Maintenance Engineers

Job Summary

We have opportunities for experienced Maintenance Engineers to join our dedicated engineering team here at Florette in Lichfield. Our engineers play a vital role in our business, maintaining a range of specialist machinery and equipment throughout our factory site so that we can supply the nation with our award winning salads! Working in teams of three on a mixture of planned and reactive maintenance, you will perform cyclical equipment maintenance, troubleshoot issues and make on-site repairs when needed. Experience of refrigeration, chlorine or compressed air would be a distinct advantage, along with an understanding of food safety.

We're really excited about what's in store for our Engineering department this year. We're midway through implementing plans to develop/replace some of the equipment on our site. These roles offer an opportunity for proactive and innovative individuals to drive forward technological advancements and make a significant contribution to the future of engineering projects within our organisation.

Working pattern: 12 hour shifts | Rotating days & nights | 7am-7pm & 7pm-7am

Main Responsibilities

* Day to day upkeep of Production Equipment.

* Reacting to breakdowns quickly in order to reduce downtime.

* Equipment repair.

* Preventative Maintenance.

* Factory start up and testing.

* Technical repairing.

* The accurate and timely completion of necessary documentation.

Skills and Experience Required

* A recognised engineering qualification.

* Awareness and understanding of statutory requirements and legislation

* Experience of repairing and maintaining machinery and equipment in a controlled environment

* Strong diagnostic, fault finding capability

* Excellent attention for detail

What You Will Get In Return

A basic salary of £47,125 and inclusion in our annual bonus scheme along with a range of employee benefits you’d expect from a market leading business, including:

* Life Assurance - three times your basic salary paid to your nominated beneficiary.

* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme: providing a Remote GP service along with a 24/7 helpline for financial, legal, medical and life issues.

* A flexible & competitive annual leave entitlement that increases with service and offers an option to purchase additional holiday.

* Personalised training and development.

* Employee discount and salary finance schemes.

* Recognition awards, an annual volunteering day and a free staff transport service*

*Free Staff Transport Service covering: Lichfield, Tamworth, Burton on Trent, Cannock, Rugeley, Burntwood.

About Us

Florette is one of three UK food manufacturing factories who are owned by the French co-operative group, Agrial. Agrial has operations across 18 regions, with 280 farming outlets and 5 different divisions, which comprise Beverage, Dairy, Meat, Fresh Produce & Agricultural operations; it’s not just about lettuce! As well as the 3 factories we also have a farming operation – Agrial Fresh Farms. All UK sites operate under the name of Agrial Fresh Produce Limited and fall under Agrial's vegetable division.

Under the brand, Florette, our site processes and distributes pre-packed, ready to eat fresh salad bags and bowls to some of the UK’s well-known retailers. The business is more recognisable in the UK by its Florette salad brand and we are now one of the UK’s leading producers in the industry. We have a recipe for success through our EPIC values and working together as one team.

Next Steps

Please apply directly by following the link in this advert, or alternatively contact Liza Crane, Recruitment Officer for a totally confidential discussion.

Note to recruitment agencies: respectfully, this role is being handled by the company HR team and we request no agency contact regarding the positions.

Agrial Fresh Produce reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

We are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all of our staff. That’s why we’ve taken the Mental Health at Work Commitment and are currently delivering a programme of activities to ensure that everyone can have open and honest conversations about their wellbeing in the workplace and feel supported. We encourage applications from persons with experience of poor mental health and are committed to supporting our employees to fulfil their potential and perform at their best in work.

Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd is an Equal Opportunities employer. In addition, as part of Responsible Recruitment, Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd believes in the Employer Pay Principle. No worker should pay for a job – the costs of recruitment should be borne not by the worker but by the employer