* Experience Years: 3-5 Years of Experience
* Employee Type: Regular
About the Opportunity
Maintain all machinery and equipment to ensure high performance levels and ensure compliance with health and safety requirements. Contribute towards the design and implementation of schedules for preventative maintenance to reduce downtime and effects on productions. Ensure all regular checks are kept up to date and all relevant paperwork is updated and stored correctly. Ensure the workshop is kept to the correct standard, and that all chemicals and liquids are stored correctly.
Responsibilities
* Assess site on a regular basis and implement any remedial works required.
* Ensure site is compliant with health and safety and fire requirements.
* Make daily checks on all pack house machinery to prevent downtime and support productivity.
* Carry out regular scheduled maintenance according to programme.
* Liaise with external suppliers where necessary to obtain engineering assistance or call out requests.
* Maintain sufficient levels of spare parts and materials to aid repairs.
* Provide point of contact and assistance to contractors working on site.
* Where appropriate, train, mentor and cascade key skills to line staff to ensure machinery is kept to optimum standards for H&S and line performance.
* Identify areas of training for machine operators to reduce downtime and machine malfunctions.
* Keep up to date with changing technologies to ensure that new machine concepts are evaluated and considered.
* Be mindful of costs and budgets when procuring parts and equipment.
* Other ad hoc duties as required.
Candidate Profile
* Evidence of extensive experience working in a comparable role, preferably within the soft fruit industry.
* Strong appreciation of our business needs and resourcefulness in coming up with solutions to their challenges.
* Ability to relate to key client personnel in a professional and credible fashion.
* Well-developed personal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate with a wide range of employees.
* Good interpersonal skills and well-developed leadership and management skills.
* Creativity.
* Ability to delegate effectively and to follow up as appropriate.
* Ability to work as part of a team with colleagues across professional, operational, and cultural boundaries.
* Proactive approach and prompt responses to all service requests.
* Ability to identify needs and issues and recommend suitable and pragmatic courses of action and solutions, adopting a risk-aware approach.
* Good time management and organisational skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines as required.
* Very good organisational skills.
* Good IT skills including experience of Word and Excel.
About Driscoll's
Driscoll's is the global market leader for fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries. With more than 100 years of farming heritage and hundreds of independent growers around the world, Driscoll's is passionate about growing fresh, beautiful, and delicious berries. Our values of humility, passion, and trustworthiness have guided our mission to delight consumers around the world.
Driscoll's exclusive patented berry varieties are developed through years of research using only natural breeding methods – meaning no GMOs. From farm-to-table, we focus on delivering a high-quality, premium berry experience with our many supply chain partners.
Driscoll's is the trusted brand for Only the Finest Berries.
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