Maintenance Technician

Requisition ID 64354
Position Type FT Permanent
Workplace Arrangement #LI-Onsite

About Kerry

Kerry is the world’s leading taste and nutrition partner for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. Working behind the scenes, every day we partner with customers to solve the world’s most complex food challenges with our range of differentiated ingredients, technologies, and people. We are passionate about what we do and are constantly innovating to create a healthier, more enjoyable, and sustainable food future without compromise. We are driven to be our customers’ most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition and will reach over two billion consumers with sustainable nutrition solutions by 2030.

Our Safety purpose “we work together in a caring culture where everybody goes home safe every day”. We are committed to providing a safe working environment and ensuring that all safety protocols are strictly followed. Join us in creating a workplace where safety is everyone's responsibility.

About the role

We are currently recruiting an Electrical Maintenance Technician to join the Engineering Team at our Gainsborough manufacturing site, a high‑volume food production facility operating 24/7 across multiple process areas.

In this role, you will carry out PPM (Planned Preventive Maintenance) and reactive maintenance on a range of automated production and utility assets, with a strong focus on plant availability, safety, and compliance. Depending on the day and operational needs, you will work either as part of a maintenance team or autonomously.

You will be supporting a fast‑paced, continuous process environment covering areas such as milling, blending, extrusion, and crumb production.

This is a permanent, full‑time position, operating on a 4‑on / 4‑off shift pattern.

Key responsibilities

As an Electrical Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for

• Complying with the health and safety policy and regulations.
• Carrying out risk assessments with the relevant people and put controls in place to minimize the risk to acceptable levels were reasonably practicable.
• Lock off any dangerous machinery immediately/ or repair and notify.
• Resolving breakdowns, carryout PM’s and work on project / improvement works with a view to minimizing production downtime.
• Actively seek to undertake PMs on offline machinery where time allows.
• Fully complete PM sheets with all observations, jobs completed and recommendations and file with the Maintenance Planner, whilst always looking at ways of improving to PMs.
• Actively gain as much information as possible from production personnel regarding the fault on the machine to speed up the fault-finding process.
• Ensure engineering log and computer systems are fully filled in with all relevant information including PM numbers, all used parts, plant numbers, urgency of required parts, at the end of each shift.
• Ensure all communications with external persons are conducted in a professional manner which reflects the company profile.

Qualifications and skills

To be successful in this role we are looking for the right behaviours and competencies as well as a proven track in a similar position. The ideal candidate will ideally have the following

• HNC, City & Guilds or time served apprentice with appropriate engineering qualifications
• Experience within a similar role ideally gained within a food manufacturing environment, if not food, experience within any manufacturing environment is highly desirable
• Electrically biased, or multi-skilled
• Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems experience highly desirable
• Flexible approach with a positive 'can-do' attitude
• Experience of SAP highly desirable.

What we offer

You will join a friendly, people‑focused site of around 100 employees, working as part of a 15‑strong engineering team, with real opportunities to learn, develop, and grow your technical skills.

We operate in a Safety First, Quality Always environment where your safety is our priority, and you will be part of a business strongly committed to sustainability and responsible manufacturing.

In return, we offer

• 4‑on / 4‑off shift pattern (4 days working, 4 days rest)
• 25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays)
• Matched pension scheme
• Access to Perkbox, offering discounts and benefits with major retailers
• Share scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme.

Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.

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