Engineering Technician

Job Title: Engineering Technician (Multi skilled Electrical Bias)
Location: Cumbernauld
Contract and Shift Pattern: Permanent, Continental shift

Are you ready to Be Your Best Barr None?

We are all about Being Your Best Barr None and having a career with real Moments that Matter! 

AG Barr has been quenching the nation’s thirst for over 145 years and is home to some of the UK’s most loved drinks brands.

Employing around 850 people across four business units and seven UK locations, we are proud to be a responsible business that takes care of our people, values diversity, gives something back to our communities and works to minimise our environmental impact.

At our core is Barr Soft Drinks, home to some of the UK’s most loved soft drinks. Whether it’s the iconic IRN-BRU, launched in 1901 and still going strong today, the vibrant RUBICON fruit based brand or the unique range of BARR flavours, we brighten people’s lives with refreshingly different drinks.

We also have a number of exciting owned brands within our portfolio, including the functional drinks brand Boost, FUNKIN which operates in the exciting and growing cocktail market and MOMA, which crafts quality oats into great tasting oat drinks and porridges.

There's never been a better time to join us!

What we’re looking for...

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a multi-skilled Engineer to join our Engineering Team in Cumbernauld. The purpose of the role is to ensure that all machinery and equipment is installed, maintained and operated to maximise production output and efficiencies.

On site, we produce multi formats across a number of high speed modern lines, producing to high quality standards whilst maximising production outputs and minimising overhead costs.

Essential Criteria for the role:

• A can-do attitude and strong problem-solving skills are essential
• Experience working on and maintaining equipment and machinery
• Flexible / team worker
• A sound understanding of Health and Safety standards is essential
• "Self starter" / proactive and ability to set and prioritise workloads

Your responsibilities will include...

• Provide technical support to ensure maximum efficiency from production and engineering assets, ensuring planned and corrective maintenance tasks are completed as scheduled.

• Carry out fault diagnosis and repair breakdowns promptly to ensure downtime is minimised.

• Input data into Maintenance CMMS system

• Ensure maximum business benefit is gained from all budget spend.

• Analyse line efficiency, wastage and downtime data with a view to identifying areas for performance improvement.

• Manage contractors as/when required to comply with contractor management procedures.

• Carry out all duties in accordance with safe working practices and factory hygiene standards.

• Liaise and support Project teams throughout all phases of the process.

• Provide a high level of customer service at all times

• Produce detailed written reports when and where required i.e. downtime sheets and line log books.

• Build and maintain key relationships with internal and external customer base to ensure objectives and engineering strategy is delivered.

• When identifying faulty equipment consult manufacturers manuals & read detailed mechanical exploded drawings so correct replacement parts can be ordered.

• Contribute appropriately to team meetings and support the implementation of all team initiatives.

• Operate machinery if required to ensure efficient manufacturing team working.

What you’ll bring...

• Educated to City & Guilds level or equivalent in a Mechanical/Electrical engineering discipline.
• Preferably experienced within a multi skilled food manufacturing or FMCG environment.
• In depth knowledge of maintenance systems and processes.
• Proven knowledge and experience of initiating and implementing continuous improvements, lean manufacturing and Six sigma techniques.
• Developed IT skills.
• Good decision making skills, confident and approachable.

What we offer...

We believe in creating a diverse and inclusive culture where your voice can be heard.  Our skilled, loyal and committed people are critical to the future success of AG Barr which is why we are continually investing in our employees to develop their talent.

We look after our employees by offering a competitive salary and benefits package which includes;

• Annual performance related bonus scheme
• Up to 34 days holiday (depending on shift pattern)
• Flexible holiday trading
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• £550 annual cash pot to spend on benefits
• Peppy Health
• Flexible benefits e.g. discounts & cashback, gym memberships, technology purchases etc
• Life assurance
• Save as you earn scheme
• Staff sales discount
• Free AG Barr products throughout your working day
• Defined contribution pension with employer matching up to 8%
• Ongoing professional development

And much more! 

To find out more about what it is like to work for AG Barr, please visit our careers platform here.

If you have the passion to succeed in this challenging, but highly rewarding and key role please apply now!

Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so apply now!