Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Rotating Days/Nights

£48,900 - £50,400 Per Annum + Excellent Benefits and Continuous development & support.

Golborne (WA3 3JD)

At ALPLA, we stand for high-quality plastic packaging throughout the world. Around 22,000 colleagues produce quality packaging for foodstuffs, cosmetics and industrial cleaning brands for many blue-chip clients across 182 ALPLA sites in 45 countries

At our UK Flagship Golborne plant, we are looking to enhance our existing engineering function

Reporting into the Engineering Manager.

Your role will see you actively working in both preventative and reactive maintenance activities within the plant, the main focus of your role is to minimise downtime and ensure high efficiencies are achieved within the business unit – working on state of the art equipment and machinery

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Ensure that all equipment, machinery and peripherals operate efficiently and at full capability, ensuring a continuous production process.
• Carry out repairs on machines as part of breakdown or preventative maintenance.
• Ensure that all relevant paperwork and maintenance logs are completed correctly and accurately in accordance with company procedure.
• Ensure that all duties are carried out in accordance with quality, hygiene and food safety policies.
• To perform any other duties in connection with the job that may from time to time be reasonably required by supervision and which are consistent with the “Purpose of job/mission”.

Skills/Experience:

• Time served apprenticeship Electrical discipline preferred – Minimum Multi Skill experience
• Knowledge of hydraulics and the ability to read schematics
• Knowledge of pneumatics and the ability to read schematics
• 17th or 18th edition electrical regulations / Full understanding of all energy isolation, safe working and the use of L.O.T.O
• Demonstratable electrical fault finding skills
• Experience in a FMCG background / Cross functional M&E multi-skilled
• Must have a clean as you go work ethic, and also have a good understanding of the basic fundaments of 5S in the workplace.

Your profile:

• Reliable, self-motivated and have a resourceful approach to work.
• Have proven experience of reactive and preventative maintenance techniques.
• Good communicators at all levels, possess team working skills.

Additional Information;

- Brand new Welfare Facilities

- State of the art equipment/machinery

- Fully stocked tool room

- Onsite and Offsite Training

- Full PPE & Uniforms provided

- Life assurance from day one - 3 x salary

- Company Pension scheme - 6% employee contributions (Scottish Widow)

- Subsided onsite canteen

- Enhanced Maternity and paternity pay scheme

- Christmas vouchers for you and your children

- Long service awards

ALPLA UK offer development opportunities, plus career stability and longevity – we support and upskill, a perfect opportunity for someone looking to enhance their career within a Global Manufacturing organisation

This position is advertised by ALPLA UK - Contact Kerry McCormick – Internal Recruiter – for more information