Engineering Technician (Days)

Job Title: Engineering Technician

Location: Milton Keynes

Shift: Days (Mon-Thu)

Are you ready to Be Your Best Barr None?

We are all about Being Your Best Barr None and having a career with real Moments that Matter! 

AG Barr has been quenching the nation’s thirst for over 145 years and is home to some of the UK’s most loved drinks brands.

Employing over 1,000 people across four business units and ten UK locations, we are proud to be a responsible business that takes care of our people, values diversity, gives something back to our communities and works to minimise our environmental impact.

At our core is Barr Soft Drinks, home to some of the UK’s most loved soft drinks. Whether it’s the iconic IRN-BRU, launched in 1901 and still going strong today, the vibrant RUBICON fruit based brand or the unique range of BARR flavours, we brighten people’s lives with refreshingly different drinks.

And we’re growing, thanks to some exciting acquisitions in recent years, including the functional drinks brand Boost, FUNKIN which operates in the exciting and growing cocktail market and MOMA, which crafts quality oats into great tasting oat drinks and porridges.

There's never been a better time to join us!

What we’re looking for…

To provide technical expertise ensuring maximum equipment availability and reliability through completion of scheduled Planned Maintenance activities and where required, ensure a timely reactive response to support technical issues across site. All completed with the highest levels of health and safety and quality in mind. 

Our large factories produce multi formats across a number of high speed modern lines, producing to high quality standards whilst maximising production outputs and minimising overhead costs. The Engineering Technician is part of a team of Technicians reporting to the Engineering Team Leader.

Key relations include : Site manufacturing teams, Quality team members, Projects, Service providers, HS&E and approved contractors

Your responsibilities will include...

As an Engineering Technician your responsibilities will include;

• Undertake planned preventative and corrective maintenance across all equipment on the site recommending improvements where appropriate, to ensure efficiencies are maximised.
• When undertaking fault finding and diagnostic work, understand and diagnose problems and then implement permanent corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
  Working with the equipment users to understand clearly the problems to ensure that sustainable remedial solutions can be implemented
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and follow these through to implementation where appropriate
• Carry out all duties in accordance with safe working practices and factory hygiene standards.
• Produce detailed written reports when and where required i.e. downtime sheets and line log books.
• When identifying faulty equipment consult manufacturers manuals & read detailed mechanical exploded drawings so correct replacement parts can be ordered.
  

What you’ll bring...

• City & Guilds/NVQ Level 3 in a Mechanical/Electrical engineering discipline
• ONC/ BTEC Level 3 or equivalent  Mechanical/Electrical engineering discipline
• Time served/ Apprentice trained 
• 18th Edition IEE regulations certification desirable
• Previous experience of working in an Engineering/Maintenance department - preferably within a food manufacturing or FMCG environment.
• Ability to fault find, diagnose and correct Electrical and Mechanical equipment faults and implement appropriate measures to prevent recurrence.
• Proven knowledge and experience of initiating and implementing continuous improvements, lean manufacturing and Six sigma techniques.
• Knowledge of industrial control systems and PLC’s - preferably Siemens
• Attention to detail - with a real focus on accuracy, will work hard to ensure a right first time approach and will have the ability to spot discrepancies and inaccuracies with ease.
• Problem-solver  - tenacious and will use creativity, innovation and an analytical approach to exhaust all options until a satisfactory solution is found.
• Strong IT skills.
• Proactive and positive can-do attitude.
  

What we offer…

We believe in creating a diverse and inclusive culture where your voice can be heard.  Our skilled, loyal and committed people are critical to the future success of AG Barr which is why we are continually investing in our employees to develop their talent.

We look after our employees by offering a competitive salary and benefits package which includes;

• Up to 33 days holiday (depending on shift pattern)
• Flexible holiday trading
• Living Wage Employer
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Flexible benefits e.g. discounts & cashbacks, gym memberships, technology purchases etc
• Life assurance
• Save as you earn scheme
• Staff sales discount
• Free AG Barr products throughout your working day
• Pension
• Annual salary review 
• Ongoing professional development

And much more! 

To find out more about what it is like to work for AG Barr, please visit our careers platform here.

We are an equal opportunities employer and happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be needed for successful candidates with a disability, health or mental health condition.

While we have highlighted our ideal requirements for this role, we are realistic that the successful candidate probably won't meet every single requirement in this advert, but we are big advocates of people growing in role. So even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to submit an application - you may be just what we are looking for! Apply now!

Speculative CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Latest closing date for applications is Friday 21st June 2024.

Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so apply now!

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