Engineering Stock Controller

JR United Kingdom; Boston; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food production company in Boston is seeking an Engineering Stock Controller to coordinate inventory and support operational needs. Candidates should have experience in FMCG environments and be proficient in Word and Excel. This role offers competitive salary and benefits including life assurance and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Life Assurance (1 x salary)

Staff Shop

Stakeholder Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years' service)

Qualifications

• Must have previous experience in an FMCG environment or similar engineering roles.
• Computer literacy in Word and Excel is required.
• An understanding of food safety legislation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the manufacturing unit engineering stores facility.
• Monitor component use and identify stock requirements.
• Ensure compliance with stock acquisition and disposal policies.

Skills

Previous experience in an FMCG environment

Computer literate in Word and Excel

Experience with local standard operating procedures

Understanding of food safety legislation

Experience with CMMS or equivalent

Knowledge of stores best practice

Job description

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Engineering Stock Controller - Boston Meals
We drive our own success

• Monday - Friday, 8.30 - 5pm
• Based near Boston, Old Leake (PE22 9PN)
• Up to £32,000.00 per annum
• Highly competitive rewards package including Group Pension
• Excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group

Why join us?
We're constantly evolving, progressing and diversifying. And we want our people to do so too. For everyone to feel empowered, engaged and enabled. To create opportunities to move forward, climb higher and push for more. We believe in fuelling ambition and guiding success. In supporting everyone with talent and drive to own what they do, realise their potential and build a brilliant future for themselves at Bakkavor.
What we do.
Our Meals site in Boston (Old Leake) is looking to recruit an Engineering Stock Controller. In this role, you'll coordinate the manufacturing unit engineering stores facility to optimise stock availability, meeting operational needs and targets.
The site employs over 700 people and specialises in making chilled Italian ready meals and modern deli products for a dedicated customer.
About the role.
To have control of engineering parts and components, ensuring engineering inventory is accurately logged, monitor usage, and find new methods / procedures. Working with other teams, you will contribute to technical performance reviews and continuous improvement activities. Ensure diagnostic instructions and inventory images are readily available to all engineering staff.
Accountabilities:

• Monitor component use, identify stock requirements and place orders in a timely manner to meet the needs of the engineering maintenance plan and production activity
• Management of stock control policy and practices, including good housekeeping, to ensure that the inventory is accurate at all times and that stock can be speedily always retrieved
• Adoption of policies for stock acquisition, storage and the disposal of obsolete parts which ensure full stock availability and effective rotation of spares
• Optimise consignment stock and component levels to effectively manage cost controls
• Adhere to all policies and practices as requested by the customer and or regulatory bodies to always ensure compliance with agreed standards
• Provide information and data anomalies to inform root cause analysis and the identification of potential business improvements
• Monitor spending against budget to effectively manage the stock expenditure

About you.

• Previous experience in an FMCG environment or similar engineering roles
• Computer literate in Word and Excel
• Experience working with relevant local standard operating procedures
• Detailed understanding of the impact of legislation on day-to-day operations in relation to food safety
• Previous experience of Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) or equivalent
• Experience of stores best practice

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)
• 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 car parking, fantastic staff shop, company events and more.

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!
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Bakkavor
We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with operations also in the US, positioning the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 15,000 colleagues operate from 31 sites across our two markets supplying a large portfolio of products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US.
Department: Engineering
Location:
Boston, GB, PE22 9PN
Workplace: Site Based
Date: 22 Jul 2025
Req ID: 25361

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