Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

South West England, UK Zest Position: Multi-Skilled Engineer Location: Somerset (Commutable from Bristol, Weston-Super Mare, Wells, Shepton Mallet, Blagdon and surrounding areas) Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 Shift: 4O4O - 2Days 2nights Contract: Permanent opportunity WHY THIS ONE IS WORTH A LOOK * Brand new kit: around £1m invested in new, increasingly automated machinery * Employee-owned: colleagues own a share of the business * Open to all flavours of engineer: strong electrical or multi-skilled mechanical/electrical, whichever way you lean * Room to grow: learning and development after probation, with a clear route to the next role * A team that wants you there: welcoming, supportive engineering teams of around 6-8 THE ROLE Join the Engineering team at an established, ambitious British Food manufacturer on a mission to build a truly world-class engineering function. You'll be a key part of the production process, keeping machinery running smoothly so production runs as effectively and efficiently as possible. It's a large-scale site with five production zones, big volumes of products and a growing list of automated lines, including Tetra Pak, Tecma and Delta equipment. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING * Planned preventative and reactive maintenance across machinery and plant on site * Fault finding and keeping downtime to a minimum in a fast-paced, large-scale environment * Supporting root cause analysis, continuous improvement and day-to-day operational efficiency * Helping with project work as needed, including bringing in new plant and equipment WHAT YOU'LL BRING * Experience as a Maintenance Engineer * An appropriate engineering qualification, ideally apprenticeship trained * Good knowledge of Health & Safety in a food processing environment * Ideally, food manufacturing or FMCG production experience * Strong electrical skills or multi-skilled (mechanical/electrical) ability, depending on your experience * The ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative Nice to have: SCADA experience, and PLC experience would be a bonus. WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU * £50,000 - £55,000 (DOE), with optional overtime * Non-contributory pension and competitive holiday allowance * Life cover (3x annual salary) * Healthcare cash-back plan (including dental) and a 24-hour doctor line for you and your family * Cycle to work scheme and subsidised company products * Free parking and top-of-the-range PPE * Access to Grocery Aid support * A share in the business through employee ownership INTERESTED? LET'S TALK Get in touch to find out more or to be put forward for the role: Phone: (phone number removed) Email: (url removed) Zest Food Jobs | Specialist food & drink recruitment As you know over here at Zest we like to do things properly and always want to keep you, the candidate in the loop. Applying to this 'one of a kind' role you give Zest permission to hold your information. If you want to know more about how Zest look after your personal information please visit our privacy policy on the website (url removed)