Engineering Shift Supervisor

BAKKAVOR GROUP PLC; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer in the UK is seeking an Engineering Shift Supervisor for its facility. The role involves managing the engineering team to ensure optimal plant availability, implement training plans, and maintain strict hygiene standards. Candidates should have strong team management skills and a sound understanding of health and safety compliance. This position offers benefits such as a stakeholder pension scheme and personal accident insurance. Join a supportive workplace that values employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Stakeholder pension scheme

Personal accident insurance

Employee assistance programme

Holiday purchase scheme

Life assurance

Dental & hospital cash plans

Responsibilities

• Manage the engineering team to optimize plant availability.
• Implement training plans to meet engineering and production needs.
• Minimize engineering downtime and accurately log repairs.
• Maintain hygiene standards appropriate for a food manufacturer.
• Ensure stock is logged and issues reported.

Skills

Team management

Technical specifications knowledge

Health & Safety compliance

Performance monitoring

Job description

Overview

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Engineering Shift Supervisor to join the busy and active team at Bakkavor's food manufacturing facility in Nantwich, Cheshire. You will help maintain, install and improve the performance of processing equipment across the site. The site makes chilled speciality hand‑crafted flatbreads, baguettes, doughballs and ciabattas for customers including Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsburys.

Responsibilities

• Manage the engineering team to ensure delivery of scheduled work and reactive work so that plant availability is optimised and manage technical specifications for ingredients, products, processes & packaging.
• Implement agreed training & development plans to meet engineering & production needs. Comply with statutory & Bakkavor Health & Safety requirements, ensuring reports work in a safe manner. This includes ownership of the dynamic risk assessment process.
• Ensure engineering downtime is minimised, accurately logged, and monitor repair time. Liaise with planning and operations teams to allow for PPM to be completed in a timely manner.
• Ensure all stock is logged in and out of the stores area, highlighting any stock issues to the engineering team manager.
• Maintain standards of hygiene and good housekeeping appropriate to a quality food manufacturer. GMP standard of workshops and engineers' toolboxes is maintained at a high level.

Benefits

• A stakeholder pension scheme
• 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
• Affordable loans via salary
• Proudly loyal service awards
• Commitment to wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by a wellbeing champions team

Equal Opportunity Statement

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.