Multi Skilled Engineer

Finsbury Food Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK bakery group is hiring an experienced Multi Skilled Engineer for the night shift to assist in equipment maintenance at their Hamilton site. The ideal candidate will be fully qualified, preferably with food manufacturing experience, and possess excellent communication skills. Join a team focused on continuous improvement and enjoy competitive benefits including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Death in Service Benefit

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Retail discounts

Company shop

Refer a Friend Scheme

Employee Recognition Awards

Extensive Learning & Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in food manufacturing industry preferred.
• Electrical bias is preferred.
• Ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Assist in daily maintenance of production equipment.
• Perform unscheduled and emergency maintenance work.
• Deliver maintenance programme in line with planned preventative maintenance.

Skills

Fully qualified multi skilled engineer

Excellent communication skills

Team player

Attention to detail

Experience in FMCG environment

Education

Relevant qualifications

Job description

Location: Lightbody, Bothwell Road, Hamilton, ML3 0DW

Shift: 4 on 4 off (Nightshift - 6pm-6am)

Salary: Competitive

We are now recruiting for an experienced Multi Skilled Engineer to join our nightshift team. This is a fantastic time to join us as we are significantly investing in our Lightbody Site along with a planned automation programme.

135 years of craft baking skills lie behind the quality of the special branded cakes, sweet snacks and slices we produce in Hamilton and 55 million products are produced each year. Lightbodys is the UKs largest supplier of celebration cakes to UK retailers, with Disney, Mars, Universal and Thorntons all within the portfolio of branded cakes made under licence. We also make a variety of supermarkets well-loved own-label cakes and in-store bakery bites.

To be a success in this role, you will be a fully qualified multi skilled engineer preferably with experience in the food manufacturing industry. You will thrive working in a fast paced environment and be able to work as part of a team and demonstrate clear communication skills.

This is what youll actually do!

In this busy and varied role you will be a vital part of the Engineering team and will be responsible for assisting in the daily maintenance of production equipment. You will be required to deal with any unscheduled and emergency maintenance work, including all fault finding and necessary repair ensuring quick and efficient management of breakdowns that occur. You will strive to identify the root cause on each occasion and will be responsible for the booking of the duration, root cause and materials used through the Company CMMS.

You will also be required to deliver the maintenance programme in line with the planned preventative maintenance vision with all works performed following a, clean as you go, ethic in accordance with good manufacturing practice. You will ensure that maintenance work is carried out with due diligence and in compliance with food safety, health and safety and legal and quality systems.

There will be the opportunity within the role to participate in project work including continuous and profit improvement and you will be able to share your ideas about improvements that can be made to production lines, individual machinery or other operations.

In the role you will work closely with the site operations team and therefore you will need good communication to build positive relationships with key stakeholders.

Ideally this is you!

• Fully qualified multi skilled engineer with relevant qualifications
• Electrical bias preferred
• Previous working experience gained in an FMCG environment
• Experience of working in a lean/continuous improvement environment
• Flexible with a hand on approach
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to work on own initiative
• Able to work under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Team player
  
  

If this sounds like you, and you are ready for an exciting new opportunity, then please apply now!

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 us continue to go from strength to strength.

If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!

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