Job Description

:

Shift Maintenance

Engineer

(Multi skilled)

=====================================================

Castle Cary

Salary:

43,

6

00

-

4

6,100

(

prorated and

inclusive of shift allowance)

dependent on experience

plus p

erformance related company bonus

Hours:

32

hours per week

Weekend

2x

s

hifts Saturday & Sunday alternating weekly between (nigh

ts)

10

pm

-10

a

m

& (days)

10

a

m-10

p

m

Weekday:

1x

shift

Mon-Fri 8am-4pm/6am-2p

m

Permanent position

Benefits:

Private medical insurance and free flu jabs

Free on-site parking

Employee shop

This is a great opportunity to join the dynamic Engineering Team at our Mars Petcare factory. Your role will focus on hands-on maintenance for specialised pet food processing & packaging equipment, including both mechanical and electrical challenges. The aim of this shift-based role is to problem solve and repair technical faults on the factory equipment. These faults cause lost efficiency and factory downtime, making the

Shift Maintenance Engineer

a critical & highly responsible role for our site to achieve production targets in a safe and food safe manner.



You will need to collaborate with other shift maintenance engineers, shift operations, and days engineers to maintain and improve future factory performance and asset reliability. This means you will also become involved in longer term improvements and projects to improve reliability on a particular asset, maintenance schedule, or maintenance strategy.

What are we looking for?

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Solid foundation in Engineering & Technical skills, built through a recognized apprenticeship. National Standard level 4 (or relevant level 3) or HNC / HND level in a combined Electrical & Mechanical Engineering discipline. Or Electrical or Mechanical Engineering qualification but with other qualifications / proven experience in the other discipline. Self-sufficient, hands on, and strong problem-solving ability. Systematic root cause analysis of technical issues. Demonstratable experience working in a maintenance or reliability department. Industry Health & Safety knowledge (e.g. LOTO, Risk Assessments & Safe Work Permits)

What would be your key responsibilities?

Perform fault diagnosis & repairs on random failures on production machinery, identifying the root cause in the repair process. Responsibility for technical safety and food safety standards on your shift, supporting the Shift Operations Manager. Provide technical experience and support to the Shift Operations Team. Responsible for overseeing all factory services on shift (including steam, electricity, air, water, and gas) Determine when and which technical issues are escalated to the days team. Complete planned maintenance activities & improvements with smooth transitions from maintenance back to production

What can you expect from Mars?

Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.

Join a purpose driven company, where

we're

striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today

Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

About Mars

Mars is a family-owned business with more than $35 billion in global sales. We produce some of the world's best-loved brands: M&M's, SNICKERS, TWIX, MILKY WAY, DOVE, PEDIGREE, ROYAL CANIN, WHISKAS, EXTRA, ORBIT, 5(TM), SKITTLES, BEN'S ORIGINAL

and COCOAVIA. Alongside our consumer brands, we proudly take care of half of the world's pets through our nutrition,

health

and services businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitals(TM), BluePearl, Linnaeus,

AniCura

, VCA(TM) and Pet Partners(TM). Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars

operates

in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles - Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom - inspire our 130,000 Associates into

taking action

every day towards creating the world we want tomorrow.