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Mars UK • Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom

Facilities Engineer (Weekends) - Mars Wrigley

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top 3 scores:
94%

Location flexibility

91%

Hours flexibility

90%

Autonomy

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Job Description

Job Description:

Facilities Engineer (Weekends) - Mars Wrigley

Plymouth (PL6 Estover)

Shifts: Sat & Sun rotating days and nights 6am – 6pm & 6pm – 6am + additional hours (32/40 hours per week)

£37,000 - £46,000 (Base plus shift pay inclusive) + Company bonus 6%

£2,000 welcome bonus

Benefits -

  • Hot food restaurant

  • On-site Gym

  • Private medical insurance and free flu jabs

  • Free on-site parking

  • Employee shop with monthly allowance

  • On-site nurse/osteopath/podiatrist

We care about the world and your future. Mars offers competitive compensation and benefits along with some great perks, like fun freebies and best-in-class development. As a Mars Associate, you have our ongoing commitment to your growth and development as you work across our world-famous brands. The world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today, and we're here to support you every step of the way.

Here at Mars Wrigley Plymouth, we have a diverse community of 22 nationalities and over 32% of our people have been with us for more than 5 years. We now have an exciting opportunity for a shift engineer to come and join our factory team! If you have a background in mechanical engineering and you are looking for the opportunity to take on new challenges, then look at the below!

What are we looking for?

  • Proven experience in diagnosing and fixing industrial boilers, steam pipework and water systems within an FMCG environment

  • Ability to troubleshoot various competencies: Pneumatic, compressors, chillers, boilers and dehumidifiers with minimal guidance.

  • You’ll be very hands-on with a self-driven attitude that works well with people and can prioritise workloads with ease.

  • Suitably qualified in an engineering discipline supported by relevant experience.

What would be your key responsibilities?

  • Monitor and operate of all critical facility assets to optimise plant efficiency and performance for factory operations

  • Capable of troubleshooting, repairing and overhauling equipment within close sitetolerances.

  • As a Team, properly maintain and ensure efficient and effective repairs of facilities equipment in a fast paced, high production work environment, while prioritizing multiple mechanical/electrical and administrative tasks.

  • Perform Maintenance on Pneumatic, compressors, chillers, boilers and dehumidifiers with minimal guidance.

  • Document Work Orders (WO) using SAP-PPM Plant Maintenance logging and completing maintenance activities on a daily basis.

  • Understand and adhere to Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LOTO) Procedures, Confined Space Procedures and all other Plant Safety/Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) requirements related to supporting machinery uptime.

What can you expect from Mars?

  • Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.

  • Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

  • Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

Wrigley is proudly part of Mars, Incorporated, the company behind some of the world's best loved brands. In 2016, Mars combined its Chocolate and Wrigley businesses to create Mars Wrigley. Mars Wrigley's confectionary portfolio includes Chocolate brands such as SNICKERS®, M&M’S®, GALAXY®, MALTESERS and TWIX®, as well as Gum and Mints like DOUBLEMINT®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™ and Fruity Confections including SKITTLES® and STARBURST®. Mars Wrigley is just one of Mars’ diverse global businesses, which also includes Petcare, Food, Drinks and Symbioscience

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Sabbaticals
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
24 days annual leave + bank holidays
“Pawternity” leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Bank holiday swaps

We asked employees of Mars UK what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
94%
Employees are very happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
91%
Employees are very happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
84%
Employees are very happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
80%
Employees feel that they can switch off quite easily from work
Role modelling
81%
Employees feel that flexible working is part of the culture
Autonomy
90%
Employees feel they have complete autonomy over getting their work done

Additional employee ratings
(these do not contribute to the FlexScore®)

Diversity
75%
Employees feel that the diversity is good and there are continued efforts to improve it
Inclusion
78%
Employees feel that the culture supports equity and inclusivity well
Culture
86%
Employees feel like it is a really great environment to work in
Mission
84%
Employees feel very excited about and aligned with the company mission
Salary
70%
Employees feel that their salary is good and matches the value they bring

Working at Mars UK

Company employees

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Gender diversity (male:female)

57:43

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