Deeside Cereals
FMCG
ShiftEngineer
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“Shift Engineer at Deeside Cereals. Skills: Multiskilled Engineer, FMCG environment, planned predictive and re-active maintenance, troubleshooting and faultfinding on electrical and mechanical plant equipment. carry out planned predictive and re-active maintenance of process, packaging and auxiliary equipment. carry out workshop duties such as machine repairs and component manufacture”
Industry & Context.
The use of own initiative and judgment in identifying and correcting all stoppages and breakdowns to production plant, equipment and services; The use of own initiative with some independent action to prioritise engineering problems in the absence of the Asset Lead Engineer / Shift Manager
Safety-focussed, health surveillance medical every year (if required)
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
qualified engineer, to HNC and/or NVQ Level 3 standard in an electrical, mechanical or multiskilled discipline, Hands on, multi-skilled experience on automated machines within a continuous manufacturing environment, ideally food manufacturing, Working experience of integrated systems, Working experience of Automatic Packaging and Palletisation systems, Some knowledge of AC and/or servo drive systems, Safety-focussed, Team worker with the ability to work under own initiative, The use of own initiative and judgment in identifying and correcting all stoppages and breakdowns to production plant, equipment and services, The use of own initiative with some independent action to prioritise engineering problems in the absence of the Asset Lead Engineer / Shift Manager
What You'll Do.
carry out planned predictive and re-active maintenance of process
packaging and auxiliary equipment
carry out workshop duties such as machine repairs and component manufacture
re train in new methodology
technology and engineering techniques as the business needs arise
train others in the plant
buildings and auxiliary equipment used on site
respond to machine & auxiliary failures
troubleshooting and faultfinding on a range of electrical and mechanical plant equipment
packing machinery and site services
commissioning and repair of all plant and facilities
assist the Manufacturing Department with line adjustments
changeovers and breakdowns
Responsible for improvements and reduction of downtime through increased efficiencies through your own ideas and input
take an active role in the Health and safety requirements on site on behalf of the Engineering Department
be able to work unsupervised when tasked to do so and to organise the work of others in response to the site needs
Work alongside and support the activities of all engineering contractors when they are on site
Produce and maintain documents relating to the administration of all engineering tasks
do all tasks considered as relevant by their line manager
Responsible for Food Safety
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Win Together; recognise & respect the power of diversity in our team; Collaborating across sites & teams with effective, lasting relationships; work hard together; work alongside and support the activities of all engineering contractors when they are on site
Full Job Description
**VALUES & CULTURE:** Deeside Cereals is proudly owned by the Weetabix Food Company. Acquired in December 2023. Our Mission - We want to nourish the nation with better breakfasts that help them to live better lives, so we’ve made it our mission to delight consumers with great tasting, nutritious breakfasts produced with passion and excellence. These are the behaviours that can fast-track us to where we want to be. They focus in on what makes us great AND how we can win more in the future. We’re moving away from values as values implies you have to adopt a particular value set when you walk through our door, but we want you to embrace & be proud of your own values. We just want to set a clear framework for the way we work together, our ‘ways of working’ so we’re setting ourselves up to win together. · **Right Thing, Right Way** We strive for 100% safety in every sense - for our people, partners, products & the plant. Our consumers & customers are at the heart of our choices, and we get up stream to fix things properly, rather than short lived solutions. · **We Own It** We treat the business as if it were our own. We make honest & constructive feedback part of the day to day and own the difficult conversations. We take calculated risks, own the outcome and go again if we need to. · **Win Together** We recognise & respect the power of diversity in our team. Collaborating across sites & teams with effective, lasting relationships. We work hard together but have fun along the way and celebrate whatever the score. · **Great Work at Pace** We prioritise what makes the difference and do it brilliantly as we have high standards. When we pick up the pace on the big stuff we get their faster. We do what we say we’re going to do , whatever bump in the road we face. · **Always Improving** We’re agile & innovative to find simpler and better ways of doing things. We embrace & experiment with changes to build a better Weetabix. We’re curious about how organisations may do things be
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