Join Syngenta’s Engineering team at Huddersfield Manufacturing Centre and help keep a large, technically complex manufacturing site safe, reliable and efficient. This is a varied, hands-on EC&I role where no two days are the same: from planned maintenance and calibration to fault-finding, plant improvements and critical breakdown support. You will work with modern and legacy equipment, building broad technical capability while making a visible difference to plant performance and safety. You will join a proactive, collaborative and supportive team that takes pride in delivering high-quality work, safely and on time.
Job description
As a Control & Electrical Engineering Technician, you will report to the Maintenance Supervisor and provide essential engineering support across the site. You will plan, prioritise and deliver maintenance activities using SAP, working closely with Operations, asset teams, Plant Maintenance Engineering and in-house contractors to minimise downtime and improve reliability.
You will be trusted to work independently within robust Safe Systems of Work, while contributing to a team focused on Operational Excellence, continuous improvement and safe plant operation. The role is site-based in Huddersfield, normally working 07:50–15:30, with overtime and occasional extended hours in line with operational requirements.
Key responsibilities include:
What we are looking for
You are an apprentice-trained Control, Electrical or Instrumentation Technician with a strong practical foundation and a disciplined approach to safety. You enjoy solving technical problems, take ownership of the quality of your work and can build effective working relationships across engineering and manufacturing teams.
You will bring:
At the Huddersfield Manufacturing Centre we make important Crop Protection products that are used in over 120 countries worldwide. These products help our growers to meet the ever-increasing demand for food, feed and fuel, and our talented & dedicated teams make this possible. The Huddersfield team is proactive, driven, and friendly, with a strong emphasis on diversity, equality and inclusion. We work cross functionally to get the job done!
What We Offer
Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
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At Syngenta Vegetable Seeds, we’re passionate about helping people in the vegetable industry succeed and putting growers at the heart of all that we do. Our energies are focused on creating solutions that help them get more out of their crops, now and in the future. A commitment in every seed. We do this by protecting seed, bulbs, or small plant quality from the start to enable growers to achieve the highest yield potentials in their operations; continually investing in R&D to bring cutting-edge innovations to the market; and striving to make a real-world difference through more sustainable practices on farms, in shipping, and at the grocery store.