McCormick & Company
Maintenance Engineer

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Maintenance Engineer
Panama Shift Pattern, rotating days and nights, 12h shifts, 6am - 6pm, 6pm - 6am
Peterborough
This is a great opportunity to join our team, bringing to life our future condiments manufacturing facility, located in Peterborough, UK. Our vision is to build a sustainable, innovative McCormick factory-of-the-future to support our Flavour Solutions customers.
Main Responsibilities
- Continuously assess company plant and equipment for efficiency, purpose and implement improvements so that output will be optimised, inform of non-compliances.
- Use line monitoring, fault finding and problem-solving systems/techniques to maximise utilisation of all company plant and equipment, by minimising downtime through scheduled, planned, or ad hoc maintenance, and continuous improvement.
- Help reduce the company’s "Carbon Footprint" by efficient utilisation of resources, i.e.: Energy Usage, Waste Disposal, etc.
- Liaise and work closely with the production team enabling timely start-up of plant.
- Work safely, complying with the obligations under Health and Safety regulations.
- Study production schedules and estimates work hour requirements, for completion of job assignment.
- Confer with production, materials supervisors, and process technicians to coordinate activities.
- Prepare estimates, requisitions, and inspection routes for equipment.
- Manage small projects and assists with major projects when required.
- Regularly carry out audits for compliance to AIB / EFSIS / GMP Standards.
- Understand own responsibilities regarding food safety legislation, including HACCP, and carry out work accordingly.
- Work with Production and Quality teams to improve and develop operating practices to enhance product quality and customer service.
- Ensure full compliance with Company Quality, Food Safety, Health & Safety and Environmental requirements.
- Organise work activities to ensure the ‘no contamination’ of product.
- Ensure the safety of our product is not compromised in any way.
- Coordinate the activities of outside Engineers, Contractors, and Vendors.
- Complete all work undertaken, in a timely manner, and achieve deadlines.
- Have a flexible attitude towards all Engineering duties including providing cover for other Engineering functions and peers.
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Candidate Profile
- Minimum NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in relevant Engineering Discipline.
- Working experience in production environment (food or consumer products industry preferred), supported by a good track record of acquiring Engineering skills, continuous learning.
- A good understanding of inter-discipline skills and multi-skilling.
- A solid grounding in food handling safe practices.
- An awareness of HACCP, PUWER, LOLA and COSHH.
- Have a working knowledge of AC/DC drives and associated control equipment.
- Good written and verbal communication skills – ability to deal with both suppliers and internal customers.
- PC literate (Experience of MS Word, Lotus Notes and Excel Spreadsheets).
- Problem solving and fault-finding skills.
- Able to interpret schematic diagrams.
- Able to work on own initiative and highlight continuous Improvement opportunities.
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude towards work and colleagues, able to work in a team.
- Possess the energy and drive to get things done in a timely manner.
- Good understanding of various types of PLC including Allen Bradley, Schneider, and Siemens.
- Have a desire to upskill and learn.


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