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Engineer

Employer
Veritas Partners Limited
Location
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Salary
Competitive plus 10% shift allowance for night shift, Pension, 23.5 days holiday
Closing date
1 Sep 2022

Job Details

Day shift 7am-7pm 4 days on, 4 days off

OR

Night shift 7pm-7am 4 days on, 4 days off

THE COMPANY

As a major food business with a modern production unit, our recent sales growth has been second to none.

Due to this growth we are currently recruiting engineers.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager you will be ensuring the smooth running of the factory by resolving predominately mechanical and electrical breakdowns, delivering maintenance and driving improvements across the site in terms of new machinery, hygiene, quality, and performance.

Every individual has a responsibility for Health and Safety, and this must be at the forefront of all engineering activity.

  • Expected to carry out all maintenance across the factory, in both a low care and high care environment
  • Work with engineering team to test install and commission new equipment.
  • Attend to breakdowns onsite ensuring that there is always a rapid response and that plant equipment and machinery breakdown time is minimised.  Always endeavour to reduce downtime of site plant and machinery;
  • Carry out repairs to plant and equipment during production, effectively and efficiently, either alone and/or as part of a team; To carry out PPM onsite whilst always ensuring that there is a pro-active approach to planned maintenance and a high PPM output;
  • Deliver on plant uptime and maintenance KPIs through planned, preventative & predictive maintenance;
  • Deliver improvement work on machinery and site improvement work;
  • Ensure Engineering time is managed effectively and that that there is low Engineering down-time;

You:

  • Engineering experience within a manufacturing environment.
  • Multi-skilled with formal engineering qualification to NVQ Level 3 or higher, in an electrical or mechanical subject.
  • Nationally recognised apprenticeship in an engineering discipline.
  • Food experience would be desirable but not essential – we will consider engineers from other sectors.

We are also recruiting for individuals who have recently completed an engineering apprenticeship and would be interested in joining a state of the art food manufacturing company.

We are able to pay for the successful candidate to be trained on 18th Edition if required.

If you wish to apply for this role please click on the apply button with a copy of your up to date cv in word format quoting ref number 3049/203fmj.

Not right for you?  We’d still like to speak with you about other opportunities, so please do send an up to date copy of your CV in word format and we will call you. 

All applications to roles advertised by Veritas Partnership Ltd are reviewed by our team of consultants. Due to the high volume of applications that we receive we are unfortunately unable to respond to each applicant individually, therefore if you have not heard from us within 5 working days, unfortunately on this occasion your application has not been successful.

Please be aware that all third-party and direct applications to any of our roles will be forwarded to our retained consultants Veritas Partnership Limited and no fees will be payable.

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For details of our privacy policy please visit our website at the bottom of our home page http://veritaspartners.co.uk/privacy-policy

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Company

Food and Drink Manufacturing

Veritas is a specialist recruitment consultancy with an impressive client base across the FMCG, Consumer and Corporate sectors. Our philosophy at Veritas is to provide open, honest and comprehensive solutions to candidates and clients alike.

We take the responsibility of finding you the right role, in the right company, very seriously. We’ll guide, advise and coach you so that you’re putting your best self forward. And then we’ll give you honest feedback… until we achieve your career goals.

Operating on a national basis and with over 50 years’ experience across the management team we completely understand the current market and are perfectly positioned to advise you on your next career move.

Our vacancies include General / Site Managers, Factory Managers, Technical Managers, Hygiene Managers, Health Safety & Environmental Management, Engineering Managers and Engineers, Quality Assurance, Continuous Improvement and Shift Managers.

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
0118 903 4914
Location
Seddon House
Gas Lane
Twyford
Berkshire
RG10 9LX
United Kingdom

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