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Mechanical Maintenance & Reliability Technician - M&E

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Job ID 329781 Date posted 07/01/2026 Location : Hull, United Kingdom Category  BUILD OPERATE MAINTAIN (PLANT OPNS) Job Status  Salaried Full Time

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

Job Purpose and Impact

We are looking for a skilled Mechanical Maintenance & Reliability Technician to join our established engineering team in Hull. This is an excellent opportunity to work on a wide variety of manufacturing equipment while developing your electrical skills through industry leading training.

If you have a strong mechanical maintenance background and enjoy fault finding, problem solving and continuous improvement, we'd love to hear from you.

The Role

Working within a highly automated manufacturing environment, you'll be responsible for maintaining and improving plant reliability through planned and reactive maintenance activities. The role combines preventative, predictive and reactive maintenance to ensure the site's equipment continues to operate safely and efficiently.

Weekly Rotating shifts: Mon – Fri 8hrs per shift 6am to 2pm, 7am to 3pm, 2pm to 10pm

Call outs : 1 every 6 weeks 

Key Accountabilities

  • Utilize maintenance and reliability practices with some guidance to ensure all assets are maintained in safe condition while continuing to ensure the life of the equipment being used.
  • Complete preventative, predictive and reactive industrial maintenance throughout the facility, with limited direction.
  • Leverage knowledge and ability to operate 1 or 2 standard maintenance tools such as power tools, basic hand tools, electric tools, precision maintenance tools and preventative maintenance technology tools.
  • Demonstrate experience in 1 or 2 maintenance trades and components (ex. electrical, welding, pipefitting, fabrication, gearbox and bearing maintenance, lubrication, pumps and piping systems, mechanical maintenance and hydraulic and pneumatic systems).
  • Modify with some direction or instruction in either electrical or mechanical schematics, blueprints and operation manuals.
  • Document completed work and the conditions found utilizing maintenance computer software and interact regularly with peers and management to pursue continuous improvement of facility operations.
  • Operate forklifts and scissor lifts following standard production documentation to deliver to the correct location.
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

•    A recognised Mechanical Engineering qualification (NVQ Level 3, HNC, Apprenticeship or equivalent)
•    Previous experience within manufacturing, food, FMCG, chemical or other industrial environments
•    Strong mechanical fault finding and maintenance experience
•    Experience working on rotating equipment, pumps, bearings, gearboxes or hydraulic and pneumatic systems
•    A proactive approach to problem solving
•    Good communication skills and a team focused attitude


Desirable
•    Basic electrical fault-finding experience
•    PLC fault finding experience
•    Welding or fabrication experience

Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.

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