Straight Forward Recruitment Ltd are looking for a Mechanical & Electrical Engineer, for a leading UK grower and processor of high-quality soft fruits.
This is a permanent position within a long established family business, whose looking for the ideal candidate to enhance their team.
There’s an attractive salary package starting at £50k per year and is open to further negotiation, subject to experience.
With an enhance overtime rate of Double-time, as and when required.
Salary: Starting at £50,000 per annum – open to further negotiation subject to experience. Overtime rate of Double-time, as and when required.
Shift Pattern:
Week: 1 Monday to Friday 07h00 - 17h00
Week: 2 Tuesday to Saturday 09h00 - 19h00
Skills Required:
The purpose of the role is to undertake both planned and reactive maintenance duties, in addition to completing engineering projects around the site.
This would typically involve a 60/40 split between Electrical and Mechanical required duties. With the ideal candidate having either a 17th or 18th Edition, Electrical bias.
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Ensuring all duties are carried out in accordance with current legislation and company procedures, particularly relating to (though not exclusively to) health and safety, quality and environment management.
• Continuously assesses equipment for efficiency and purpose and implement improvements so that output will be optimised.
• Use line monitoring, fault finding and problem-solving systems/techniques in order to maximise utilisation of all site equipment, by minimising downtime through scheduled maintenance, and continuous improvement
• Completing engineering project tasks and making improvements to existing equipment as appropriate.
• Diagnosing faults and putting forward improvement suggestions and undertaking improvements as required.
• Installing new equipment and relocating existing equipment.
• Ensure that your work area is kept safe, clean and tidy
• Work and support the factory line setters to ensure they have help when needed and address any production line / machinery issues with them.
• Carry out any other tasks as requested by line manager, which the jobholder is capable of completing in a safe and competent manner.
For more information with regards to this opportunity, please contact the Straight Forward Recruitment Industrial Team on (phone number removed).
Or to apply directly for this position please submit your CV application online