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The Role

At Weetabix Ryecroft, we pride ourselves on our commitment to producing high-quality breakfast cereals loved by millions across the globe. As an Electrical Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of our manufacturing plant, maintaining our high standards of product quality and safety for troubleshooting and managing a wide range of engineering assets and activities at our Ashton under Lyne site. This is a great opportunity to contribute to the maximization of production, of our best selling malted products.

Please note this is a Panama shift pattern, which includes night shifts and weekend working.

In this role, you will work in alignment with company practices, procedures, and SOPs to ensure health and safety, food safety, and legal compliance.

You will perform maintenance tasks effectively and efficiently, report and escalate any issues identified during reactive breakdowns or proactive maintenance activities, and identify opportunities to improve the reliability of assets and engineering working processes. Additionally, you will provide training and support for the transfer of basic tasks to operators.

Requirements

Why Join Our Team?

• Exciting Opportunity: Be part of a well-established and reputable company in the food industry.
• Impactful Role: Play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of our manufacturing plant.
• Growth and Development: Access to ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance your skills and knowledge.
• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a supportive and dedicated team of professionals.

What you will need

• Strong alignment to the Weetabix values

• Always curious to find new and better ways of working

• Proven experience as an Electrical Engineer in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• You should have completed an Engineering Qualification and/or Apprenticeship and possess demonstrable electrical competence through training and experience.
• An ONC or NVQ equivalent qualification is a minimum requirement for this role.

• Strong knowledge of electrical systems, including control panels, PLCs, motors, and power distribution.

• Proficiency in reading electrical schematics and blueprints.

• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

• Familiarity with relevant safety regulations and procedures.

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team, with strong communication and interpersonal skills.

• Effective IT skills, including the use of Computer Maintenance Management Systems, are essential.
• You should have excellent problem-solving skills, good time management, communication, and decision-making abilities. Being a team player is also crucial in this role.

Benefits

What we offer

• Very competitive salary and flexible benefits package
• Double matched pension
• Shift allowance
• As much Weetabix as you can eat when on site!
• Discounted products
• Flexible benefits package

The opportunities for personal development and progression are only limited by what you want to do. You will be working for a company that provides the kind of stimulating learning environment that generates innovation and professional development. WE also encourage experienced Engineers to mentor Apprentices to ensure we are growing our own talent.

You’ll also find as much Weetabix, Alpen, Weetos and Ready brek cereals and drinks as you could possibly eat.

Inclusion without Exception

Our differences make The Weetabix Difference. We have a brilliant people culture at the Weetabix Food Company, we believe that our people can do their best work when they can be themselves. We value diversity, as it sparks creativity, innovation, and ultimately better business performance. We recruit and develop people who are best suited to the requirements of the role on offer. Our talent and succession programmes are grounded in ensuring that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed, and people are supported to fulfil their unique potential. By joining our team, you will be part of helping ensure we continue our ‘Inclusion without Exception’ journey and help make The Weetabix Difference.

If you are interested in working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, and have a passion for electrical maintenance engineering, then we would love to hear from you. Apply now!