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Job Title: Engineering Technician
Location: Preston / Chorley
Type: Permanent
Salary: Competitive
As the Engineering Technician, you will play a key role in ensuring Right First Time (RFT) settings on liquid bottling lines. You'll drive performance improvements, troubleshoot equipment issues, and implement preventative actions to maintain world-class manufacturing standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Always Ensure safe working practices and compliance with Health & Safety procedures
- Set up and maintain production filling lines to meet planned requirements and achieve RFT standards
- Work closely with Line Leaders and Supervisors to ensure production lines are ready and available to meet weekly plans
- Identify and implement line improvements to increase Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) using root cause analysis and lean tools
- Complete Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) activities on time using the CMMS system
- Support the business in achieving and sustaining ISO22716/9001, COSMOS, Soil Association, and BRCGS accreditations
- Utilise lean manufacturing techniques (SMED, 5S, RCPS, TPM) to improve efficiency and reduce changeover times
- Report equipment and component failures promptly to ensure timely replacements
- Dispose of waste safely and ensure equipment is turned off when not in use.
Criteria:
- Mechanical bias or working towards a relevant qualification
- Basic understanding of filling equipment operations (bottle filling, capping, labelling)
- Knowledge of GMP guidelines and lean principles
- Experience using planned maintenance systems (PPM)
- Experience working in an FMCG environment
- Basic IT skills (Windows, Microsoft Office)
- Lean/Six Sigma qualification (advantageous)
- Understanding of Health & Safety and risk assessment.
If interested, please apply or contact Julia for more information - (phone number removed) /
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
