Position Title: Engineering Chargehand

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Position Location: Wombourne 

Grade: Scale ENGINEER 

Requisition ID: 27918 

There’s nothing beige about McCain…

Except our potatoes — and we’re extremely passionate about them. 

When you join McCain, you’ll be joining the biggest player in the frozen potato game, bringing people together around the nation for over 60 years by sharing simple, delicious planet friendly food.

We’ve partnered with thousands of the country’s supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, hospitals, and schools to change the way people see the humble spud. It’s all about elevation and creating something better. 

So, come and make your career at McCain Foods.

We are maintenance masterminds.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

To organise and lead Engineers in the continental-shift teams during the execution of engineering activities. To liase with production personnel to initiate and co-ordinate engineering work. To work on, repair and maintain the electrical and Mechanical systems of all plant and equipment. To achieve engineering objectives, and to help identify areas for improvement, which will increase overall equipment effectiveness and plant availability.

Reporting into the Maintenance Supervisor, you will also…

• Improve and promote safety across the site, operating in accordance with Company Health, Safety and Quality standards and processes. 
• Lead and Manage a Team of multiskilled engineers to maximise their performance and to keep focus on departments KPIs.
• Monitor Electrical and Mechanical systems and allocate and carry out work orders to repair and maintain plant and equipment.
• Identify and communicate improvements to machines and processes to increase overall equipment effectiveness, in line with Company Quality and Safety standards. 
• Organise and allocate PPM work schedules to the engineering teams.
• Identify and procure critical plant spares.
• Manage and supervise contractors and subcontract labour.
• Support Maintenance Engineering personnel to achieve KPI goals and report monthly on your teams and personal progress.
• Complying accurate Shift reports, with feedback on Planned and unplanned works, hand overs and other relevant information.
• Recording all engineering work accurately on SAP work orders and notifications, ensuring parts are booked out of stock when used.
• Carry out Team PAM reviews and Identify PDP training needs of the Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR…

It’s a given that you will have experience of working in a busy maintenance department, ideally within a food manufacturing department.

But you must also have the following…

• Craft Apprenticeship in Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering (essential)
• City & Guilds Electrical / Mechanical Level 4 (essential)
• At least 5 years working in a maintenance/engineering department (desirable)
• Health & Safety / Food Safety Best Practice (desirable)
• Quality Assurance Systems and Standards (desirable)
• Understanding of PLC and SCADA systems would be beneficial (desirable

What’s in it for you?

Although we do encourage you to taste the goods you’ll be pleased to know we don’t pay you in chips. For working hard, you’ll also get a great hourly rate and some pretty good benefits including:

An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
Flexible holidays – where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
Optional health cash plan
Cycle to work scheme
‘Chips In’ Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the competitiveness, resilience, and long-term development of McCain communities across the globe

WHERE WILL I WORK?

You’ll be based at our Wombourne plant in Staffordshire. And together our small, but perfectly formed team of over 110 colleagues produce our famous (and well loved) potato Smiles as well as our pre-baked Jacket Spuds.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace.  As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. 
 
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
 
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Job Family: Manufacturing      
Division: GB Manufacturing & Supply Chain 
Department: ​Maintenance Eng ​
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Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd