About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Multi Skilled Engineer to join our Engineering Team at Avara Foods. As a key member of our team, you will play a crucial role in optimizing machinery output and product quality, minimizing plant downtime, and maintaining a safe and healthy environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance and breakdown/reactive maintenance of plant and equipment.
• Ensure engineering maintenance is carried out in line with the current schedule and effective and efficient corrective action is taken.
• Quick and effective response to breakdowns, identifying root cause and suggesting possible improvements to prevent further breakdowns.
• Communicate unscheduled breakdowns to management and work with the operations department to minimize plant disruption.
• Record and identify spare parts used through CMMS and report to the Engineering Manager.
• Follow good engineering standards and good hygiene practice for the department across the whole site.
• Ensure maintenance and engineering practices are audit compliant.
• Ensure all activities are carried out within company and legislative health and safety and environmental guidelines, reporting any issues.
• Ensure compliance through regular process weigher and liquid meter calibrations (Weights and Measures Act).
• Proficient in engineering operations while working in hazardous environments (Confined Space Entry, Hot working in confined spaces, Hot working, WAH).
• Participate in mechanical projects and installations – elevators, conveyors, machine installs, machine refurbishment.
• Participate in electrical projects and installations – panel manufacture and installation, PLC upgrades, PAT testing, thermographic surveying.
• Efficient operations of effluent plant systems ensuring environmental compliance.
• Understand the operations of fire suppression systems – Fire Trace, Sprinkler system, Hydrant system.
• Demonstrate understanding of environmental impacts – DSEAR, Dust controls and Explosion mitigation.

Requirements:

• Time served Multi-skilled Apprenticeship in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Proactive and dynamic approach to safety.
• Good diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work under pressure while having a high attention to detail.
• Flexibility with a positive attitude and the ability to work well within a small team.
• Food manufacture experience desirable.
• IEE 17th or 18th Edition desirable.
• PLC experience desirable.
• Pneumatic and Hydraulic experience desirable.
• Boiler Operator Accreditation Scheme (BOAS) certification desirable.

About Avara Foods:

Avara Foods is one of the UK's largest food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the nation's most popular supermarkets and restaurants. We are a fully integrated business controlling the whole product supply chain, which includes feed mills, farms, hatcheries, and factories with associated transport and logistics functions that employ more than 7,000 people. This is achieved by investing in people, utilizing the latest technology, and being uncompromising in our commitment to high quality and food standards.