Engineer - Day Shift

AI overview

Play a critical role in maintaining equipment performance and implementing preventative measures while ensuring high safety standards in a dynamic environment.

Role Summary

As an Engineer at Westfalia Fruit, you'll play a critical role in keeping our Spalding facility running smoothly and efficiently. You'll be responsible for implementing preventative maintenance programs, conducting regular inspections, and ensuring all equipment operates at peak performance while upholding the highest safety standards.

This is a Day Shift role: 8am - 5pm Mon-Friday, covering 1 in 4 weekends on rota basis.

Responsibilities

  • Working collaboratively to enhance preventative measures across our sites.
  • Under the guidance of the Engineering Supervisors, adhere to the rapid response protocols.
  • Contribute insights to maintenance trends for process improvements.
  • Support the Engineering Manager/Supervisors with the new system implementations.
  • Participate in regular facility audits for safety and compliance.

 

Health & Safety – Special Responsibilities

  • To take reasonable care of your own health and safety.
  • To take reasonable care not to put other employees and members of the public at risk by what you do or don't do in the course of your work.
  • To co-operate with your employer, in relation to training given, following procedures and wearing of any PPE required for carrying out your role.
  • Not to interfere with or misuse anything that's been provided for your own or others health, safety or welfare.
  • To report any injuries, strains or illnesses you suffer as a result of performing your role.
  • To inform your employer immediately if something happens that might affect your ability to work i.e. pregnancy or suffering an injury.
  • To ensure a good standard of housekeeping in your work area adhering to the clean as you go policy.

Requirements

Essential Experience

  • Previous exposure to a similar maintenance position (this could be as part of an apprenticeship or other entry level role)
  • Willingness to work the night shift as advertised
  • Ability to drive and have access to own transportation

Desirable Experience

  • Qualifications within electrical, plumbing, mechanical or refrigeration would be beneficial but not essential
  • Ability to prioritise tasks and work in an agile environment
  • Attention to detail and high standards of finish to all work carried out
  • Willingness to pick up new skills and training quickly and to a high standard
  • Team player with good relationship building skills
  • Dependable and self-motivated
  • Efficient and pro-active in your day-to-day work

Benefits

'20 days holiday

Free on-site parking

Additional Annual Leave day on your Birthday

Company pension plan

Medicash plan

Life Insurance

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Birthday leave: Additional Annual Leave day on your Birthday
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days holiday

Come and join the leading #avoexperts 🥑 Westfalia Fruit is a leading multinational supplier of fresh fruit and related value added products to global markets. Through our vertically-integrated supply chain we grow, source, ripen, pack, process and market quality avocadoes & fresh produce – 365 days a year & across the globe. With the largest avocado-growing footprint in the world, we are recognised as the leading #avoexperts, and considered as the supplier of choice to both retail & wholesale customers whom we serve from sales offices in the UK, Europe, North America, Latin America & Southern Africa.

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