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Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
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📍 Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
💷 £50,900 – £56,900 (including shift allowances, DOE) 🎁 + £2,500 Welcome Bonus 🍀 Performance Bonus & Exceptional Benefits
🕗 Shift Pattern: 12-hour shifts (7 am–7 pm), alternating between 2 days, 2 nights, with 4 days off
🌟 Why Join Mars at Melton Mowbray?
At Mars, we’re leaders in high-speed food processing innovation. As a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, you’ll collaborate with state-of-the-art technology in a dynamic environment while growing your career and expertise alongside a supportive team.
Cutting-Ed《** некои e Teh nih:**
- Work with ABB/Kuka robotics, Allen Bradley PLCs, and predictive maintenance tools.
Supportive Culture:
- Emphasis on innovation, continuous improvement, and collaborative problem-solving.
💼 The Role
- Reduce downtime through fast-resolution problem-solving and technical excellence.
- Provide technical guidance, training, and leadership to improve reliability, waste reduction, safety, and quality.
- Implement predictive maintenance strategies to optimize equipment lifespan and minimize disruptions.
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⭐ What’s in it for you?
Your compensation package includes:
- £2,500 Welcome Bonus paid in your first week’s salary.
- Hot food restaurant on-site.
- Structured career growth with Mars University’s world-class training.
- Private healthcare + equal parental leave.
- Generous pension (up to 9% employer contribution).
- Life assurance (4x salary).
- EV salary sacrifice scheme.
- Gym membership + wellbeing support.
- Annual leave starting at 24 days, increasing to 32 days with service.
- Free on-site parking.
🔧 Responsibilities
- Fault-finding & breakdown resolution across diverse mechanical/electrical systems.
- Oversee maintenance schedules, ensuring smooth transition between production and maintenance.
- Conduct risk assessments and prepare safe-work method statements.
- Procure spare parts and services for equipment repairs.
- Level one problem-solving (e.g., component failure analysis) and root cause diagnosis.
- Document all breakdowns/known jobs in Atlas for record-keeping.
🔍 Qualifications & Experience
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- Minimum qualification: Higher National Certificate or Diploma in Engineering with practical experience.
- Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) background with hands-on maintenance expertise.
- Proven problem-solving skills, including root cause analysis of technical failures.
- Proficiency in:
- Microsoft Excel, PI ProcessBook, and SAP Planned Maintenance.
- Risk assessment and change control protocols.
- Experience leading sustainable fault-finding and maintenance investigations to improve reliability.
🌍 About Mars
As part of a family-owned global leader with $35B+ in sales, you’ll contribute to some of the world’s most beloved brands—M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, DOVE®, Pedigree®, Whiskas®, BEN’S ORIGINAL®, and so much more. Alongside iconic snacks, Mars cares for nearly half the world’s pets through businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitals™, Royal Canin®, and BluePearl®.
The Mars Five Principles—Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, and Freedom—drive our 140,000+ Associates worldwide to create a better tomorrow.
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