About Avara Foods
We are one of the UK’s leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to major supermarkets and well-known restaurants. We own and manage our entire supply chain from farms to factory and all the way to the customer door, covering a range of functions across our major processing sites and agricultural network.
About the Wednesbury Site
Our advanced manufacturing site in Wednesbury, West Midlands, is our newest facility and we have invested around £4.7 million into state‑of‑the‑art facilities. It is a flagship Added Value centre employing over 150 talented individuals who supply some of the UK’s largest supermarkets and popular restaurants.
About the Role
Are you passionate about engineering and looking for a new challenge? With experience in machinery or qualifications in mechanical/electrical engineering, you could join our Engineering Team as a Multi‑Skilled Maintenance Engineer at the Wednesbury site.
The role is factory based, so you’ll work in a fast‑paced, dynamic FMCG factory environment that is noisy and refrigerated in some areas, manufacturing short shelf‑life products where hygiene standards are critical. You will work a rotating 4‑0‑4‑0 pattern (05:00–17:00 and 12:00–00:00) with a shift premium of £5,006.56.
Key Responsibilities
- Subject Matter Expert in one area of the factory or lower tier of the Multi‑Skilled Engineer framework.
- Ensure maintenance is carried out in line with scheduled plans and effective corrective action is taken.
- Respond quickly and effectively to breakdowns in multiple areas onsite, identify root cause and suggest improvements to prevent further breakdowns.
- Communicate unscheduled breakdowns to the Engineering Section Manager and work with the operations department to minimise plant disruption.
- Follow good engineering and hygiene practice for the department.
- Ensure all activities comply with company and legislative health and safety guidelines, highlighting possible improvements.
- Timely report any Health and Safety, Animal Welfare and Environmental issues.
- Follow the communicated escalation route for unscheduled plant downtime and minimise downtime by applying good engineering practice.
- Demonstrate basic problem‑solving techniques to identify root causes of issues.
Requirements
- Advanced Apprenticeship in Engineering.
- Level 3 NVQ in electrical or mechanical engineering (military equivalents considered).
- 4 + years of engineering experience.
- Electrical or welding/fabrication experience.
- Familiarity with process machinery or equivalent equipment and ability to fault‑find.
- Mechanical fitting skills.
- Self‑motivated attitude, ability to multi‑task and thrive in a timeline‑driven environment.
- Interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to work individually or as part of a team.
- For internal candidates, a score of 7 on the Level 2 to Level 3 Competency matrix.
Desirable
- Food manufacture experience.
- IEE 17th or 18th Edition.
- Instrumentation and process control experience.
- PLC experience.
- Air and pneumatics training.
- Refrigeration experience.
Benefits
- From £40,320.73 DOE per annum.
- Additional £5,006.56 shift allowance per annum.
- 31 days holiday allowance (pro rata).
- 5 % pension contribution.
- Life assurance.
- Various lifestyle benefits such as cashback perks, exclusive shopping discounts from well‑known retailers, and discounted cinema tickets.
- Wellbeing resources, including free online health advice & support, and wellbeing assessments.
We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
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