Login to Apply

Job Title: Maintenance Engineer (Multi Skilled) Reporting to: Engineering Manager
Location: Paddock Wood, Kent.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 40 hours per week, Core hours 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm
Why we need you:
We are a growing company, owned by a longstanding family business, which, manufactures hop products and sells hops to the best breweries in the world. We have a team of professionals, experts in hops, that provide an excellent service in all areas of our business.
We now need a multi skilled Engineer to join our skilled and well-established team to support our diverse production processes; our building services and facilities; to work on exciting new projects.
Who We Want:
We want an individual who strives for the best, who can work in a small team, but also unaided across all our business functions. We need you to be able to work in close conjunction with production undertaking planned, preventative and reactive maintenance. We would encourage you to use your Engineering skills and experience to develop solutions and support continuous improvement activities to optimise our processing performance. Part of the role will be supporting the Engineering Manager, and the projects team, with new equipment installation. This will involve an element of industrial wiring.
The Requirements:
* 60/40 electrical bias preferred.
* Engineering qualification such as an apprenticeship with HNC, ONC or equivalent.
* Two shift system earlies and lates. Occasional weekends at overtime rates.
* Practical electrical and mechanical experience within a manufacturing environment.
* Be able to rapidly diagnose and resolve both electrical and mechanical control and instrumentation faults.
* Experience in working in a safe working environment. Permit to work, IOSH preferable.
* Liaising with suppliers and third-party resources to carry our preventative and reactive maintenance.
The Skills You’ll Need
Experience in the following would be an advantage:
* Pumps (vacuum, diaphragm, centrifugal, other technologies)
* Motors and invertors
* Steam and condensate systems
* Pipework water, steam, air, pressured, chemical
* Compressed air and pneumatics
* Demineralization and reverse osmosis
* Ph. control, batch controllers, load cells
* Pressure systems and appreciation of the pressure systems regulations
* Food grade areas and appreciation of HACCP systems.
* Computer literate Outlook, Excel, Word etc
Must have right to work in UK, as we are NOT able to offer Worker visas or sponsorship.
Benefits
We don’t just offer the basics and with us you’ll get a great package including:
Competitive salary
Outstanding Pension package
Bupa Private Health
Bupa Wellness Cash Plan
MyBenefits flexible benefits
25 days holiday
Bonus
Free on-site parking