" work ethic and use Root Cause Analysis to determine the underlying reasons behind
problems and failures and act on the findings
Be observant at all times when in the plant and report any deficiencies that cannot be rectified
Provide and implement ideas to improve manufacturing, efficiency and equipment reliability
Work safely, with regard for your duty of care to yourself and to others who may be affected by your work. Adhere
to company policies and procedures at all times
Work in liaison with other departments as required and provide support and assistance where possible
Enter accurate, detailed feedback on all completed tasks into the CMMS on a daily basis
Work closely with your Line Manager to ensure the smooth execution of both day-to-day maintenance tasks and
shutdown work
Ensure the upkeep and reliability of all plant and equipment in your shifts designated area by feeding back
requirements to your Line Manager
To identify through knowledge and analysis, areas that will contribute to improved product quality or plant
efficiency
Playing a pivotal role in communicating and co-ordinating the activities associated with change
What you'll need to be successful.
We're looking for Shift Engineers with strong electrical or mechanical skills, but ideally both. It's a given that you will have time served as an engineer - working in a busy maintenance department, preferably within a food manufacturing department.
You will also have...
• BTEC/ NVQ Level 3 in Engineering or equivalent - essential
• Time served apprenticeship in an Engineering discipline - essential
• Qualification in additional engineering disciplines (NVQ L3 / City & Guilds) - desirable
• Broad knowledge of modern maintenance techniques - essential
• Practical engineering experience- essential
Benefits of the role.
Although we do encourage you to taste the goods you'll be pleased to know we don't pay you in 'chips'. For working hard, you'll also get a great salary and some pretty good benefits including: An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
25 days annual leave - including bank holidays
Flexible holidays - where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
Optional health cash plan
Cycle to work scheme
'Chips In' Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the competitiveness, resilience, and long-term development of McCain communities across the globe.
And of course, being part of a Global business there are great opportunities to shine/thrive should you wish to relocate in the future. We have an ambitious 5-year growth plan that presents development & progression opportunities for those who seek it out. Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We're big believers in the power of working together in person-it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team.
About the team.
You'll be based at our Wombourne plant in Staffordshire. And together our small, but perfectly formed team of over 110 colleagues produce our famous (and well loved) potato Smiles as well as our pre-baked Jacket Spuds.
About McCain.
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