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Engineer
Haverfordwest

About Us

First Milk is a wholly British farmer-owned dairy co-operative with a vision to create value for members by delivering long-term prosperity in the form of success, profitability, security, and well-being.

Owned by the family farms that supply us with milk and invest capital in the business, we produce award-winning cheddar, regional cheeses, and dairy ingredients, as well as marketing fresh raw milk to many other UK dairy processors.

We work together as one team, with a relentless focus on efficiency and quality, to deliver competitive total returns to our farmer members. We put customers at the heart of our business, creating value through strong, long-term partnerships.

We are now looking for an Engineer to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working a 4 on, 4 off shift pattern (days and nights).

The Benefits

- Competitive Salary
- Shift allowance
- Life insurance
- 26 days holiday including public holidays
- Pension

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled/multiskilled maintenance engineer with a decent grounding in electrical and mechanical engineering to join our dedicated team.

You will have the chance to work with a variety of innovative equipment, from automation systems to plant infrastructure, gaining you invaluable experience with cutting-edge technology.

Whats more, we foster a culture of continuous improvement, in an environment where your expertise and ideas will be valued and contribute to making a real impact.

So, if you want to take the next step in your engineering career with a company that invests in its people, read on and apply today!

The Role

As an Engineer, you will maintain, troubleshoot and make repairs to a wide range of processing equipment, ensuring efficient and reliable manufacturing operations across our Haverfordwest creamery.

Specifically, you will work with automation, pumps, compressors, pipework, actuators, conveyors and other varied process equipment, working in a safe and compliant manner at all times, having had previous experience of a permit to work system.

Seeking to maximise efficiency, you will complete planned and unplanned works, monitor the condition of equipment and diagnose, analyse and repair PLC control systems. You will also maintain electrical equipment, motors, drives, test electrical circuits and diagnose electrical faults and implement repair.

Additionally, you will:

- Communicate and report key information and support shift handovers
- Oversee and support contractors and service engineers
- Complete daily site walkarounds
- Highlight issues to engineering management
- Undertake stock counts

About You

To be considered as an Engineer, you will need:

- A broad understanding of Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and their control system architecture, network data communications, graphical user interfaces and other peripheral devices such as programmable logic controllers and discrete PID controllers
- A high degree of both mechanical & electrical maintenance capability of managing projects and project teams to work within disciplined processes and timeframes is essential
- HNC or equivalent in a relevant mechanical / electrical field
- Previous experience of working in a food manufacturing / packing environment is highly desirable
- A proactive individual with the ability to combine leadership and technical skills
- Good working knowledge of and the ability to use the full suite of Microsoft Office applications

Other organisations may call this role Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, or Production Engineer.

Webrecruit and First Milk are equal opportunities employers, value diversity, and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business, and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you want to join us as an Engineer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
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