As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

• Carry out 1st line defect identification & elimination through use of effective problem-solving techniques, including Route Cause Analysis, 5 whys etc to avoid abortive & inefficient working.
• Carry out and refine maintenance routines, to interpret manufacturers' manuals to develop and generate test / maintenance procedures with scheduled maintenance programs.
• Consulting diagrams and technical documentation such as schematics, manuals, standards and codes.
• Service, test and maintain equipment according to manufacturers' specifications.
• Assisting engineering in plant design, modification and hazard analysis.
• Installing equipment and support systems on new or existing plant equipment and systems to appropriate installation standards and practices.
• To provide local engineering support, giving technical support & training to all process personnel to carry out engineering activities.
• Support Plant Maintenance Engineer and Task Controller on reliability improvements as required, to support the plant functions to eliminate defects, delays & waste.
• To assist with the development of the site’s apprentices by training, coaching the individuals as part of their development.

• Relevant Apprenticeship plus a minimum of typically three years hands on experience in a similar role or relevant craft qualification (City & Guilds, NVQ or HNC).
• Understand HSEQ standards & requirements and their application, through safe systems of work, to working on a Top Tier COMAH site.
• An in-depth knowledge of the relevant engineering systems, equipment & procedures.
• A working knowledge of SAP and good computer literacy.
• Knowledgeable in overall plant systems and interactions of processes.

Whilst this role offers a competitive base pay, at Syngenta we value total reward which includes the benefits we offer to our employees. We support well-being, offering comprehensive benefits including flexible working, generous holiday entitlement, discretionary bonus scheme, competitive pension scheme, private medical insurance and employee assistance programme.

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