Multi Skilled Engineer
Position: Full time 4 on, 4 off- 7am to 7pm and 7pm to 7am (2 days/ 2 nights)
Reports to : Engineering Shift Manager
Locations: Ornua Foods UK, Leek
Salary: £48,000-£53,000 per annum depending on experience
Benefits: Matched Company Contribution Pension up to 8%, Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 23 days and rising to 27 with length of service, Company Sick Pay, Subsidised Staff Canteen, Company shop offering discounts on Ornua products, Sports & Social Club, Staff Lottery, Discount on Bikes & Tech Scheme, Confidential Employee Assist Programme, Free onsite parking,
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.
Due to internal development, we have a fantastic vacancy within our engineering department. Are you a Multi Skilled Engineer looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success? Do you have proven engineering experience working within the Food or FMCG industry?
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.
Based at Ornua Foods UK, our state of the art facility in the heart of the Staffordshire Moorlands, you will join a team of five Multi Skilled Engineers, managed by a Shift Manager. The wider engineer team is around forty strong with learning and development being integral to our teams and people strategies, we offer training opportunities throughout the department.
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 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) or equivalent work experience in a similar environment
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
Our interview process is designed to be thorough yet supportive. This process includes a face-to-face interview that will allow us to get to know you better and gain an understanding for your skills and give you the opportunity to get a feel for Ornua and the environment in which you will be working.
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
Ornua values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We also strongly encourage women and other underrepresented groups in the manufacturing industry to apply. Your unique perspectives and experiences are highly valued and will be instrumental in driving our company’s continued success. Join us in shaping a more innovative, inclusive, and sustainable future