Engineering Technician

Job title: Engineering Technician

Location: Livingston, EH54 5DN

Contract type: Permanent

Work pattern: Rotating shift pattern including nights, evenings and days

Salary: £40,765

Start date: ASAP

What does your typical day look like?
The Engineering Shift Technician is responsible for providing a timely and effective
engineering service to our customer in production whilst ensuring safety, quality and hygiene
standards are met. You will carry out planned maintenance activities as scheduled by the
maintenance plan contained within the CMMS, attend and repair breakdowns as required, and report all actions carried out and any further actions required.

The role consists of but is not limited to:

• Promoting and ensuring a culture where Health & Safety is accepted as being of the highest priority
• Ensuring highest levels of quality, hygiene and GMP standards are adhered to at all times
• Evaluating processes to identify ways to improve efficiency and reduce waste
• Working with other staff members to ensure that all production operations meet their deadlines
• Working with team leaders and managers to establish priorities and objectives for the engineering team that are in line with company goals
• Investigating and troubleshooting technical issues
• Write and maintain documentation for engineering processes and procedures

What are the key ingredients needed for the role?

• Educated to HNC standard (or equivalent) or higher in mechanical or electrical engineering, and a proven practitioner of preventative maintenance and predictive maintenance
• Familiar with TPM principles including 5S
• Experience in the use of CMMS (computerised maintenance management systems) is preferred but not essential
• Flexible, self-motivated and be able to work with minimum supervision and use own initiative.
• Previous Food Manufacturing experience and a basic understanding of Health & Safety and Food Hygiene is desirable, but not essential as training will be given
• Numerate and literate
• Problem solving & technical competence
• An understanding on equipment reliability
• Knowledge of continuous improvement tools and techniques

Machinery used:

• Pneumatics
• Robotic arms
• Wrapping machines
• Belts on lines

If you are ready to begin a career with real bite, we would love to hear from you so
apply now by clicking the link!