Job Overview
Engineering Technician
Employer: KEITH SPICER LTD
Location: North Shields NE29 6AR
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
Working Pattern: Rotating shifts, including earlies, lates and nights, with approximately 6 weekend days per year by agreement
Salary & Benefits
Salary: £42,000–£43,000 per year
Benefits include:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Enhanced company pension scheme
- Life insurance
- Cash plan
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Staff sales
- Free parking
- Employee discount
- Sick pay
- Bereavement leave
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and improve the safety, legality and quality of manufactured products
- Maintain production and warehouse machinery in good working order
- Keep machinery, fittings and working areas clean and hygienic
- Operate production lines, including machine setup, running, packing and line checks
- Record servicing, maintenance and breakdown information accurately
- Support the development of the Planned Preventive Maintenance programme
- Service production machinery and attend breakdowns
- Escalate engineering issues when required
- Contribute to Continuous Improvement activities
- Train operators and packers to carry out basic asset maintenance
- Maintain factory, warehouse and office buildings
- Switch machinery on and off before and after production
- Open and secure the factory and set alarms when required
- Follow health, safety and environmental regulations
- Identify improvements to increase production machinery performance
- Order spare parts when the Engineering Team Leader is absent
- Supervise subcontractors when instructed
- Support production staff to maintain efficient and continuous output
- Train new staff when required
- Carry out other duties assigned by the Engineering Team Leader or relevant managers
Requirements
- Electro/Mechanical Engineering qualification
- Experience working with relevant production machinery is desirable
- Experience with IMA, C51, C21, C23, C24, C27, Ilapak fill, Marden Edwards overwrappers, Fuso tea bag machines, Bradman Lake carton packers or Fuji flow-wrappers is desirable
- Self-motivated approach and willingness to learn
- Ability to work effectively in a busy environment
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Proactive approach and ability to take initiative
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and support departments
- Approximately 2 years’ electro/mechanical engineering experience is preferred
- Full eligibility to work in the UK
- Sponsorship is not available for this role
About The Role
KEITH SPICER LTD is recruiting an Engineering Technician to join its team in Newcastle, based at North Shields.
Spicers is a specialty tea company with more than 80 years of experience producing tea blends. The company manufactures black, green, speciality, fruit and herbal teas, as well as private-label products.
The successful Engineering Technician will be responsible for maintaining production and warehouse machinery and helping to ensure the safety, legality and quality of manufactured products.
The role includes planned preventative maintenance, servicing production machinery, responding to breakdowns and accurately recording maintenance and servicing information on the company’s maintenance database.
The successful applicant will also contribute to Continuous Improvement activities aimed at improving asset and machinery performance. They may train operators and packers in basic asset maintenance and support production staff to ensure efficient and continuous output.
The role also includes maintaining factory, warehouse and office buildings, ensuring machinery is switched on and off appropriately, opening and securing the factory when required and setting alarms.
Candidates should hold an Electro/Mechanical Engineering qualification. Experience with specific production machinery used in tea manufacturing and packaging is desirable, including IMA, Ilapak, Marden Edwards, Fuso, Bradman Lake and Fuji equipment.
The current working pattern includes early shifts from Monday to Friday, 06:30–14:30, and late shifts from Monday to Thursday, 14:20–23:00, with Friday late shifts running from 14:20–19:00. There is also a requirement to work approximately six weekend days per year, with the specific day agreed in advance.
The advertised salary is £42,000–£43,000 per year.
Employees receive 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, an enhanced company pension scheme, life insurance, cash plan, Cycle to Work Scheme, staff sales and free parking.
The company states that applicants must have full eligibility to work in the UK and that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Source
KEITH SPICER LTD / Indeed
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