Multi-Skilled Shift Engineer

Maintenance | Leyland | Full Time | Permanent

Dr Oetker UK, the home of Ristorante and Chicago Town pizzas, have a fantastic opportunity for fully qualified, multi-skilled, Maintenance Engineers to join our state-of-the-art production facility in Leyland.

A career at Dr Oetker will provide you with the opportunity to work on the latest technology in pizza manufacturing, on a on a site with a continuous improvement investment strategy. Also, our Advanced Development Programme provides an opportunity for you to obtain the necessary training to further develop your skills - and increase your salary.

WHAT WE OFFER

The 4-5-5 rotating days and nights 12 hour-shift pattern.

The cycle repeats every 8 weeks; 4on, 5off, 5on, 4 off, 5on, 5off.

This schedule provides an improvement on the traditional 4on - 4off  pattern with 2 weekends off in every 4 weeks -  and every weekend-off is a long weekend! This enhances your work-life balance and allows more quality time with family and friends, hobbies, and personal pursuits.

Salary range

 £54,174 - £56,346  (£26.99 - £28.07 per hour). Starting salary is dependent upon qualifications, skills, and experience.

Overtime is paid at x1.5 the hourly rate.

Benefits

• 23 days annual leave (incl. bank holidays) which increases with service.
• Free Life Assurance at 4 times basic annual salary.
• A skills-based development programme – allowing you to develop skills and your pay.
• Enhanced Company Sick Pay.
• Enhanced Pension scheme which provides 6% Employer pension contribution.
• Private medical insurance.
• Enhanced Family Friendly Leave.
• Free pizzas.
• Subsidised on site restaurant with hot and cold meals, a salad/deli bar, snack machines and microwaves and storage facilities for those who prefer to bring their own.
• Free tea, coffee, and fresh fruit.
• Free on-site parking (with a number of Electric Vehicle charging points available)
• Free Wi-Fi in restaurant.
• Employee Referral Scheme £350 – once you know how great it is to work here, you’ll want to bring your friends and family!
• Regular Employee Forums ensuring all employees have a voice.
• Incentivised employee suggestion and recognition schemes.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Free health checks.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Uphold high standards in Health and Safety, Food Safety, and GMP, to ensure a safe, secure, and compliant work environment.
• Be part of a dedicated Engineering Maintenance team that plays a key role in ensuring the smooth running of all machinery in the production areas.
• Providing a proactive and reactive professional engineering service, to maintain and improve the performance of the plant.
• Completing Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) tasks,
• Troubleshooting, diagnosing and correcting equipment issues,
• Assist with root cause analysis to promote future reliability and improvements.
• Proactive involvement in Continuous Improvement initiatives.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Educated to HNC, (or HND or degree Level) or equivalent and apprenticeship time-served Engineer.
• At least 2 years of post-apprenticeship engineering maintenance experience - ideally served within an FMCG hygienic production environment.
• Technologically savvy to enable full use of the CMMS systems, MS Office etc.

In addition, you must be able to:

• Apply an analytical and systematic approach to working, with a desire to identify root causes and solve problems.
• To Work within a rapidly changing environment and remain calm under pressure.
• Make timely decisions and have a drive for improvement.
• Communicate in a respectful and professional manner.
• Work as part of a team, and on your own – using your own initiative.
• Demonstrate excellent planning, organisational skills and good time management.
• Demonstrate a reasonable amount of flexibility to meet the needs of the company.

Dr Oetker is an equal opportunities employer. We continuously work to shape and live in a corporate culture where everyone feels welcome.

At Dr Oetker, your personality and qualifications are what count. Not gender, nationality, ethnic or social background, religion, disability, age or sexual orientation and identity.

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