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Job Title: Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK
Contract and Shift details: Permanent, 40Hrs per week.

Package includes: Salary £47,559 a year, plus pension contributions matched up to 10%, discretionary performance related bonus and access to flexible benefits that support your development, wellbeing and everyday life.

Monday to Friday operating a 3-shift pattern. 6am – 2pm, 8am- 4pm, 13:00-21:00, with an on-call rota for 1 in 4 covering evenings and weekends.

Are you a skilled Maintenance Engineer looking for a new challenge in a fast-paced, safety-first environment?

Join ABN, the UK’s leading manufacturer of compound animal feed, and play a crucial role in keeping our operations moving efficiently, safely, and sustainably.

We\'re looking for a multiskilled engineer who thrives on problem-solving, embraces planned and reactive maintenance, and takes pride in plant performance and reliability.

As a key player in our site operations, you will:

• Always ensure the mechanical and electrical safety of the site.
• Perform planned preventative maintenance (PPM) using our Agility CMMS system.
• Quickly and safely respond to equipment breakdowns to minimise downtime.
• Collaborate with operators to plan maintenance activities efficiently.
• Help manage spare parts inventory and ordering via our P2P system.
• Support energy-saving initiatives and drive continuous improvement.
• Maintain excellent workshop housekeeping and support site hygiene standards.
• Supervise external contractors and maintain site safety controls (e.g. Permits to Work).

A variety of essential plant equipment, including:

• Drag chain and screw conveyors.
• Belt and bucket elevators.
• Boilers and steam plant
• Pneumatic and hydraulic systems
• Mixing and weighing machinery
• Electrical control panels with inverters and PLCs

Essential:

• Multiskilled Engineer (Mechanical/Electrical) – C&G Level 3/HNC or equivalent
• Proven experience in planned maintenance systems
• Good knowledge of Health & Safety best practices
• Logical analytical person with effective communication skills
• Living within a 1-hour radius of the designated site

Desirable:

• FMCG, food production, or lean/CI experience
• IOSH or other safety qualifications
• Certifications such as 18th Edition, BOAS, IPAF, PASMA, Confined Space, Forklift, Welding/Fabrication

When you join us, you\'ll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.

ABN is the UK’s number one animal feed business, serving pig and poultry producers across the UK. These range from large corporate customers through to family-owned farm enterprises. We service these customers with feed, nutrition, advice, and related services.

We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry. What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together we’re building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture.

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.

We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes.

When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions and this won’t affect your application.

Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.

Agencies and media sales

AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.