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The British flower market is worth £1.2bn and MM Flowers supplies fresh cut flowers and bouquets to the U.K.’s and Europe’s leading flower retailers. We grow and source the highest quality and most beautiful blooms across the world, delivering colour, passion, and inspiration through breath-taking blooms.

Established in 2007, MM Flowers has grown exponentially every year and is based in a purpose built, state-of-the-art facility in Alconbury, Huntingdon. MM Flowers employs over 900 people who are dedicated to delivering exceptional quality and service to our customers.

To continue our tremendous growth, we need the brilliant people to help us achieve our goals. We aim to deliver excellence at every point in the supply chain from distribution to processing, technical standards through to marketing, with consideration for our people and the planet at the heart of everything we do.

If this sounds like a company that you would like to be a part of, and you have the talent, energy, and drive to be a part of shaping our journey, we would love to hear from you.

We are currently looking for a Nightshift Engineer

Support the maintenance activity within the department (Preventative and Breakdown maintenance and Improvement activities) to assist in the delivery of an effective operation on a day to day basis and in the future.

Monitor and investigate opportunities for continuous improvement in equipment performance, using KPI’s and Visual Management techniques.

Core Responsibilities

• Undertake a programme of Planned Preventative Maintenance and condition monitoring for key equipment & machinery across the manufacturing areas, to ensure that machinery & equipment is maintained correctly and operates safely and as efficiently as possible.
• Prioritise activities such as reactive maintenance, breaks etc. in order to provide a fast response to breakdowns within the manufacturing areas to ensure that equipment “up time” is kept to a maximum.
• Actively support and encourage a programme of TPM and assist with the training of colleagues in the relevant activities, in accordance with H&S and engineering legislative codes of practice policies and procedures.
• Inform line management of any damage suspected of being due to mistreated use of equipment or machinery.
• Any tools or equipment that are used for maintenance purposes must abide by Health & Safety regulations and report to the Engineering Manager if this is not the case.
• To support with additional maintenance tasks across the UK sites as and when requested.
• Support with general office maintenance requests.

What you can already do

• Fault finding during production
• Performing planned and predictive maintenance
• Assessing need of spare parts
• Undertake effective planning and prioritisation of workload wherever necessary
• Ensure that resources are used to optimum effect
• Understand and operate in line with relevant legislation, Company policy and procedures
• Complete and maintain accurate, timely documentation and records as required by the business
• Maintain the required standards of housekeeping
• Support other teams and functions as required by the business
• Undertake self development activities as required by the business
• Undertake any other tasks or duties as required by your line manager
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes and practises operated by the Company
• Liase with Coordinator to establish requirements
• Conforming to health and safety procedures.
• Meet targets and maintain KPI’s.
• Manage and ensure full and timely completion of assigned or identified projects.
• Maintain a hygienic, clean and tidy working environment at all times.
• Ensure conformance to work wear requirements.

So, what’s the package? When you work at MM Flowers you get more than just a salary.

• Holiday allowances are calculated on the days worked and you can find your allowance in your offer letter.
• Pension Scheme - You will be auto-enrolled onto the company pension scheme after 3 months. At present we operate an auto enrolment scheme where you will benefit from contributions from us.
• Onsite Parking – free parking is available onsite.
• Recommend a Friend Scheme – £250 is payable to you when you recommend a friend who is successful through the application process and successfully completes their 3-month probationary period.
• Career Progression – we actively encourage employees from within the business to consider roles which become available and whether that be within their field or want to consider a cross functional move.
• Wonderful working environment– we are all working in a modern contemporary purpose-built State of the Art facility.
• We are committed to an open ethical and fair working environment and have a Whistleblowing Policy in place to ensure complaints and concerns are handled appropriately.
• We work with an Occupational Health provider to support employees both mentally and physically.
• We run corporate engagement initiatives throughout the year.
• We gather employee feedback annually to see how we can improve the employee experience.
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What are you waiting for, we would love to hear from you.

If this position doesn’t match your experience but you love the sound of MM Flowers we welcome speculative applicants, please forward your cv and a covering letter about the type of role or function you are interested in being considered for.

MM Flowers are a proud equal opportunity employer, and we understand the benefits of nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, genetic information. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation to complete the job role advertised are encouraged to apply.

We believe we can only achieve our potential if we employ a diverse population of people, ideas, and perspectives. We are committed to grow our workplace culture, encouraging team members to feel unique valued and engaged, enabling them to achieve their full potential.