Maintenance Technician - Night Shift (Permanent)

Kerry
Bristol
4 days ago
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Position Type: FT Permanent  Workplace Arrangement: #LI-Onsite  Maintenance Technician - Electrically qualified  Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment. We are currently recruiting for a multi-skilled or electrically biased   Maintenance Technicians to the join the Engineering Team at our Portbury production facility in Bristol. The facility is a dried blending and mixing production facility where we create flavour blends for some of the world's best loved brands, 100's of tonnes of product are precisely measured, mixed and packaged every week. This is a permanent position, with a 3 or 4 shift pattern – AM/PM/Nights/Days As a Maintenance Technician you will be responsible for:   Complying with the health and safety policy and regulations.  Resolving breakdowns, carryout PM’s and work on project / improvement works with a view to minimizing production downtime. Carrying out risk assessments with the relevant people and put controls in place to minimise the risk to acceptable levels where reasonably practicable. Lock off any dangerous machinery immediately/ or repair and notify. Fully complete PM sheets with all observations, jobs completed and recommendations and file with the Maintenance Planner, whilst always looking at ways of improving to PMs. Actively gain as much information as possible from production personnel regarding the fault on the machine to speed up the fault-finding process. Ensure engineering log and computer systems are fully filled in with all relevant information including PM numbers, all used parts, plant numbers, urgency of required parts, at the end of each shift.  HNC, City & Guilds or time served apprentice with appropriate electrical engineering qualifications. Experience within a similar role ideally gained within a food manufacturing environment, if not food, experience within any manufacturing environment is highly desirable. Electrically or biased, or multi-skilled. PLC experience highly desirable. Flexible approach with a positive 'can-do' attitude. Experience of SAP highly desirable. You'll receive a completive salary and comprehensive benefits package. You will also be joining a well organised maintenance team with the opportunity to progress and grow your career with global leader in food manufacturing. One team fostering an inclusive culture that, above all, inspires food and nourishes life. One culture where everyone brings their unique perspectives and experiences to help make us better, together. We are committed to and value Diversity and Inclusion in all recruitment processes within Kerry and do not discriminate based on gender, race, class, economic status, ethnic background, sexual orientation, age, political beliefs, veteran status, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us . A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.

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