Engineering - Multi Skilled Engineer

Finsbury Food Group; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Finsbury Food Group as a Multi-Skilled Engineer, ensuring the smooth operation of our Salisbury bakery. You'll carry out maintenance and repairs, contributing to our mission of being the leading specialty bakery group in the UK. If you're a qualified engineer looking for growth opportunities, this role is for you!

Benefits

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Death in Service Benefit

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Retail discounts

Heavily discounted company shop products

Refer a Friend Scheme

Employee Recognition Awards

Extensive Learning & Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working in a food manufacturing environment is crucial.
• IPAF certification and 18th Edition Wiring Regulations are advantageous.
• Basic understanding of IT required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct planned and preventative maintenance across the bakery.
• Respond quickly to breakdowns to minimize downtime.
• Monitor and record maintenance work using CMMS.

Skills

Problem-Solving

Communication

Attention to Detail

Education

Qualified Multi-Skilled Engineer

Tools

Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)

Job description

Location: Nicholas & Harris, Salisbury, SP2 7PU

Shift: 4 on, 4 off - 6pm until 6am

Salary: Competitive with Opportunities for Growth

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Engineering team as a Multi-Skilled Engineer at our Nicholas & Harris site, part of the Finsbury Food Group. Nicholas & Harris has over 180 years of heritage in craft baking methods. If you enjoy artisanal, organic, and speciality breads, or have specific dietary or nutritional preferences, our Salisbury bakery has you covered.

Our Multi-Skilled Engineers are responsible for carrying out all planned and preventative maintenance, as well as responding swiftly to any breakdowns that occur across the bakery. Living by the Finsbury Food Group values of Teamwork, Ownership, Communication, Honesty, and Respect, you’ll work as part of the wider Engineering team to ensure all corrective work orders are completed within business-critical timeframes—minimising any risk to the operation of the bakery.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain experience with one of the UK’s leading bakery businesses, offering excellent potential for growth and development. At Finsbury Food Group, we are passionate about investing in our teams, creating real opportunities for progression both at site level and across the Group.

To succeed in this role, you’ll be a qualified Multi-Skilled Engineer with prior experience in a food manufacturing and/or processing environment. While not essential, it would be advantageous if you hold an IPAF (International Powered Access Federation) certification and the 18th Edition Wiring Regulations qualification.

This is what you’ll actually do!

As a Multi-Skilled Engineer, you’ll be part of the wider Engineering team, maintaining a wide range of production equipment as well as carrying out general maintenance and installations across the site. You’ll often work independently, demonstrating confidence in online fault finding and process development, while reporting updates and issues to the Engineering Reliability Manager.

To ensure we meet the needs of our major retail customers, a key part of your role will be reducing the risk of extended downtime in the bakery—helping us achieve our production target of less than 2% downtime. You’ll need to work well under pressure, displaying a strong, creative problem-solving approach.

Performance Will Be Measured Through Your Completion Rates Of

• Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)
• Work orders
• Health & Safety-related tasks

We operate 24/7, and we are always looking for ways to improve. You’ll play an important role in continuous improvement and productivity projects. This will include supporting with any unscheduled or emergency maintenance, fault finding, and necessary repairs—always working to identify root causes.

A basic understanding of IT is essential, as you’ll be responsible for monitoring and recording all maintenance work using our Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS), including durations and materials used.

You’ll also be expected to follow all company policies, including those related to Health & Safety, Security, and Hygiene, to ensure full compliance with Food Safety Standards.

Ideally this is you!

• Qualified Multi-Skilled Engineer (qualifications/certifications evident)
• Experience working within a Food Manufacturing environment.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to work on own initiative.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Basic understanding of IT
• Attention to detail
• Team player.

What’s in it for you!

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
• Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
• Death in Service Benefit
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
• Company shop available at sites (heavily discounted, yummy products!)
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – t&cs dependent)
• Employee Recognition Awards
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
• An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

  Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!

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