Multi Skilled Engineer

Job Title: Multi Skilled Engineer 

Reports to: Engineering Shift Manager

Locations: Ornua Foods UK, Leek

Salary: £41,000-£46,000 per annum depending on experience

Benefits:  Free onsite parking, Generous annual leave entitlement, Matched Company Contribution Pension up to 8%, Subsidised Staff Canteen, Company shop offering discounts on Ornua products, Sports & Social Club, Staff Lottery, Discount on Bikes & Tech Scheme, Confidential Employee Assist Programme

Ornua (meaning “new gold”) is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, proudly bringing the unique taste of Irish dairy to the world for over 55 years.

Are you a Multi Skilled Engineer looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success?

Ornua is actively seeking a Multi Skilled Engineer to join our Engineering department as we continue our growth trajectory. The Multi Skilled Engineer will be responsible for delivering a high-quality, professional service to our stakeholders, and whilst ongoing maintenance and reactive tasks are necessary, our engineers need to be proactive and forward thinking in their approach to ensure that production continues to run with maximum efficiency enabling our clients’ needs to be met.

Why Ornua?

• Ornua operates from 10 business units worldwide, including 16 production facilities, and has sales and marketing teams working in-market across all four corners of the globe.
• The Group is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients.
• Ornua Foods is responsible for the marketing and sales of Ornua’s consumer brands including Kerrygold, Pilgrims Choice.
• Our co-operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business as a purpose and values-led organisation, creating value for Irish dairy farming families.
• Our Values lie at the core of everything we do. Our five values encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care, and Achieve Great Things Together.
• We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities.
• Training, learning and development opportunities for the engineering team
• Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.

Why This Role Is Valuable:

The Multi Skilled Engineer is responsible for;

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance tasks in line with the schedule and undertake emergency breakdown repairs
• Following up tasks from PPM and order any spare parts required
• Ensuring compliance to Health and safety/food safety standards at all times
• Carrying out dynamic risk assessments in line with your daily tasks
• Maintaining and improving standards of hygiene and housekeeping in all areas of the factory including the engineering office and workshop
• Ensuring production lines are running in optimum condition
• Assisting in the installation of new equipment to the site
• Use and maintenance of the Mainsaver CMMS system
• Development and upskilling of Engineering apprentices and line operatives where applicable
• Providing both Reactive & PPM
• Working on a Variety of Kit Including Cheese cutting equipment (Block/portion/Sliced/Grated), Conveyors, Multihead Weighers, Packaging Equipment & Metal detectors
• Ensuring that equipment is set up and ready for shift start

What You Bring To The Role:

• Trained to L3 and relevant qualification in Engineering (HNC/ HND)
• Base knowledge of food production lines/process machinery from experience within FMCG/ food industry
• PC competent (Word/Excel)
• Experience in trouble shooting and fault-finding diagnostics.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Continuous Improvement & lean experience
   

Ornua has ambitious growth plans and we’re building a team to help enable and accelerate that growth. We are looking for people who share our values, are curious, forward-looking, take ownership and work together to build a future for themselves and Ornua.

Would you like to make an impact?

To learn more, please visit Ornua at www.ornua.com