Shift Maintenance Engineer - #149047

Evergreen Garden Care is the leading garden care company outside North America, producing high quality garden care products designed to help people create their own green oasis; whether it's a garden, a balcony or potted plants indoors we want to inspire anyone, anywhere to be able to easily create & maintain their own. Evergreen Garden Care is a passionate 1,000+ strong team, with market-leading brands in every market where we operate; delivering a full range of garden care products to gardeners in the UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Poland, the Nordics, Australia and New Zealand. Our ambition is for Evergreen Garden Care to grow and our brands, our company and our people to flourish.

The role:

You will be responsible for maintaining all site equipment in an automated high speed process and packaging environment. Carrying out both reactive and preventative maintenance tasks to help minimise downtime. You will work as an integral part of the site team of dedicated personnel and be answerable directly to the Engineering Manager. You will need to be self-motivated, as well as able to work alone or as part of a team equally well. The position carries a degree of autonomy, so you will be good at prioritising workloads, as well as following the instructions of management; all the time focused on maximising the safety and availability of the production facility.

Working hours:

38 hour working week - Hours will be Mon-Fri 6-2, 2-10 rotating a week of each with exception to peak period which is Feb – May where the site operates 24 hours Monday to Thursday 12 hour days/night rotation but additional hours will be paid at OT rate. Standard hours are 38 hours per week. 10 hours per week extra during peak times at OT rate. You will also benefit from a 10% shift rate.

About you:

You will have experience of working with a maintenance role with electrical and mechanical background and a minimum of ONC / HNC / HND in Engineering or equivalent.