Job Description

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Kepak is an Irish owned food company, serving international markets, restaurants and household food service names with prime cuts of meat, on trend food service solutions and ready-for-market convenience foods.

With over 50 years\' expertise in the meat craft, we are still leading the way with bespoke innovations and highly successful, international food brands.

Working Hours:

Working days: Monday - Sunday (4 on 4 off basis)

36 or 48 averaging 42 hours per week

05:00 until 17:00 or 07:00 until 19:00

On a satisfactory completion of apprenticeship, there may be an opportunity for a full time position

Pay:

\xc2\xa310.42 per hour

Purpose of the role:

To provide effective maintenance support to the Production team, maintain and repair the equipment, machinery and tools used in the factory provide reactive maintenance cover to production, using analytical fault-finding skills across electrical and mechanical disciplines to reduce production down time.

Main Responsibilities:

• To carry out effective Planned Preventative Maintenance as directed, making good use of time \'outside\' of production hours. \xe2\x80\xa2 To carry out maintenance and rectification works following audits, inspections, and production reports.

• Working to make continual improvements to plant and equipment to reduce repeat common point failures and improve site efficiencies.

• Keeping workshops, plant rooms and engineering storage areas clean and tidy to a standard that exceeds the requirements of internal and external audits.

• Keeping workshop tools and equipment serviceable, clean, and ready for use to meet the requirements for tool control.

• To keep up to date records of work completed on paper based and computer systems.

• All accountabilities support the engineering function which in turn reduces production down time and allows the department to meet its goals and objectives.

• Responsible for booking out spares used from engineering stores using barcode scanners.

• Responsible for highlighting any additional spare parts required to carry out tasks. Spares usage is monitored against each team member by way of monthly KPIs.

• Report any risks or any evidence of unsafe or out of specification product, equipment, packaging, or raw materials, to a designated manager to enable the resolution of issues requiring immediate action.

• Proactive can do attitude Commitment to good practice Flexibility Strong work ethic Able to work under own initiative and as part of a team.
• A minimum of 4 GCSE\'s (or equivalent) at grade C / 4 or above, including Maths, Science and English.

• Understand mathematical techniques, formula and calculations in a mechatronics maintenance environment and the type of equipment being maintained.
• Understand mechanical, electrical, electronic, fluid power and process control principles in a mechatronics maintenance environment.
• Understand how equipment being maintained functions and operating parameters in individual components and how they interact.
• Understand fault diagnostic methods, techniques and equipment used when maintaining equipment and systems.
• Understand condition monitoring methods and equipment used and understand how the information gained.
• Supports the planning of maintenance activities.
• Understand how to minimise machinery downtime by implementing planned preventative maintenance programmes.

• Read and interpret relevant data and documentation used to maintain components, equipment and systems
• Carry out condition monitoring of plant and equipment.
• Carry out planned maintenance activities on plant and equipment.
• Carrying out complex fault diagnosis and repair activities on high technology engineered systems such as:
• Maintaining mechanical equipment
• Maintaining fluid & pneumatic power equipment
• Maintaining electrical & electronic equipment
• Maintaining process control equipment
• Carrying out confirmation testing and subsequent smooth hand over of equipment & plant support the installation, testing and commissioning of equipment (where applicable). Contribute to the business by identifying possible opportunities for improving working practices, processes and/or procedures.

• 31 days Annual Leave (After Probation)
• Employee Benefits Platform
• Pension Plan
• Christmas Hamper
• Earn up to \xc2\xa3500 with our refer a friend scheme
• On-Site Parking
• Cycle To Work Scheme
• Subsidised Canteen

Kepak Group