Maintenance Technician (Multiskilled)

Barry Callebaut Deutschland GmbH; Banbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading chocolate manufacturer in England is seeking a Maintenance Technician to ensure equipment availability and support production processes. This role involves executing planned maintenance, troubleshooting technical issues, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives. Ideal candidates will hold relevant engineering qualifications and have experience in a food manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Successfully completed an apprenticeship in mechanical or electrical engineering.
• Previous experience in a maintenance department in food manufacturing/processing.
• Understanding of health and safety legislation and practices.

Responsibilities

• Ensure equipment availability to support production processes.
• Execute planned maintenance activities and respond to technical issues.
• Conduct root cause analysis for continuous improvement.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Team player

Computer literate

Knowledge of PLCs

Education

ONC or equivalent in mechanical/electrical engineering

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in mechanical/electrical discipline

17th Edition Certificate or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Maintenance software

Job description

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future.We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide.We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the role:

The Maintenance Technician role is primarily responsible for ensuring equipment availability to support production processes. This includes executing site-identified Planned Maintenance activities and providing timely reactive responses to technical issues across the site to maximize equipment uptime. The position also contributes to continuous improvement initiatives through root cause analysis, while maintaining the highest standards of health and safety and food quality in all tasks.

Shift pattern:

Wednesday 12-6pm and Thursday to Saturday 7am - 6pm, 39 hours a week

Key responsibilities:

• Provide an effective emergency response service for breakdowns within the factory - providing immediate and long-term solutions in a timely, safe and cost-effective manner
• When undertaking fault finding and diagnostic work, understand and diagnose problems and then implement permanent corrective actions to prevent recurrence
• Working with the equipment users to understand clearly the problems to ensure that sustainable remedial solutions can be implemented
• Undertaking Planned Preventative routine maintenance across all equipment on the site
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and follow these through to implementation where appropriate
• Undertake meaningful handover reports/notes
• Proactively involved in undertaking risk assessments
• Issue permits to work (including immobilisation certificates) as required.

About you:

• Hold an ONC (or equivalent) in a mechanical or electrical engineering discipline and have successfully completed an apprenticeship scheme in that discipline - primary core skill
• Hold at least NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in mechanical or electrical discipline as the secondary core skill
• Holder of 17th Edition Certificate or equivalent – desirable
• Previous experience of working in a maintenance department – preferably within a food manufacturing/processing environment
• Knowledge of PLC’s - preferably Siemens
• Understand permits to work and lock off procedures
• Operational knowledge of and ability to adhere to health and safety legislation and best practice - particularly in COSHH, working at heights, working in confined spaces, risk assessments
• Team player and able to work with limited supervision
• Effective problem-solving and communication skills (verbal and written)
• Computer literate - maintenance software, Microsoft Office programmes - namely Excel.

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.