Maintenance Engineer

Bakkavor Group; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in the UK fresh prepared food industry as a Maintenance Engineer. This role involves conducting planned and predictive maintenance on processing and packaging assets during night shifts. You will work in a dynamic environment focused on continuous improvement and technical performance, ensuring optimal operation of machinery.

Benefits

Life Assurance

23 days holiday

Staff Shop

Stakeholder Pension Scheme

Personal Accident Insurance

Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years service)

Employee Assistance Programme

Free Carparking

Qualifications

• Conduct planned and predictive maintenance on machinery.
• Respond to breakdowns and conduct reactive maintenance.
• Identify faults and lead machinery changeovers.

Responsibilities

• Conduct planned maintenance of processing and packaging assets.
• Respond to breakdowns and conduct corrective actions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects.

Skills

Electrical bias

Mechanical principles

Welding

Hydraulic systems

Pneumatic systems

Thermodynamics systems

PLC

Education

Engineering apprenticeship (C&G / EAL NVQ Level 3 / 4)

Current Edition of IET Wiring Regulations (C&G Level 3)

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Internal Job Description
Engineer (Nights)- Bakkavor Desserts Newark

We rise to challenges together.

4on 4off B Nights

17.45pm-05.45am

Salary: GBP57,790 plus benefits (listed below)

Why join us?

We're ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The undeniable pressure and pace of our 24/7 operation keeps us on our toes and offers a variety of career pathways and options to explore and pursue. We encourage everyone to work hard, push further and show resilience. And it's exciting. Because only by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, will we continue to diversify, grow as individuals, and succeed together.

What we do.

We're the biggest name you've never heard of. You've probably eaten our food - you just didn't realise it. We make innovative fresh products, with around 18,500 colleagues working across the UK, US and China. We're the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers (including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose). We're ambitious. We're full of ideas. And we're ready for more people who share our values and passion for quality to join us.

This particular role is based at our Bakkavor Desserts site in Newark, Nottinghamshire and specialises in making chilled desserts such as trifles, creamcakes and choux pastries. The site employs over 1,900 people and is one of eight Manufacturing sites that are part of the Bakkavor Bakery sector in the UK.

About the role.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer to join our expanding team and site, working on B Nights shift, 4on 4off, 17,45pm-05.45am.

The Maintenance Engineer will conduct planned and predictive maintenance to prevent issues occurring. Your role will lead or support the operational teams with machinery change overs and set ups. Working with other teams, you will contribute to technical performance reviews and continuous improvement activities. Our Maintenance Engineers work as part of a team or standalone, depending on the task. The role reports to the Nights Engineering Section Manager.

Job Responsibilities

• Conduct planned maintenance of processing and packaging assets.

• Conduct predictive maintenance of food processing and packaging assets (condition-based monitoring).
• Respond to breakdowns.
• Conduct reactive maintenance or corrective actions to resolve deviation.
• Identify faults (electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation, and pneumatics) and action as required.
• Lead or support operational teams with machinery change overs and set ups.
• Manufacture and repair component parts for processing and packaging assets.
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects to optimise assets or processes.

About you.

The ideal successful will have;

• Engineering apprenticeship (C&G / EAL NVQ Level 3 / 4 or OAL FDEM Diploma)
• Current Edition of IET Wiring Regulations (C&G Level 3, achieve within 12 months).

• Application of Safety, Health and Environmental legislation and procedures
• Planning works and writing reports.
• Verify assets meet performance criteria after work.
• Reading and adhering to site SOPs.
• CMMS experience (achieve within 12 months).
• Electrical bias
• Experience in the following would be advantageous - Mechanical principles, F&D assets, welding, machining, turning, hydraulic, pneumatic & thermodynamics systems and / or, electrical principals, motors, motor control circuits, motion control, encoders, PLCs, sensors

What you'll receive.

As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

You'll enjoy:

• Life Assurance (1 x salary)
• 23 days holiday
• Staff Shop
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• MyBargains Discount Platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free Independent Mortgage Advice
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
• Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years service)
• Free Carparking

Proud to be Bakkavor.

We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!

Find out more and apply.