Location: Carlisle
Working Hours: 08:00-16:30, Monday-Friday
Salary: Without shift allowance.
Role Overview
- Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on site services equipment, ensuring the continuous operation of essential utilities across the site.
- Maintain and repair plant services including boilers, compressors, refrigeration systems, HVAC, water treatment, steam systems, effluent plant, and other utility equipment.
- Ensure all site services equipment operates safely, efficiently, and in compliance with Health & Safety, food safety, and environmental standards.
- Conduct routine inspections, fault finding, and preventative maintenance to minimise downtime and maximise reliability.
- Support site infrastructure projects, statutory compliance activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Work closely with the Engineering Team and report directly to the Engineering Manager to ensure uninterrupted site operations.
- Maintain accurate maintenance records using the site's CMMS and contribute to improving asset reliability and energy efficiency.
About You
We're looking for a proactive and motivated engineer with a minimum NVQ Level 3 qualification in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, who is passionate about maintaining critical site utilities within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
You'll ideally have experience maintaining site services equipment such as boilers, compressors, refrigeration, HVAC, steam, water treatment or other utility systems within a manufacturing or FMCG setting.
The successful candidate will:
- Have experience carrying out both planned and reactive maintenance on site services equipment.
- Demonstrate strong fault-finding, root cause analysis and problem-solving skills.
- Have a solid understanding of Health & Safety, environmental and statutory compliance requirements relating to utilities.
- Be comfortable working independently while collaborating effectively with engineering and production teams.
- Possess excellent communication skills and a proactive approach to continuous improvement.
- Be eager to develop their technical knowledge and support the wider engineering function to deliver reliable site services.
Benefits:
- Up to 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays), proto to shifts
- Company pension scheme with Legal & General or NEST pension
- Death in service benefit, optional - linked to membership of L&G pension
- Company sick pay - after qualifying period
- Free onsite parking
- Exclusive 2 Sisters employee discount platform available via an app offering savings of up to 60% with brands including Asda, Morrisons, Marks and Spencer and Tesco.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Wisdom wellbeing app
- Grocery Aid - employees access to counselling
Why Join Us?
As one of the UK’s largest food manufacturers, we provide ample opportunities for career growth and skill development. We emphasize promoting from within, ensuring you can build a rewarding career with us!
