Engineering Shift Technician

Fox's Burton's Companies; Livingston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK biscuit manufacturer is seeking a Multi-Skilled Technician to join their Engineering Team. In this role, you will ensure effective engineering services while maintaining safety, quality, and hygiene standards. Responsibilities include planned maintenance, training others, and improving engineering systems. Candidates should have HNC qualifications in mechanical or electrical engineering, strong maintenance skills, and preferably some experience in food manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Educated to HNC standard or higher in mechanical or electrical engineering.
• Familiar with TPM principles including 5S.
• Experience in food manufacturing is desirable.
• CMMS experience preferred.
• Food manufacturing experience and knowledge of Health & Safety / Food Hygiene desirable.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the Engineering Team to ensure standards are met.
• Carry out planned maintenance activities as scheduled.
• Train others to perform their work duties effectively.
• Continuously improve engineering systems to eradicate repeat failures.
• Assist with KPI delivery in line with business objectives.
• Collaborate with site functions to meet daily, weekly, monthly and annual targets.

Skills

Preventative maintenance

Predictive maintenance

Problem solving

Continuous improvement skills

Teamwork

Education

HNC standard in mechanical or electrical engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Employee Shift: 3 shift rotation Days/Nights/Backs

Company Description

We are FBC UK, Fox's Burton's Companies! ……And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).

FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company.

We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We are proud manufacturing partners to some of the biggest UK retailers and household names. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Isle of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset and our HQ in St Albans. Together, we employ circa 4,000 amazing colleagues across all our locations.

We are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming UK Market Leader.

Whilst we know that we have delicious products we also know that that the key ingredient to our success is our people, and the passion we have for our brands. You could be the jammy to our dodger, party ring to our Fox’s or the choc-chip to our Maryland?! We knead people with innovative ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the commitment to drive FBC UK to success.

We are committed to building an inclusive workforce that feels empowered to build a fulfilling and successful career. By embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) we create a supportive environment for people to thrive and strive to have more positive impact.

We understand that having formal and on-the-job learning opportunities is key to our colleagues’ professional and personal growth. We are committed to providing an environment where everyone can learn from each other and grow through a variety of learning experiences.

Our colleagues make our business special. With strong community values, we believe FBC UK is a more prosperous and fun place to work when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, entrepreneurial and supporting each other whilst meeting our business goals.

About the Role

As a Multi-Skilled Technician you will be working as part of the Engineering Team to provide a timely and effective engineering service to our customer in production whilst ensuring safety, quality and hygiene standards are met.

You will carry out planned maintenance activities as scheduled by the maintenance plan contained within the CMMS, attend and repair breakdowns as required, and report all actions carried out and any further actions required.

Main Responsibilities

• You will undertake training as required to further enhance individual’s skills and knowledge so that the level of support to the front line operations remains effective and efficient
• Train others so that they are able to carry out their expected work duties to the required standards
• Continuously improve engineering system to eradicate repeat failures
• Continually develop our engineering services to maximize performance
• Assist with the delivery of KPI’s in line with assigned business unit objectives (waste, TOS, efficiency, machine uptime)
• Work in partnership with site functions to deliver daily, weekly, monthly, and annual targets
• Support the creation of a positive working culture through clear and consistent thought processes

How to be successful in the role and at FBC

• It is preferred that you will be educated to HNC standard (or equivalent) or higher in mechanical or electrical engineering and a proven practitioner of preventative maintenance, predictive maintenance, problem solving and continuous improvement skills
• You will also be familiar with TPM principles including 5S
• Experience in the use of CMMS (computerised maintenance management systems) is preferred but not essential
• You will be numerate, literate, flexible, self-motivated and be able to work with minimum supervision and use own initiative
• Previous experience of working as part of a team is essential
• Previous Food Manufacturing experience and a basic understanding of Health & Safety and Food Hygiene is desirable, but not essential as training will be given
• The duties described here are not exhaustive and may be adapted to meet the needs of a changing organisation and therefore is expected to evolve in line with the organisation

Diversity Statement

FBC UK is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at FBC UK. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.