Shift Maintenance Engineer

Company Description

We’re a buccaneering, privately owned, family business with almost 40 years of experience. We’re based in Whitby, a real place with a rich history as a fishing port. We also have a processing site in Kilkeel, Northern Ireland. We employ over 350 people across these two sites and produce around 8,000 tonnes of seafood.

As a company, we are obsessed with top-notch seafood and are the market leaders in quality. We are the beacon brand for scampi and are the UK’s largest buyer and processor of scampi. Simply put, we sell more scampi than anyone else anywhere else, and we are proud to sell our scampi under the Whitby brand.

We have won quite a few Great Taste awards for our products, and our flagship product, Whitby Scampi, is a famous dish in pubs, restaurants, and kitchen tables throughout the country.

We are family-owned and run, making us a strongly entrepreneurial business, and we are always looking for talented people to join us.

Role Description

This full-time Shift Maintenance Engineer role requires on-site work in Whitby. The Shift Maintenance Engineer will be responsible for equipment maintenance, both electrical and mechanical. They will also perform electrical and mechanical fault-finding and electrical installations.

The role is very hands-on and calls for an individual who is happy to adopt a multi-skilled approach. Therefore, whilst the role has an electrical bias, you will be expected to be able to apply yourself to a wide base of multi-skilled engineering applications.

Holding appropriate engineering qualifications, including an apprenticeship in electrical maintenance, 18th Edition, and at least 12 months of practical engineering exposure with a desire to expand your engineering experience in a fast-paced, dynamic, stimulating and rewarding working environment, you will be given the opportunity and support to take on responsibility from the outset and become an integral member of a friendly and supportive engineering team.

Must be happy to work a regular rotating shift-based work pattern.

Experience

• Experience of installing/maintaining electrical services and equipment up to 415V
• At least one year’s experience post qualification working with 3 phase distribution
• Experience of working as an individual or as part of a small team without direct authority
• Evidence of maintenance experience in other relevant disciplines e.g. mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic
• Experience of prioritizing a busy workload, balancing planned maintenance, project work and installations with unplanned events such as breakdowns, etc.
• Experience of working in a food manufacturing environment

Knowledge

• Electrically apprentice trained or qualifications to this effect
• Computer literate
• Holds City & Guilds 2391 and 2392 qualifications (training can be given)
• Holds 18th Edition IEE certificate (training can be given)
• Evidence of professional development and skills development

Skills

• Strong Inter-personal and communication skills
• Ability to use own initiative to good effect
• Planning skills
• Organisational Skills