Multi Skilled Engineer

Butternut Box | B Corp; Worksop; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance 257.5 hours

Annual leave increase with service

Paws days for wellbeing

Learning & development budget

Private medical insurance discount

Free parking & EV charging

Team socials & events

Employee dog perks

Job summary

Butternut Box, a B Corp certified company, is seeking a Multi Skilled Engineer to maintain high‑volume production at our Blyth/Worksop sites. The role covers fault‑finding, electrical diagnostics and shift leadership to keep production safe and efficient.

You’ll join a growth‑minded team within Rudie’s Kitchen and Ace’s Pantry operations, delivering reliable plant performance while supporting continuous improvement and cross‑functional collaboration across the UK sites.

Qualifications

• Strong multi-skilled engineering background including completion of a recognised apprenticeship.
• Multi Skilled Engineer with electrical bias, ideally with strong experience in Electrical diagnostics.
• Qualified to HNC level in an Engineering discipline.
• Hungry for a challenge and keen to grow something to our next phase of growth
• Excellent Communication skills, able to engage with shift operations teams
• Minimum of 3 years experience in an Engineering or Senior Technician Role
• Supervisory experience with broad working knowledge of relevant safety legislation.
• Well practised planning, organisation and scheduling skills.
• Ability to coach and train, leading others by example.
• Easily approachable with good interpersonal skills, with creative thinking and analytical skills
• Loves dogs (naturally)

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact to diagnose and fix plant issues, including site services.
• Own and drive the reliability of our machinery and react promptly to breakdowns.
• Provide final RCA for plant not running to SOP and high technical skill.
• Carry out Root Cause Analysis of efficiency losses & significant breakdowns.
• Drive CI plan for area of ownership in collaboration with engineering teams.
• Support operations with coaching, SOP writing and technical training.
• Ensure robust handover to oncoming shift for continuous progression.

Skills

Electrical bias

Fault finding

Shift leadership

Engineering apprenticeship

HNC level

3+ years exp

Supervisory experience

Planning & scheduling

Interpersonal skills

Dog lover

Education

Recognised engineering apprenticeship

HNC in Engineering

Tools

Google Workspace

Cloud-based systems

PC literacy

Job description

Role: Multi Skilled Engineer

Career Step Level: Step level 2.0

Location: Blyth, Worksop

Salary: £62,868.47

Hours: A shift rotation with a mixture of days / nights and some weekend working. The working shifts days consisting of 6am to 6pm and nights consisting of 6pm-6am.

Fresh Food, Happy Dogs.

We believe dogs deserve the healthiest, most natural and tastiest meals - with none of the nasties. That’s why we make FRESHly prepared food, cooked just like you would at home and delivered direct to our customers in perfect portions. As a B-Corp certified company, you’re joining a sustainable business that genuinely cares about our people, our products and our impact on the planet. Our goal is simple: to help dogs live healthier, happier, and longer lives, while leaving humans smiling after every interaction.

We’ve come a long way since our co‑founders (Kev & Dave), hand delivered the very first Butternut Box. Today, we feed hundreds of thousands of hungry dogs across the UK and Europe - but we won’t stop until we’re feeding dogs everywhere. To get there, we need a team of brilliant people who share that ambition to come and work for us.

While Rudie’s Kitchen and Ace’s Pantry in Doncaster remain the heart of our UK operations, we’ve recently taken a massive leap forward with Sam’s Kitchen in Poland, going live in January this year. This expansion is a huge part of our story, allowing us to bring our gently cooked, human‑quality meals to even more four‑legged friends across Europe.

The job:

You might know this role as a Facilities Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, or Manufacturing Engineer, but here at Butternut Box, we call it a Multi‑Skilled Engineer. As a Multi Skilled Engineer for a dual site operation, Rudie’s Kitchen, our Manufacturing Site and Ace’s Pantry, our UK Warehouse & Fulfilment Centre, you will have full accountability for the Efficient up‑keep of all production, fulfilment and site services equipment.

The Engineer needs to be able to fault‑find and problem‑solve on a broad range of equipment and situations, which is key to resolving technical/engineering issues in a high‑volume production environment where keeping the plant running safely and efficiently is the prime objective.

