Engineering Technician

Company: Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd
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Location: Manchester
Job Description:

Engineering Technician (Dairy) – Manchester – Permanent contract: 4 on 4 off (2 days & 2 nights, 7‑7)

Overview

Provide safe frontline reactive maintenance, identify root causes, bring equipment back into service quickly, and seek cost‑effective improvements to site assets and reliability.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure effective handover of information across shift.
  • Use PMS to support prioritisation and problem‑solving (RCFA).
  • Diagnose faults and test, repair and maintain mechanical/electrical equipment.
  • Observe, recognise and report machinery or component defects or symptoms of impending failure, providing CMMS data.
  • Contact OEMs and suppliers for technical support and expedite parts when not available on site.
  • Lead shift‑based problem solving where corrective actions aren’t clear.
  • Work as ONE TEAM with First Line Response Technician.
  • Coach operators with asset‑care tasks.
  • Identify and implement improvements.
  • Identify life‑cycle issues and raise these with possible recommendations.
  • Use and support simple 5WHY OE techniques/RCA techniques through to 100 year fix.
  • Use and support departmental 5S programmes for workshops and stores.

Qualifications

  • Recognised apprenticeship.
  • Experience within maintenance.
  • Manufacturing industry experience.
  • Mechanical/Electrical bias.
  • ONC/HNC.
  • IOSH/Nebosh – desirable.
  • Electrical qualification.
  • Multiskilled engineer experience.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary.
  • Generous annual leave allowance (276 hours).
  • Access to Müller Rewards Platform.
  • Long‑term career with a company that invests in you!
  • Career development and defined pathways.
  • Onsite car park.
  • Supportive team environment.
  • Life assurance.
  • Pension scheme.
  • 5% annual bonus (company target‑dependent).

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Posted: June 1st, 2026