Multi Skilled Manufacturing Engineer

Warburtons; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,600 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary profit share

Extra annual leave

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Staff discounts

Personal development

Free kitchens and daily product access

Health and wellbeing support

Job summary

Warburtons in Bristol is seeking a Multi-Skilled Manufacturing Engineer on a permanent days-based pattern. You will join the site engineering team to deliver planned maintenance, asset care, and continuous improvement across bakery and packaging equipment.

Required to diagnose mechanical and electrical faults, work with production teams, and maintain safety standards. The role offers a competitive salary with benefits and a chance to contribute to the nation’s favourite bakery.

Qualifications

• Multi-skilled engineer with both mechanical and electrical fault-finding capability.
• Recognised engineering apprenticeship or equivalent qualificiation.
• Experience delivering planned preventative maintenance in manufacturing/FMCG.
• Strong diagnostic and root cause analysis skills.
• Experience with automated production equipment and machinery.
• Knowledge of health and safety requirements and safe systems of work.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills.
• Proactive approach to reliability and asset care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver planned preventative maintenance to maximise equipment reliability.
• Support asset care programmes and proactive maintenance culture.
• Diagnose and resolve mechanical and electrical faults using structured problem solving.
• Identify recurring issues and implement robust, long-term solutions.
• Contribute to CI projects to improve efficiency and reduce downtime.
• Work safely and follow site standards and procedures.
• Collaborate with production and stakeholders to improve performance.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and engineering best practices.

Skills

Mechanical fault-finding

Electrical fault-finding

Analytical thinking

Teamwork & communication

Proactive maintenance

Asset care

Education

Engineering Apprenticeship/HNC/C&G/BTEC or equivalent

Tools

CMMS/SAP maintenance systems

Automated production equipment experience

Job description

At Warburtons, family is at the heart of our business.

Location: Bristol, Avonmouth

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday Days

Salary: Up to £51,000 + benefits

Join Warburtons as a Multi‑Skilled Manufacturing Engineer

Are you an experienced engineer with both mechanical and electrical skills? Do you enjoy getting to the root cause of issues, improving equipment reliability and making a lasting impact on site performance?

We're looking for a Multi‑Skilled Manufacturing Engineer to join our Bristol bakery on a permanent days-based pattern. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in asset care, planned preventative maintenance and continuous improvement, helping us maintain the high standards that keep the nation's favourite bakery running.

At Warburtons, you'll be part of a business that's proudly family‑owned, investing in both its people and its facilities. If you're looking for a role where you can take ownership, develop your skills and make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.

The Recipe

As a Multi‑Skilled Manufacturing Engineer, you'll work closely with production, safety, hygiene and engineering colleagues to ensure our equipment performs safely, efficiently and reliably.

Working as part of the site engineering team, you'll focus on preventative maintenance, asset care and continuous improvement activities across a wide range of bakery and packaging equipment.

The Role

• Delivering planned preventative maintenance activities to maximise equipment reliability and performance.
• Supporting asset care programmes and helping drive a proactive maintenance culture.
• Diagnosing and resolving mechanical and electrical faults using a structured approach to problem solving.
• Identifying recurring equipment issues and implementing robust, long‑term solutions.
• Contributing to continuous improvement projects that improve efficiency, reduce downtime and optimise asset performance.
• Working safely and ensuring engineering activities are completed in line with site standards and procedures.
• Collaborating with production teams and key stakeholders to improve operational performance.
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records and supporting engineering best practices.

Essential Ingredients

• Multi‑skilled engineering experience with both mechanical and electrical fault‑finding capability.
• A recognised Engineering Apprenticeship, HNC, C&G, BTEC or equivalent qualification.
• Experience delivering planned preventative maintenance within a manufacturing or FMCG environment.
• Strong diagnostic and root cause analysis skills.
• Experience working with automated production equipment and machinery.
• Knowledge of health and safety requirements and engineering safe systems of work.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills.
• A proactive approach to reliability, continuous improvement and asset care.

Desirable ingredients include:

• Experience using CMMS/SAP maintenance systems.
• Food manufacturing experience.

Extra Dough

• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
• Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we'll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave
• Award winning pension scheme with company contributions
• Life assurance
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
• Continued investment in your personal development
• Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service

We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do