Multi-Skilled Engineer

Skilled Engineer (Multi)

Job Title:        Skilled Engineer (Multi)

Reporting to: Engineering Manager

Department:   Engineering     

Location:        Ledbury, HR8

Shift:               Rotating Shifts - 3 shifts rotating, 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm, 10pm-6am (40 hours per week)

Salary:            Up to £46,000 per annum depending on experience

Benefits:         Pension scheme, holiday allowance, discounted company shop, Employee Assist Programme and much more 

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.

As our next Multi Skilled Engineer, you will enable us to optimise machinery output and product quality, and minimise plant downtime through effective preventative maintenance, efficient breakdown response in specific area of the factory whilst maintaining a safe and healthy environment and promoting good engineering practices.

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 Ingredients is responsible for the procurement of Irish and non-Irish dairy products and for the sale of dairy ingredients to food manufactures and foodservice customer across the world. 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.
• Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.

Why This Role Is Valuable:

As our next Multi Skilled Engineer, you will;

• Be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in one area of the factory or lower tier of Multi-Skilled Engineer framework.
• Assist in building an up-to-date PPM system and ensuring planned maintenance is carried out professionally and promptly.
• Ensure the Engineering maintenance carried out in line with the current schedule and effective and efficient corrective action is taken.
• Quick and effective response to breakdowns in more than one area on site, keeping all stakeholders informed and where possible identifying root cause and suggesting possible improvements to minimize or prevent further breakdowns occurring.
• Report and track lost time, cause of breakdowns, record parts used/required and Health and Safety and Environmental Issues.
• Ensure all activities are carried out within company and legislative health and safety guidelines, highlighting possible areas of improvement to the Shift Supervisor / Manager.
• This list is not exhaustive

What You Bring To The Role:

• Extensive experience of engineering within a similar environment
• Educated to L3 or equivalent in Engineering or Maintenance  

• Electrical or Welding /fabrication experience
• Familiarity with process machinery or equivalent equipment and have the ability to fault find
• Mechanical fitting skills
• Ability to mentor a Level 1/2 Maintenance Engineers and Apprentices
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work individually or as part of a team
• Basic IT knowledge to support with shift handover

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

We are open to discussing full-time and part-time working options at Ornua.