In this role, you can expect to…

• Partner with our production and fulfilment teams to ensure the full availability of people, knowledge, skills and equipment to keep us cooking (and to be able to cook more as we scale).
• Be an expert, guide and coach demonstrating shift leadership during the day-to-day running of the Kitchen, advising and sharing a view of how we can operate during proactive and reactive requirements with the shift leadership team.
• Be readily available and the first point of contact to diagnose and fix plant issues, including site services.
• Own and drive the reliability of our machinery and react promptly and proactively to breakdown issues escalated across the entire Kitchen whilst on duty.
• To provide the final port of call for our teams in diagnosing reasons for the plant not running to Standard Operating Conditions and being the highest technical skill within the factory's day-to-day operation.
• Carrying out Root Cause Analysis of efficiency losses & significant breakdowns.
• To drive the CI plan for your area of ownership, working alongside the days‑based Engineering Team
• Being a key part of the operations team through short interval control meetings, collaborating cross functionally and supporting Op’s with coaching, SOP writing and Technical Training.
• Ensure a robust and informative handover to the oncoming shift to ensure activity continues cohesively, equally ensuring handover to the other side so we can always be moving things forward.

Rudies & Aces systems:

Provide site Services (Cooling systems, steam, air, water, gas and electricity) and full site asset install base (Mixing, Filling, Cooking, Freezing & Fulfilment).

What we're looking for:

• Strong multi‑skilled engineering background including completion of a recognised apprenticeship.
• Multi Skilled Engineer with electrical bias, ideally with strong experience in Electrical diagnostics.
• Qualified to HNC level in an Engineering discipline.
• Hungry for a challenge and keen to grow something to our next phase of growth
• Excellent Communication skills, able to engage with shift operations teams
• P.C literate in: Cloud based system, ideally Google Suite, etc.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in an Engineering or Senior Technician Role
• Supervisory experience with broad working knowledge of relevant safety legislation.
• Well practised planning, organisation and scheduling skills.
• Ability to coach and train, leading others by example.
• Easily approachable with good interpersonal skills, with creative thinking and analytical skills
• Loves dogs (naturally)

Our benefits:

• Enjoy 257.5 hours of holiday per year (equivalent to 33 days holiday)*
• Plus an extra day for each year of service (up to 5 days).*
• 39 hours of pre‑booked paws days to support good wellbeing and self care.* (equivalent to 5 days)
• Unlock a £500 annual budget for personal learning and development.
• Enhanced parental leave (52 weeks’ maternity leave inclusive of 26 weeks fully paid and 6 weeks fully paid paternity/secondary leave)
• Get discounted Private Medical Insurance with Vitality Healthcare.
• Discounted Gym membership with “MyGymDiscounts” helping you stay fit and healthy
• Satisfy your taste buds with subsidised food from a variety of street food vans, and of course, pay day pizza!
• Treat your furry friend with an employee discount on Butternut Box.
• Say goodbye to parking woes with free parking and electric car charging.
• Team socials & events
• Prepare for adorable office dog overload—meet Cleo, Paxo, Cali, Ronnie, Harvey, Milo, and many more!
• Holidays and Paws days are pro‑rata for those working part time or job share

The interview process:

• Initial call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner, carried out remotely.
• Skills interview, usually carried out in person.
• Behaviours interview, usually carried out in person.

Important things to note:

• This role is 100% based in our kitchen in Blyth, Doncaster
• We aim to respond to all applicants personally, however, due to the high volume of applications we receive we are sometimes unable to respond to everyone
• As our business has grown so has our responsibility to our community, our planet and our business. We are not perfect, but we are committed to doing business the right way and continually improving our social and environmental performance
• We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career. If it makes your application easier for you please feel free to complete the application form in your native language, we are really happy to translate it afterwards.Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
• For this specific role, we’re unable to offer visa sponsorship, so you’ll need the right to work in the UK.

We believe in a seat at the table for everyone.

Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that to make the best food for all dogs, we need a team that represents all humans. We celebrate different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We are specifically committed to increasing representation from underrepresented groups. We want a strong, diverse team built from different identities and lived experiences. We’re not perfect, but we are dedicated to the ongoing work of building an inclusive, supportive place where you can do the best work of your career.

We look forward to receiving your application!