Job Title: Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical Bias)
I am currently seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join my client’s small friendly team. Reporting to the Engineering Manager the successful candidate will play a key role in responding swiftly to production breakdowns and delivering planned preventative maintenance on a wide range of poultry processing and packing machinery, including conveyors, module and tray transport systems, plucking equipment, evisceration machinery, tray sealers, flow wrappers, and vacuum sealers.
Area: Bury St Edmunds
Salary: £52k to 55k depending on experience
Shift Pattern: Mon to Thu 6.30am till 15.00pm Fri 8am till 4pm
Job Type: Full-time, Perm
Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer Key Duties (Mechanically Biased)
- Preventative & Reactive Maintenance: Maximising "uptime" by servicing critical conveyor systems, defeathering machinery, automated evisceration equipment, and portioning/packaging systems.
- Industrial Refrigeration & Climate Control: Overseeing the plant's large-scale chilling tunnels and cold storage facilities that relies on specialised air-chilling techniques to preserve their meat, making temperature and airflow control highly critical.
- Hygiene & Washdown Compliance: Ensuring all machinery designs, seals, and gearboxes can withstand heavy-duty chemical cleaning and daily pressure washing without corroding or failing.
- Pneumatics, Hydraulics, & Steam: Maintaining the extensive network of pumps, steam boilers (used for scalding tanks), and air compressors that power the factory's automated lines.
- Continuous Improvement (CI): Modifying existing factory layouts or fabricating custom parts to reduce waste, speed up production lines, or improve workplace safety.
Experience and Qualifications
- NVQ in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or Maintenance Engineering.
Skills
- Proficient fault-finding across mechanical and basic electrical systems (Multi-skilled), knowledge of fluid dynamics/pumps, and familiarity with food safety compliance regulations (like HACCP or BRC standards).
If you are a dedicated Maintenance Engineer with a passion for ensuring operational efficiency through effective maintenance practices,
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