Dairy Plant Maintenance Specialist

5 hours ago

Listowel, Co Kerry, Ireland beBeeMaintenance Full time €40,000 - €60,000
Maintenance Electrician

We are seeking an experienced Maintenance Electrician to join our team in a manufacturing facility. The successful candidate will be responsible for the repair and maintenance of equipment used within the plant, utilizing their craft qualification to ensure effective results.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide technical support to production in all aspects of machine and equipment maintenance, installation, and modification; perform detailed maintenance, calibrations, PMs, and troubleshooting.
  • Support maintenance planning and preventative maintenance through completion of planned and emergency work orders, calibrations, PMs, etc. Document maintenance work, including upgrades, made to existing equipment, including preventative maintenance performed and parts used, to ensure appropriate documentation and records of repair history.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement by active participation in repairs, upgrades, preventative maintenance, and system failure investigations and investigation reports, execution/development of change control, as appropriate.
  • Adhere to safety health and environmental policies and procedures and carry out all tasks in a safe and controlled manner.
  • Collaborate proactively with peers, production, quality, and support groups to improve equipment reliability and performance.
  • Respond to breakdowns, systematically fault find, and identify root cause and then implement solution to prevent recurrence.
Required Skills and Qualifications
  • Craft qualification with multi-skilled plant maintenance experience within a manufacturing environment.
  • Prior experience working within the food industry is advantageous.
  • Relevant H&S qualifications, such as IOSH or confined spaces training.
  • Fault-finding diagnostics and procedure expertise.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively within a team.
  • Experience using CMMS.
Benefits

You will receive a competitive hourly rate, enhanced overtime rates, a matched pension scheme up to 10%, life assurance, and access to employee assistance programs and benefit platforms.

About Us

We are a vertically integrated farm-to-fork business with a substantial presence in consumer foods and leading nutritional and dairy ingredients divisions. Our focus on sustainability and innovation drives us to deliver high-quality dairy solutions.

We have over 50 years' experience in milk processing, dairy, and nutritional technology advancement, and product innovation, making us a key stakeholder in the global food industry. Our portfolio includes market-leading dairy brands such as Cheestrings, Charleville, and Coleraine Cheese, Dairygold, Golden Cow, and SMUG range.

Our dairy originates from some of the world's richest grazing land, sourced from Irish family farms with one of the lowest carbon footprints globally. We combine expertise, innovation, and sustainability to shape the future of dairy while meeting the diverse needs of our farmers, customers, and communities.

We operate multiple manufacturing facilities in the southwest of Ireland and manage Farm & Home stores throughout the region. Internationally, we have a presence in Ireland, Northern Ireland, the UK, USA, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, and China, employing over 1,600 dedicated professionals.

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