Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

South Ockendon
6 months ago
Applications closed

Related Jobs

View all jobs

Backend Developer (PHP)

Python Data Engineer - Hedgefund

Security Architect – SC Cleared – Multi Cloud – Inside IR35

DevOps Engineer - Windows 10 - DV Cleared

Wintel Engineer with a drive to learn - DV Cleared

AI UX Engineer - £350PD - Remote

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer
Shift: Panama Shift Pattern days and nights 12 hours
(3 Days, 2 off, 2 Nights, 2 off, 3 Days, 2 off, 3 Nights, 2 off, 2 Days, 7 off)
Salary: £35,973 - £51,366 + 26% Shift Allowance = £45,325 - £64,721
Location: Stifford Rd, Aveley, South Ockendon RM15 6RL

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 300 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ 11,000 people and operate in more than 55 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.

We are now recruiting for a Multi-Skilled Engineer to join our Service Centre in South Ockendon.

POSITION SCOPE

To provide an effective small project and maintenance service to all South Ockendon plant/equipment used within the production facility, with emphasis on the improving plant availability, reliability, and facility improvements. Be capable of providing skill set training and mentoring.

DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Meet or better all Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental targets.

  • Progress small project initiatives.

  • Oversee maintenance, installation and general upgrade to plane serialization assets.

  • Provide technical expertise to Apprentice and other staff furtherment projects.

  • Allen Bradley PLC experience to fault-finding level with ability to progress with training.

  • To plan, schedule & agree daily/weekly workload with the Area Maintenance Leader, incorporating Preventative, Predictive and improvement activities through CMMS Megamation.

  • Assist with larger plant improvement projects as time allows.

  • Supervise maintenance activities optimising available on site resources and contractors to ensure expedient, high quality repairs, servicing and improvement projects.

  • Liaise with contractors and manage RAMS and PTW.

  • Maintenance responsibility for all mechanical, electrical and electronic systems employed within the South Ockendon plant.

  • Carry out reactive maintenance when required by plant priorities.

  • Undertake detailed root cause analysis on plant failures, generating and implementing modifications & improvements to address reliability and performance issues within the plant.

  • Provide cost estimates for improvement projects and assist with preparation of capital requests for these projects.

    ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES)

  • Self-motivated with desire for continual personal development.

  • Excellent interpersonal & communication skills.

  • Demonstrates ability for problem solving and providing long-term solutions.

  • Multi-skilled across a range of engineering trades with bias in electrical competence.

  • Knowledge of Health, Safety & environmental systems & procedures

  • Experience of planning and organizing engineering tasks occasionally involving contractor resources.

    ESSENTIAL WORK EXPERIENCES

  • Comparable experience of maintenance within an automated continuous process environment, which may include PLC and/or FMS systems.

  • Experience of Predictive/Preventative maintenance techniques and regimes.

    ESSENTIAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

  • Preferably an HNC/NVQ 4 in an engineering discipline, at least BTEC/ONC in relevant discipline.

    Why work for CHEP?

  • A competitive salary of £45,325 - £64,721 PA

  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with option to purchase and sell days

  • Share Scheme (We match your contributions 1:1 and these are vested after a year)

  • Company enhanced Pension contribution (You contribute 5%, CHEP contributes 7.5%)

  • Employee platform offering everyday discounts.

  • Life Assurance

  • Volunteer days

    If you feel it’s a good fit for you, please don’t wait for this advert to disappear, apply now! Or if it’s not quite for you, please feel free to share with someone you know who would love it.

    Finally, as an inclusive employer, Brambles wants to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application, interview process and whilst at work. Please speak to the recruiter if you require any reasonable adustments throughout the process

Subscribe to Future Tech Insights for the latest jobs & insights, direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service.

Industry Insights

Discover insightful articles, industry insights, expert tips, and curated resources.

How to Write a Cloud Computing Job Ad That Attracts the Right People

Cloud computing underpins much of the UK’s digital economy. From startups and scale-ups to enterprise organisations and the public sector, cloud platforms enable everything from data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, DevOps and digital services. Yet despite high demand for cloud skills, many employers struggle to attract the right candidates. Cloud job adverts are often flooded with unsuitable applications, while experienced cloud engineers, architects and platform specialists quietly pass them by. In most cases, the problem is not the shortage of cloud talent — it is the quality and clarity of the job advert. Cloud professionals are pragmatic, technically experienced and highly selective. A poorly written job ad signals confusion, unrealistic expectations or a lack of cloud maturity. A well-written one signals credibility, good engineering culture and long-term thinking. This guide explains how to write a cloud computing job ad that attracts the right people, improves applicant quality and strengthens your employer brand.

Maths for Cloud Jobs: The Only Topics You Actually Need (& How to Learn Them)

If you are applying for cloud computing jobs in the UK you might have noticed something frustrating: job descriptions rarely ask for “maths” directly yet interviews often drift into capacity, performance, reliability, cost or security trade-offs that are maths in practice. The good news is you do not need degree-level theory to be job-ready. For most roles like Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, SRE, Cloud Architect, FinOps Analyst or Cloud Security Engineer you keep coming back to a small set of practical skills: Units, rates & back-of-the-envelope estimation (requests per second, throughput, latency, storage growth) Statistics for reliability & observability (percentiles, error rates, SLOs, error budgets) Capacity planning & queueing intuition (utilisation, saturation, Little’s Law) Cost modelling & optimisation (right-sizing, break-even thinking, cost per transaction) Trade-off reasoning under constraints (performance vs cost vs reliability) This guide explains exactly what to learn plus a 6-week plan & portfolio projects you can publish to prove it.

Neurodiversity in Cloud Computing Careers: Turning Different Thinking into a Superpower

Cloud computing sits at the heart of modern tech. Almost every digital product runs on someone’s cloud platform – from banking apps & streaming services to AI tools & online shops. Behind those platforms are teams of cloud engineers, architects, SREs, security specialists & more. These roles demand problem-solvers who can think in systems, spot patterns, stay calm under pressure & imagine better ways to build & run infrastructure. That makes cloud computing a natural fit for many neurodivergent people – including those with ADHD, autism & dyslexia. If you are neurodivergent & considering a cloud career, you might have heard messages like “you’re too distracted for engineering”, “too literal for stakeholder work” or “too disorganised for operations”. In reality, many traits that come with ADHD, autism & dyslexia are exactly what cloud teams need. This guide is written for cloud computing job seekers in the UK. We will cover: What neurodiversity means in a cloud context How ADHD, autism & dyslexia strengths map to cloud roles Practical workplace adjustments you can ask for under UK law How to talk about neurodivergence in applications & interviews By the end, you should have a clearer sense of where you might thrive in cloud computing – & how to turn “different thinking” into a professional superpower.