Semi Skilled Engineer

Bakkavor Group; Eythorne; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fresh food producer in the UK is looking for a Semi Skilled Engineer to join their team in Eythorne. This role involves conducting planned and reactive maintenance on food processing machinery and supporting operational teams. Candidates should have an engineering apprenticeship and experience in electrical and mechanical systems. The position offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits including life assurance, private medical insurance, and a stakeholder pension scheme.

Benefits

Life Assurance (1 x salary)

23 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Staff Shop

Stakeholder Pension Scheme

Discount & cashback platform

Personal Accident Insurance

Free health check

Qualifications

• Must have an engineering apprenticeship.
• Familiarity with IET Wiring Regulations required.
• Experience with electrical and mechanical systems, advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Conduct planned and predictive maintenance on machinery.
• Respond to machinery breakdowns.
• Support operational teams with changeovers and setups.

Skills

Electrical principles

Mechanical principles

Condition-based monitoring

Planning works

Technical performance reviews

Education

Engineering apprenticeship (C&G / EAL NVQ Level 3 / 4)

Tools

CMMS

PLC systems

Manual tools for mechanical repairs

Job description

Semi Skilled Engineer

We rise to challenges together

Salary - Competitive based on experience

Benefits - Staff Shop, Stakeholder Pension Scheme, Discount & cashback platform

Location - Tilmanstone, Kent

Fully site based

Shift Pattern - 4 on 4 off Days & Nights rotating 6am -6pm / 6pm- 6am

Contract Type - Permanent

Why join us?

We're ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The undeniable pressure and pace of our 24 / 7 operation keeps us on our toes and offers a variety of career pathways and options to explore and pursue. We encourage everyone to work hard, push further and show resilience. And it's exciting. Because only by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, will we continue to diversify, grow as individuals and succeed together.

What we do

In our Tilmanstone Salads site we produce first class Salad's products including leafy salad bags, leafy salad bowls, takeaway salad meals, prepared vegetables & side dishes for one of our most prestigious customers in our state-of-the-art factory.

About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer to join our expanding team and site.

The Maintenance Engineer will conduct planned and predictive maintenance to prevent issues occurring. Your role will lead or support the operational teams with machinery change overs and set ups. Working with other teams, you will contribute to technical performance reviews and continuous improvement activities. Our Maintenance Engineers work as part of a team or standalone, depending on the task. The role reports to the Engineering Teams Manager.

Role Accountabilities

• Conduct planned maintenance of processing and packaging assets.
• Conduct predictive maintenance of food processing and packaging assets (condition-based monitoring).
• Respond to breakdowns.
• Conduct reactive maintenance or corrective actions to resolve deviation.
• Identify faults (electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation, and pneumatics) and action as required.
• Lead or support operational teams with machinery change overs and set ups.
• Manufacture and repair component parts for processing and packaging assets.
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects to optimise assets or processes.

About you

Engineering apprenticeship (C&G / EAL NVQ Level 3 / 4 or OAL FDEM Diploma)

Current Edition of IET Wiring Regulations (C&G Level 3, achieve within 12 months).

Application of Safety, Health and Environmental legislation and procedures

Planning works and writing reports.

Verify assets meet performance criteria after work.

Reading and adhering to site SOPs.

CMMS experience (achieve within 12 months).

Electrical bias

Experience in the following would be advantageous - Mechanical principles, F&D assets, welding, machining, turning, hydraulic, pneumatic & thermodynamics systems and / or, electrical principals, motors, motor control circuits, motion control, encoders, PLCs, sensors.

What you'll receive

• Life Assurance (1 x salary)
• 23 days holiday
• Private medical insurance (after 5 years' service)
• Staff Shop
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• Discount & cashback platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free health check

Employee Assistance Programme

A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)

Salary sacrifice car lease scheme

Free independent mortgage advice

Discounted tutoring for children

Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary

Free car parking - Site dependant Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.

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!

At Bakkavor, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive, and we believe that diversity makes us stronger. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds and ensure fair, transparent recruitment practices. Learn more about our commitment in our Inclusion and Diversity Policy (Inclusion & Diversity Policy).

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