Production Maintenance Engineer

Rogerstone Park, Newport

Salary: £48,000 + Benefits

Shift Pattern: Seven Day Fortnight

About Us

When you join 2 Sisters, you will become part of the UK’s largest food manufacturer, with an annual turnover of £3billion+, over 13,500 people and covering more than 18 sites.

This role sits within our Meals division, where we live by our mantra of ‘Making Every Meal Moment Special’. We have 5 sites creating over 500 different products to feed our nation, from ready meals to iced fingers…we love our food, and we love our people.

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, and we couldn’t do it without our team. It is a team where everyone counts…we empower you with trust and give you the freedom to deliver. We ‘do what we say’ and accept accountability which allows our customers to trust us to create great tasting, innovative and quality meal solutions.

Role Overview

Our site at Rogerstone Park is a flagship site in our Meals Solutions division, employing around 1500 people and producing a wide range of ready meals for major retailers.

As a business, we offer excellent opportunities for progression and, as a key member of the engineering team, your key responsibilities will include:

• Responding quickly and effectively to breakdowns, providing a high level of engineering service to minimise downtime and ensure the smooth running of factory production.
• Undertaking planned maintenance work to improve equipment efficiency and reliability.
• Working on various projects, such as commissioning new equipment and upgrading existing kit.
• Proactively looking for new and improved ways of working to drive performance and reliability.
• Shift Pattern – “7 Day Fortnight” – 12 hour shifts working 7 days out of 14 (2 weeks of days followed by 2 weeks of nights)

About You

• An apprentice training Maintenance Engineer, with either an electrical or mechanical bias.
• Ideally from a food manufacturing background, but we’re keen to hear from anybody with a few years’ engineering maintenance experience who is looking for a new challenge.
• A team player, somebody who can work collaboratively and make a positive contribution to the wider team.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to develop good working relationships with colleagues at all levels across the business.