Plant Maintenance Engineer

Company Description

To be the leading producer of glass bottles and jars worldwide you need passion, commitment and innovation baked into the very fabric of a business and its people. For more than 120 years, our glass makers have honed their craft—channelling their creativity into more than 1,800 patents held today. When you join O-I you become part of that story.

O-I has more than a century of experience crafting pure, sustainable, brand-building glass packaging for many of the world’s best-known food and beverage brands. We are proud to provide high quality glass packaging for beer, wine, spirits, food, non-alcoholic beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. We are dedicated to make what matters to shape a healthier, more sustainable and more exciting world. We transform the industry to make glass more relevant and more accessible to more people.

You will be working in a plant rich in history with state of the art technology and a dedicated team. We are committed to engineering and sustainability improvements.

Working in our glass manufacturing plant as part of a team or under your own initiative you will be responsible for planned, preventative mechanical maintenance inspections aswell as attending to reactive mechanical breakdowns on process and service equipment. Covering a wide range of rotating and transfer equipment, including but not limited to fans, conveyors, pumps and material handling equipment.

Working with stakeholders across the plant to deliver high quality engineering services, effectively and efficiently.

You will be a time served Mechanical Engineer (Modern Apprenticeship/City & Guilds or similar)

Experience working in a fast paced environment on bearings, gearboxes, drive couplings,welding fabricating, pipework, pneumatics, vibration analysis, lifting and slinging, compressed gases, combustion gas would be beneficial.

Electrical experience would be advantageous in order to complete basic electrical tasks safely, allowing you to provide a fast and efficient service.

Formulization with Inspection Reports, Permit to Work Systems, Safe Systems of Work, LOTO Procedures, Fault Finding and Microsoft Office are all desirable.

What we offer at O-I:

• £17.02-£18.55 per hour
• Core hours Mon-Thur  Fri
• Overtime paid at 1.5x or 2x
• Employer contribution pension plan (up to 11% contributions)
• 33 days per year holidays inclusive of statutory days
• Life Assurance benefit - 4x Base Salary
• Company Sick Pay
• Bonus plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Supportive teams to help you grow and learn new skills
• Secure onsite parking

Next Steps:

If you are smart, passionate, innovative, culturally open, curious and collaborative, we’d like to hear from you.

O-I is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that attracts and embraces the brightest minds and creates a culture that welcomes a diversity of ideas and perspectives while encouraging growth and rewarding performance. Apply through the “I’m interested” button today!