Electrical Maintenance Engineer 

Shift Basis - £48,900 per annum + Excellent Benefits + Development/Upskilling opportunities 

WA3, Lowton, Borough of Wigan 

Golborne Location (WA3 3JD)

Who are ALPLA?

Our identity is shaped by fairness and honesty, partnerships and respectful actions. At ALPLA we stand for high-quality plastic packaging throughout the world.

Around 22,000 colleagues produce quality packaging for foodstuffs, cosmetics and industrial cleaning brands for many blue-chip clients across 182 ALPLA sites in 45 countries.

An opportunity to work for a true independent market leader and part of an established global group, working with indsutry leading state of the art machinery and equipment in a clean room environment. 

Benefits Package & Clear Development Opportunities (Generous pension contributions, Life Assurance, Employee Christmas vouchers, PerkBox – High Street brand discounts, Long service awards, Subsidised onsite canteen)

Join our Family Of Pioneers as a Maintenance Engineer…

To ensure all blow moulding machines (Extrusion, Injection and Stretch blow moulding), associated production machinery uptime is maximised in line with Company maintenance procedures and in compliance with both production and health & safety requirements.

Additionally, you will be expected to provide planned and repair maintenance to all plant and works services, within the scope of your training.

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Ensure that all equipment, machinery and peripherals operate efficiently and at full capability, ensuring a continuous production process.
• Carry out repairs on machines as part of breakdown or preventative maintenance.
• Ensure that all relevant paperwork and maintenance logs are completed correctly and accurately in accordance with company procedure.
• Ensure that all duties are carried out in accordance with quality, hygiene and food safety policies.
• To perform any other duties in connection with the job that may from time to time be reasonably required by supervision and which are consistent with the “Purpose of job/mission”.

Experience Required:

• Manufacturing experience is essential (Plastics, Packaging, FMCG, Food, Beverage, Pharma etc)
• Electrical Bias and relevant qualifications (HNC / Apprentice Trained / NVQ Level 3)