Position Type: FT Permanent
We are looking for a Maintenance Engineer with an Electrical bias (or multi-skilled) to join the engineering team at our Taste & Nutrition Manufacturing facility in Runcorn. The successful candidate will perform Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance of assets to maximize plant availability and maintain production.
This is a permanent, full-time position operating on early and late shifts from Monday to Friday. 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.
In this role you will provide full technical engineering support to the Production function under the leadership of the Engineering Manager.
You will assume responsibility for the electrical integrity of equipment by carrying out the following:
• Complying with the health and safety policy and regulations
• 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
• Resolving breakdowns, carryout PM’s and work on project / improvement works with a view to minimizing production downtime
• 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
• Proven maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment (food industry preferred)
• Expertise in fault finding within electrical systems, including weighing systems
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis and continuous improvement
• Familiarity with SAP is a plus
• Flexible and positive ‘can-do’ attitude.
In return we can offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package as well as the opportunity for self-growth and career development within one of the world’s leading manufacturers of food and nutrition technology. 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.