Site Services Engineer - Multi-Skilled

Princes Group; Sutton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food and beverage company is seeking a Site Services Engineer - Multi-Skilled to manage asset care and optimize equipment performance. This role demands expertise in electrical engineering and experience in a manufacturing environment, focusing on compliance with safety and quality standards. Candidates should have an HNC or equivalent, along with strong PLC programming skills. The position offers a full-time entry-level opportunity in Long Sutton, UK.

Benefits

22 shifts Annual Leave

14.5% Pension

Flexible Holiday Option

Enhanced Family Friendly Policies

Critical Illness Cover

Learning & Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Demonstrable track record of success in engineering.
• Experience in a complex, fast-moving manufacturing environment.
• Key experience operating utility plants like compressors and steam raising.

Responsibilities

• Manage asset care to optimize equipment performance.
• Provide effective response to breakdowns across the shift.
• Support development of efficient asset care programs.

Skills

PLC fault finding and programming

Strong operational grounding in manufacturing

Good written and verbal communication

Familiar with continuous improvement methodologies

Hands-on experience with electrical systems

Education

HNC or equivalent in Electrical or multi-skilled engineering

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Vacancy Name: Site Services Engineer - Multi-Skilled

Employment Type: Permanent

Country: United Kingdom

Location: Long Sutton

Business Area: Operations

Workplace Type: Onsite

About Princes

The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. We strive to be an employer of choice, with colleagues proud to represent our business.

Job Purpose

Working on shifts, reporting to the Site Services Manager, this role is part of a team responsible for proactively managing Asset care to ensure that equipment performance is maximised/optimised. The role contributes to planning and executing all Asset Care activity on shift, including scheduled maintenance, breakdown response, RCA, and correction action. It supports the development of Autonomous Maintenance within operations as part of the wider engineering team, while adhering to Health, Safety & Environmental legislation and site policies.

Key Relationships

• Engineering Shift Leader
• Canning Asset Care Manager and Asset Care Planner
• Shift Managers, Team Leaders, Engineering Peer Group, Manufacturing Team, Quality Team, Logistics team and Site services team when applicable
• CI when applicable for training and development

Key Responsibilities

• Safety, Quality, Hygiene
• Undertake duties responsibly, giving due consideration to Safety, Environmental & Quality procedures, part of the Integrated Management System.
• Ensure work conforms to legislative requirements.
• Promote a culture of safe behaviour and contractor health and safety within the production and engineering areas.
• Reduce accidents, incidents and near misses by fostering behavioural awareness.
• Maintain product Food Safety, Legality, Integrity, Authenticity and Quality standards by adhering to all associated policies and procedures.
• Provide proactive, fast and effective response to all breakdowns across the shift.
• Execute planned asset care activities as directed from the Asset Care team.
• Support development of efficient asset care programs to improve equipment reliability and availability, standardising the approach across the site.
• Support the asset care strategy for the site.
• Drive transition from reactive to proactive maintenance with targets of 80% engineering work planned in advance, 20% of engineering time on C.I., and 75% known utilisation of engineers.
• Ensure maintenance cost and asset maintenance transparency.
• Actively utilise SAP PM and other systems to drive planning, control and improvement.
• Provide training and development of Autonomous maintenance on shift.
• Support Stores development programme by ensuring proper use of SAP system and associated technology for spares handling.
• Act on Site Services and Energy Management Support, responding to breakdowns and ensuring statutory compliance and performance standards.
• Support site services KPI framework for Water, Air, Gas, Electricity and Steam.
• Support the Site services team and wider engineering remit in understanding the Group Energy strategy framework to improve energy consumption and reduce costs.
• Ensure site electrical standards comply with current legislation and Princes group standards.
• When required, coordinate with the engineering Shift Lead to support the Electrical Duty holder in the compliance programme.
• Support capital projects through proactive involvement and training in new installations.
• Understand and apply continuous improvement practices, using tools such as 5S, GMP, RCA, and others to optimise plant productivity and efficiency.
• Challenge the status quo, promote a culture of best practice and continuous improvement focusing on waste elimination.
• Develop a culture of ownership for ongoing equipment development.
• Conduct self in accordance with site values and behaviours at all times.
• Support Engineering shift leadership as the first point of engineering support for the shift.
• Apply defined best practice in all engineering and maintenance matters and develop specialist technical skills to support factory KPIs.
• Learn and gain a thorough understanding of the production processes and new technologies to improve cost base and competitiveness.
• Work as part of a team to achieve performance objectives and drive site improvement targets within the Princes Manufacturing System framework.
• Communicate with shift peers and other shifts for effective transition and sharing of best practice.
• Help realise the Asset care philosophy and technological developments through new equipment and systems.

Experience Required

Role Requirements

• HNC or equivalent in an Electrical or multi-skilled engineering discipline, hands‑on experience with a demonstrable track record of success.
• PLC fault finding and programming – Siemens preferable.
• IEE/IET 17th Edition preferable.
• Track record of achieving results and managing change.
• Strong operational grounding in a complex, fast‑moving manufacturing environment.
• Familiar with World Class Manufacturing environments and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Good working knowledge of operating systems such as SAP, Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Key experience of operating utility plants: effluent treatment, steam raising plant, compressors and fridge plant.

Benefits

• 22 shifts Annual Leave
• 14.5% Pension – 5% employee opt‑in / 9.5% employer contribution
• Flexible Holiday Option – Buy 5 Additional Days
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
• Critical Illness Cover
• Learning & Development Opportunities

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Food and Beverage Services

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