Engineer - Nights

Bakkavor Group; Balderton; On-site; GBP 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fresh prepared food company in the UK is looking for a Maintenance Engineer to ensure optimal performance of processing and packaging assets. You will conduct maintenance, troubleshoot machinery, and support operational teams. The ideal candidate will have an engineering apprenticeship and a strong electrical bias, alongside experience in maintenance practices. This permanent role offers a competitive salary of £57,790 and a range of benefits, including life assurance and a staff shop with discounts.

Benefits

Life Assurance

23 days holiday

Stakeholder Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years service)

Qualifications

• Must have an engineering apprenticeship (C&G / EAL NVQ Level 3 / 4).
• Experience with electrical and mechanical systems is preferred.
• Familiarity with Safety, Health and Environmental legislation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct planned maintenance of processing and packaging assets.
• Respond to breakdowns and conduct reactive maintenance.
• Lead operational teams with machinery change overs.

Skills

Electrical bias

Mechanical principles

Condition-based monitoring

Planning works

Reading and adhering to SOPs

Education

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

Current Edition of IET Wiring Regulations

Tools

CMMS

PLC

Sensors

Job description

Overview

Maintenance Engineer

We rise to challenges together

£57,790 - Plus, our benefits listed below including; Life Assurance, our products at heavily discounted rates for our Newark Desserts Staff Shop, and Bakkavor MyBargains.

Based at Bakkavor Desserts Newark, Jessop Way, Newark, NG24 2ER

17 : 45pm-05.45am 4on 4off B Nights

Contract Type - Permanent

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.

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 / Qualifications

• 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 / Benefits

• 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.
• 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 Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.

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!

At Bakkavor, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive, and we believe that diversity makes us stronger. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds and ensure fair, transparent recruitment practices. Learn more about our commitment in our Inclusion and Diversity Policy ( Inclusion & Diversity Policy ).

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