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Avara Foods is one of the UK’s leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the country’s major supermarkets and well-known restaurants.\nWe own and manage our entire supply chain, from farms to factory and all the way to the customer door - meaning we have careers that cover a whole range of functions. We have major processing sites across England and an agricultural network of over 350 farms, spanning from North Yorkshire to the South Coast and Wales.\nAbout the Role:\nAre you passionate about solving problems and finding solutions for the future? Looking for a new challenge? Do you have experience as a multi-skilled Engineer?\nAs an inclusive, forward-thinking business, we take pride in our approach to investing in our factory maintenance across Avara Foods and are looking for a highly competent and motivated Multi-Skilled Engineer to join our team, based at our site in Scropton, Derbyshire.\nThe role is factory and workshop based, so you’ll be working in a fast-paced, dynamic FMCG factory environment which is noisy and refrigerated in some areas, manufacturing short shelf life products where hygiene standards are critical. As a Multi-Skilled Engineer you’ll be working on a days only, 4 on 4 off shift pattern 05:00 - 17:00.\nWhat will you be doing as a Multi-Skilled Engineer at Avara?\nAs a Multi-Skilled Engineer, you will be key player in ensuring the consistent smooth running of factory machinery including planned maintenance and reactive repairs, along with continually looking for ways to improve future processes.\nWhat will your key responsibilities as Multi-Skilled Engineer include?\nEnsuring maintenance is carried out in line with the schedule and effective and efficient corrective action is taken. \nA quick and effective response to breakdowns, where possible identifying root cause and suggesting improvements. \nCommunicating unscheduled breakdowns to the Engineering Shift Manager. \nDemonstrating good problem solving techniques for mechanical and electrical issues. What you’ll need to be successful:\n\nA relevant engineering apprenticeship or equivalent qualifications (BTEC & NVQ L3, HND, Degree, etc) \nManufacturing Engineering experience, ideally within food manufacturing. \nA familiarity with processing machinery and the ability to fault find. \nAn electrical bias with sound mechanical knowledge. \nThe benefits of working for Avara Foods:\nAs a Multi-Skilled Engineer you will enjoy a secure, supportive and progressive working environment, where your contribution and achievements will be recognised and rewarded.\nWe offer comprehensive training as well as continuous development as you build your long-term career with us. You can also look forward to benefits that amongst other things, include the following:\n£44,676 per annum.\nAdditional £4000 shift allowance per annum.\n21.7 days holiday allowance. (6.2 weeks based on average 3.5 days per week) \nSecure contract with long term career development opportunities\n5% company matched pension contributions. \nCompany life assurance scheme. \nCycle to work scheme \nSalary Sacrifice Car Scheme\nAccess to our Employee Benefit Scheme, which includes unlimited remote GP appointments and unlimited mental health sessions, physiotherapy sessions, medical second opinion consultation, and other discounts and perks, such as savings & discounts on weekly costs.\nWhat happens after you apply for this role?\nAfter you’ve applied, you’ll be contacted in due course by a Resourcing Officer to discuss your application and CV further. There’ll also be a chance for you to ask us any questions you may have about the role.\nIf you’re ready to work in a dynamic environment alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, apply today!\nWe are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.\nSkills\nEngineering - Maintenance, HR - Training, Traits - Problem Solving, Logistics - Logistics, Engineering - Electrical, Engineering - Mechanical, Engineering - multi-skilled, Supply Chain - SUPPLY CHAIN, Engineering - ENGINEER, Technical - AUDIT, Production Management - FOOD MANUFACTURING, Supply Chain - SOLUTIONS, Agricultural - Poultry","description_format":"text","description_chars":4274,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Meat & Poultry","Animal Nutrition","Poultry Farming"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-09T17:46:43Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":20,"reasons":["conf:2","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-10T06:52:35Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/avara-foods-multi-skilled-engineer-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/avara-foods-multi-skilled-engineer-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T08:47:42Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":20388,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4372546},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4372546"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Favara-foods-multi-skilled-engineer-2"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Favara-foods-multi-skilled-engineer-2"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Favara-foods-multi-skilled-engineer-2"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/avara-foods-multi-skilled-engineer-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Favara-foods-multi-skilled-engineer-2"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3975186}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"avarafoods.co.uk","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3975186},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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