Maintenance Technician

Company: ASR Group
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Location: London
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The ASR Group® family of companies make up the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. The companies produce a full line of grocery, industrial, foodservice and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group® companies operate five sugar refineries, located in California, Maryland, Louisiana, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, ASR Group® companies operate sugar refineries in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and, with a joint venture partner, Italy. The companies also farm sugarcane and own sugar mills in Mexico and Belize. The ASR Group® portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Florida Crystals®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle’s®, Sidul® and Whitworths®. ASR Group® companies also produce and market Tellus®, a single-use, compostable tableware and foodservice product made from plant fibers, including sugarcane.


POSITION SCOPE


Provision of an effective maintenance service to all plant/equipment used within the refining and packing areas, with emphasis on the improving plant availability & reliability.


Shift:


Mon-Fri Days


DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES



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

  • Carry out plant isolations.

  • Maintenance responsibility for all mechanical, electrical and electronic systems employed within the Process, Packing, Utilities and Jetty sections.

  • Carry out reactive maintenance when required by plant priorities.

  • Progress to agreed maintenance plans.

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

  • Plan plant insurance inspections liaising with the insurance inspector when required.

  • Complete plant improvement projects as time allows.

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

  • Liaise with contractors and manage RAMS and PTW.

  • Supervise cleaning resources to maintain plant hygiene.

  • Administer and review SAP maintenance system for budgeting, historical trend & reliability analysis, and in order to maintain accurate SAP inventories.

  • Provide where necessary HT cover for the site following the appropriate training and assessment.

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

  • Provide cost estimates for improvement projects and generate capital requests for these projects.

  • Participate in capital projects at all stages of implementation through to commissioning including pre-delivery inspections & installation of new plant for area of responsibility.

  • Meet with suppliers or potential suppliers and carry out audits/visits to suppliers’ premises when required.

  • Mentor, train and advise on engineering practices and Maintenance issues at all levels.

  • Plant reliability measured in up time, OEE & lost opportunity.

  • Performance against job specific KPM’s

  • 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.

  • Knowledge of Health, Safety & environmental systems & procedures

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


ESSENTIAL WORK EXPERIENCES



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


At Tate & Lyle Sugars, our goal is to be the most admired sweetener Company.


Service Excellence –


Be the industry’s Gold Standard by a relentless focus on reliability, providing products with superior quality and excellent customer services.


Efficiency and Sustainability –


Eliminate inefficiency to be a sustainable, low cost producer and to generate fuel for reinvestment.


Value-Add –


create strategic advantage and enhanced profitability through value-added products and services. The foundation of our values is


Talent and Culture


as we aim to build, retain and motivate a winning team.

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Posted: July 29th, 2026