Shift Maintenance Engineer (Bottling)

Overview

In this role you will maintain and optimise packaging line equipment to support brewing and bottling output. You’ll work within the packaging team to keep machinery reliable, safe and efficient, minimising downtime through proactive maintenance. You will lead problem-solving activities, including root-cause analysis, and implement countermeasures across the line. This is a hands-on, autonomous role that contributes to safety, quality and cost targets in a high-speed, automated environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Annual bonus
• Double-matched pension (up to 10%)
• 32 days’ holiday
• Life assurance
• Free ciders and beers
• Wellbeing support

Responsibilities

• Perform corrective and reactive maintenance to address defects and breakdowns
• Diagnose and resolve electrical, automation and mechanical faults to minimise downtime
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and implement countermeasures, including safety and 5S activities
• Drive TPM initiatives to eliminate losses and promote lean practices
• Plan and coordinate maintenance activities with Maintenance colleagues, Operators and Technicians
• Support and guide shop-floor operators, delegating tasks to maintain smooth production
• Collaborate with operators on autonomous maintenance tasks and assist shift manager with asset issues
• Identify and record non-conformities in the CMMS to support continuous improvement
• Maintain high equipment cleanliness and reliability aligned with safety, quality, cost and service
• Champion and uphold HSE standards in the working environment

Key requirements

• Near/full completion of an Apprenticeship, or Mechanical/Electrical Engineering (HND or NVQ Level 3)
• Time served as a Multiskilled Engineer (Electrical Bias)
• Experience in a highly automated, safety-critical manufacturing environment
• Exposure to high-speed packaging lines (bottling) desirable
• Experience with planned maintenance techniques and CMMS
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to work autonomously
• Problem-solving
• Autonomy
• Collaborative teamwork
• Electrical, automation and mechanical fault diagnosis
• Planned maintenance
• CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System)

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