Kepak is a global food company serving international retailers and food service household names with prime cuts of meat, on-trend food concepts and ready-for-market convenience foods.

Join the team at Kepak Merthyr, as a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer and be a part of our commitment to producing beef and lamb products of unmatched quality.

Kepak Merthyr has combined beef and lamb processing and packing facilities. We offer beef and lamb products ranging from retail ready cuts for butchers’ counters to branded packaged meat, all as part of our service;

As a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer, you will play a vital role in providing effective maintenance support to our Production team, ensuring the equipment, machinery, and tools used in our factory are always running smoothly, maintaining seamless production and enhancing efficiency.

We are looking for someone with suitable qualifications and experience working in a manufacturing environment, preferably with meat or food production experience. Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, PLC control, refrigeration, and PTW systems is desirable.

Requirements

• Multi-skilled apprenticeship

• Suitable Electrical and/or Mechanical Qualification
• Experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in meat or food production
• Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, PLC control, refrigeration, and PTW systems
• Significant trouble shooting and fault-finding diagnostics and resolution experience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate team skills with a positive attitude and professional approach
• Domestic wiring experience, PLC program structure and operational awareness, Continuous improvement and lean experience would be an advantage
• Passion for food and commitment to company values
• Proactive and can-do attitude
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work under own initiative and meet deadlines
• Relationship builder with influencing skills

Benefits

• Company Pension
• Training and Development
  
• Employee Discount Platform – All Kepak employees are entitled to access to the WrkIt platform, which offers significant discounts and cashback with hundreds of brands.
• Refer a Friend Scheme – Get up to £500 for successfully referring a friend or family member to Kepak Group.
• Bike to Work Scheme – You can buy a bike and safety equipment through a salary sacrifice scheme which reduces your taxable income – meaning you pay less tax!
• Subsidised Canteen – Our on site canteen is serving multiple hot food options during the day
• Free Car Parking – Our Kepak site has a dedicated staff car parking facility which is free to use for all of our colleagues.
• Long Service Awards – We recognise, acknowledge and award the dedication and valuable contribution of long serving employees
• GroceryAid Employee Assistance Program – Providing emotional, practical and financial support for all Kepak colleagues.

If you are a team player who is committed to maintaining machinery compliance and ensuring safety standards are met, we would love to hear from you. Join us at Kepak Group and make a difference in the world of food production.

Kepak McIntosh Donald are a globally recognised brand and the largest red meat producer in Scotland; raised on open pastures, sourced from local farmers and hand-selected by our master butchers, we produce beef and lamb products with integrity and unmatched quality assurance.

We are looking for the Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer, to join our Maintenance and Engineering team to provide effective maintenance support to the Production team, maintain and repair the equipment, machinery and tools used in the factory.

Rotating shift cover roster (4 on / 4 off), dayshift pattern

Role Requirements

• Undertake Electrical and Mechanical routine maintenance of equipment, quality inspections and fault finding on the production lines and process, working to minimise down time
• PCL Logic experience advantageous but not essential.
• Electro-mechanical repairs to high-speed, PLC-controlled plant, handling and packaging equipment, also pneumatic and hydraulic control systems
• Effectively communicate with productions teams, providing timely updates on breakdowns/down time
• Technical support for the plant facilities and services, including compressed air, refrigeration and steam
• Ability to carry out Preventive & Predictive Maintenance Routines inspections, reports and remedial works.
• Support Production Team in achieving targets
• Closely monitor production line and machine performance, identifying and investigating faults as well as improvement opportunities.
• Intervene online at points of failure and when reduction in performance occurs.
• Be observant and work off your own initiative with regards to fault detection, plan, communicate and execute remedial action as required.
• Analyse the efficiency of current procedures and suggest improvements
• Work with equipment suppliers on new equipment, installations and modifications
• Maintain cleanliness in any areas in which you are working and partake in achieving 5S standard.
• Co-operate and participate fully in training and development in cross-skilling and other job-related competencies
• Proactively use the maintenance management system (CMMS), records of all changes, stores transactions made, and work carried out
• Actively participate in toolbox talks and undertake permit to work and/or risk assessments (training provided)
• Be available to support and participate in rotating shift cover roster (4 on / 4 off), dayshift pattern.
  
• Contribute to machinery compliance with the relevant health and safety legislation, as well a relevant site food hygiene and safety requirements,

Requirements

• Commitment to Company Values; Passion for food, Ambition, Responsibility and Teamwork
• Passion for Food at forefront of day-to-day performance
• Ambition to develop self to achieve personal and business goals
• Responsibility for positive contribution to business
• Team Work across all levels, departments and teams, willing to go the extra mile
• Suitable Mechanical and/or Electrical Qualification essential
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment desirable; meat/food production experience a distinct advantage
• Comprehensive knowledge of mechanical, electrical, PLC control, refrigeration and PTW systems desirable
• Strong diagnostic/root cause analysis skills essential
• Proactive and “can-do” attitude essential
• Sound understanding of integrity and compliance to relevant legislation and company processes/procedures
• Commitment to good practice
• Fluent English, communicates well in written and oral form with multi-nationals on all levels
• Ability to multitask and work under own initiative to deliver to deadlines
• Relationship builder with influencing skills

Benefits

• 
  Company Pension

• Industry training and professional development
• 31 days annual leave per year (after probation)
• 25% Discount in our on site Butcher Shop
• Subsidised canteen serving multiple hot food options for breakfast and lunch
• Employee Discount Platform – All Kepak employees are entitled to access to the WrkIt platform, which offers significant discounts and cashback with hundreds of brands.
• Refer a Friend Scheme – Earn a referral bonus up to £500 for successfully referring a friend or family member to Kepak Group.
• Bike to Work Scheme – You can buy a bike and safety equipment through a salary sacrifice scheme which reduces your taxable income – meaning you pay less tax!
• Long Service Awards – We recognise, acknowledge and award the dedication and valuable contribution of long serving employees
• GroceryAid Employee Assistance Program – help with a wide range of topics including mental health and wellbeing support, family and relationship advice, debt management, back to work support, and counselling for all Kepak colleagues and their families.