Manufacturing Technician

Position Title: Manufacturing Technician

Position Type: Regular – Full-Time 

Position Location: Whittlesey 

Grade: Grade 04 

Requisition ID: 29700 

Come and ENGINEER your career at McCain Foods.

ABOUT THE JOB.

With automation on the rise it’s important we remain ahead in our manufacturing operations. Our Manufacturing Technicians are at the sharp end of this, overseeing the plant assets. It’s their job to make quick-thinking choices to ensure our plant is always running with limited (or no) breakdowns.

This role is a hybrid role between Engineering and Operations. You work with both teams to ensure efficient running of the assets, ensuring optimum plant efficiency to deliver the quality and quantity to make us one of the UK’s favourite food products.

We are go-getters with big plans. And whilst we expect machines will break down once in a while, we believe prevention is better than the cure. We want you at the forefront of our plants, knowing how our machines are running and help us come up with new and improved ways of doing it faster and better, which is why continuous improvement and reliability will pay a huge part in your role.

If you’re looking to catapult your career, then this is a great opportunity which many of our senior leaders including our Manufacturing Director having worked themselves up from a similar role. You could say ‘the fries the limit’ here at McCain.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

If you’re applying to our Manufacturing Technicians role then you’ll already be a qualified Engineer doing a similar job, so we don’t want to point out the obvious. But as well as being a qualified Engineer you will also need to be someone who collaborates and inspires our teams to always strive for a smooth operation – and your ability to bring people along with you is exactly what we’re looking for.

You’ll already know the importance of health and safety and hygiene. And you’ll know it’s vital that you record machine efficiencies relating to Quality, Delivery and Cost, and it will be second nature that you’re a problem solver. 

We’re looking for Multi-Skilled Engineers with strong electrical and mechanical skills.

And as well as a love of chips, our ideal candidate will also have….

The following relevant engineering qualifications (or equivalent):

• NVQ 3 / BTEC 3 in related Engineering discipline – mandatory of one or the other
• Time served apprenticeship – desirable
• HNC or equivalent – desirable
• Knowledge of SCADA or similar systems and some PLC knowledge
• Experience in fault finding
• Ability to steer continuous improvement activity in a similar role
• The ability to work under pressure and at speed
• Strong organisation and prioritisation skills
• IOSH/NEBOSH certificate – desirable

Although we’ve outlined our preferred qualifications for this position, we understand that the perfect candidate might not tick every box listed here. We strongly believe in fostering growth within the role, so if you don’t match every requirement, we still urge you to apply. You could be exactly the person we need! Apply today!

THE SHIFT PATTERN

We have a number of different shifts available including continental, days, and nights. When you apply, you’ll be asked to pick your preference. One of our team will then be in touch to discuss in more detail. 

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? 

Although we do encourage you to taste the goods you’ll be pleased to know we don’t pay you in chips. For working hard, you’ll also get a great salary and some pretty good benefits including:

• An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
• Flexible holidays – where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year • Optional health cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• ‘Chips In’ Volunteering Day Off – to make a positive impact to the long-term development of McCain communities across the globe

And of course, being part of a Global business there are great opportunities to shine/thrive should you wish to relocate in the future. We have an impressive 5 year growth plan that presents development & progression opportunities for those who seek it out.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. 

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family: Agriculture 

Division: GB Agriculture 

Department: Agriculture Operations Whittlesey 

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Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd 

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