Maintenance Engineering Team Leader

Maintenance Engineering Team Leader

Wehave an exciting opportunity for aMaintenance Engineering Team Leaderto join our team atFloretteinLichfield. You'll report into and assist the Maintenance Manager in managing a team of Maintenance Engineers. You will also carry out engineering duties alongside your team, ensuring routine servicing and conducting repairs across the site is performed at a high quality. This role is perfect for a current Maintenance Engineer with proven team-leading and managing skills that is wanting to move into a Team Leader position. You will have a good knowledge of both preventative and reactive maintenance, ideally within a food manufacturing environment.

We're really excited about what's in store for our Engineering department this year. We're midway through implementing plans to develop/replace some of the equipment on our site. These roles offer an opportunity for a proactive and innovative individual to drive forward technological advancements and make a significant contribution to the future of engineering projects within our organisation.

Pay: £49,867 per annum with annual bonus.

Working hours:Panama Shift - 12 hour shifts | Rotating days & nights | 7am-7pm & 7pm-7am.

Main Responsibilities

• Motivate and lead a team of engineers and contractors whilst encouraging EPIC behaviours (Excellence, Positivity, Innovation and Co-operation)
• Day to day upkeep of Production Equipment.
• Site-wide Preventative Maintenance.
• Reacting to breakdowns quickly in order to reduce downtime.
• Equipment repair, technical repairing, in addition to factory start up and testing.
• Ensure implementation of hygiene and safety regulations, the wearing of protective clothing and the correct use and maintenance of hardware available whilst following general compliance with internal regulations and labour legislation.

SkillsandExperience Required

• Technical Hands-On-Engineering Experience, ideally within a food manufacturing environment.
• Broad knowledge of both Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, as well as Hydraulics, Pneumatics, and PC/Inverter Assets.
• Relevant technical qualifications in either mechanical or electrical fields at a minimum NVQ Level 3, ideally through a recognised time served apprenticeship.
• Experience and knowledge of Planned Maintenance and PPM development.
• Specific experience of prioritising resources in a busy environment.

What You Will GetInReturn

A competitive salary, inclusion in our annual bonus scheme and a range of employee benefits youd expect from a market leading business, including:

• Eligibility in our annual bonus scheme.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme: providing a Remote GP service along with a 24/7 helpline for financial, legal, medical and life issues.
• A flexible & competitive annual leave entitlement that increases with service and offers an option to purchase additional holiday.
• Company Benefit Platform with access to discounts on supermarkets, high-street retailers, and many more.
• Personalised and regular Training and Development as well as recognition awards, an annual volunteering day, internal company events, and
• Life Assurance - three times your basic salary paid to your nominated beneficiary.
• A free staff transport service covering Lichfield, Burton on Trent, Cannock, Rugeley, Burntwood.

About Us

Florette is one of three UK food manufacturing factories within Agrial Fresh Produce, which is a part of the larger 22,000 employee strong French co-operative group, Agrial. The business operates mainly under its recognisable Florette salad brand and we are one of the UKs leading producers in the industry. Under the Florette brand, our site processes and distributes pre-packed, ready to eat fresh salad bags and other fresh produce to well-known retailers in the UK.

Agrial has operations across 18 regions, with 280 farming outlets and 5 different divisions, which comprise Beverage, Dairy, Meat, Fresh Produce & Agricultural operations; its not just about lettuce! As well as the 3 factories in the UK, we also have a farming operation Agrial Fresh Farms. All UK sites operate under the name of Agrial Fresh Produce Limited and fall under Agrial's vegetable division. We have a recipe for success through our EPIC values and working together as one team.

Next Steps

Its an exciting time to join our business! Were looking for positive and innovative people to join our professional team. If you have the skills andexperiencewe are looking for, and want a fresh challenge we would love for you to join us on our journey!

Please apply directly by following the link in this advert, or alternatively contact Will Kaye, Recruitment Officer for a totally confidential discussion.

Note to recruitment agencies:this role is being handled by the company HR team and no agency contact is required.

Agrial Fresh Producereservetherightto close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

We are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all of our staff. Thats why weve taken the Mental Health at Work Commitment and are currently delivering a programme of activities to ensure that everyone can have open and honest conversations about their wellbeing in the workplace and feel supported. We encourage applications from persons with experience of poor mental health and are committed to supporting our employees to fulfil their potential and perform at their best in work.

Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd is an Equal Opportunities employer.In addition, as part of Responsible Recruitment, Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd believes in the Employer Pay Principle. No worker should pay for a job the costs of recruitment should be borne not by the worker but by the employer.

VISA Sponsorship:We are unable to provide VISA sponsorship, and therefore cannot employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Our recruitment process will ask you to provide evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.

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Location: Fradley Park, GB

Posted Date: 10/31/2024