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Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical Bias)

Ernest Gordon Recruitment
London
4 days ago
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Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical Bias)
Ripon
£30,000 + £40,000 + Hands-on Training Scheme + Medicare + Employee Discount + Company Pension Scheme + Flexible working options + Overtime + Company Benefits
Are you a Maintenance Engineer with a Mechanical maintenance background or similar looking to join a leading provider for a range of premium animal feeds and nutritional supplement solutions for companies all over the globe, offering flexible working schedule options and hands-on-training?
Do you want the opportunity to join a company that takes pride in their product, driving to create sustainable and health-driven solutions throughout the UK food chain, offering nutritional solutions and technical expertise to farms across the globe?
On offer is a fantastic opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer with a background in mechanical maintenance or similar to join an animal nutrition specialist company, which is offering hands-on-training as well as personal benefits such as a company pension scheme, health cash plan and optional working schedule.
In the role you, as a Maintenance Engineer or similar, you will carry out primarily reactive maintenance for a range of machinery across the production line, ranging from grinding, milling, mixing and associated production equipment. You will use root cause analysis to resolve and implement improvements to support the production team, ensuring all equipment is aligned with all health and safety requirements.
This role would suit a Maintenance Engineer with a mechanical maintenance background, with preferable experience in a similar industry such as food manufacturing or mills. Preferable background in electrical controls systems and knowledge of industry related machinery such product transfer systems would be advantageous.
The Role:
Reactive Maintenance Engineer for grinding, milling, mixing and associated production equipment
Root cause analysis and continuous improvement
Ensuring machinery meets all health and safety standards
The Person:
Mechanical maintenance background
Experience in food manufacturing or similar
Knowledge of electrical control systems
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Keywords:

Maintenance Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Food Manufacturing, Mills, Production, Reactive Maintenance, Machinery, Animal Nutrition, North Yorkshire
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