Semi Skilled Engineer

Warburtons; Habergham Eaves; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Product discounts

Personal development

Health & wellbeing support

Free bakery products

Job summary

Warburtons in Burnley is recruiting a Semi-Skilled Engineer to keep bakery equipment, buildings and services in top condition. You’ll perform condition monitoring, lubrication checks and planned maintenance, working with external contractors to coordinate site tasks.

Focused on health and safety, this hands-on role requires practical engineering training or apprenticeship and a proactive approach to maintaining assets and reliability across the site.

Qualifications

• Strong practical mechanical maintenance skills in a manufacturing setting.
• Experience with planned or preventative maintenance.
• Ability to read equipment checks and identify wear or faults.
• Understanding of lubrication, oil checks and condition monitoring.
• Experience in building or facilities maintenance.
• Strong Health & Safety focus and ability to raise concerns.
• Good communication and teamwork with contractors.
• Structured engineering training or apprenticeship completed.

Responsibilities

• Carry out condition-based monitoring on bakery machinery.
• Perform planned maintenance inspections and lubrication checks.
• Coordinate and support planned work with external contractors.
• Record and manage maintenance activity through SAP PM.
• Keep bakery equipment, buildings and services in reliable condition.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Planned maintenance

Lubrication checks

Health & Safety

Facilities maintenance

Contractor coordination

Engineering apprenticeship

Education

Engineering apprenticeship

Tools

SAP PM

Job description

Shift Pattern: Full time, Permanent role. Week 1 Tues - Saturday, Week 2: Tuesday to Friday

Salary: Circa £40,000 per annum plus an excellent benefits package

Are you mechanically minded, great at spotting when something doesn’t look or sound quite right, and happiest when you’re hands‑on?

We’re growing our Engineering team at Burnley and have created a brand‑new permanent opportunity for a Semi‑Skilled Engineer to help keep our bakery, equipment and buildings in great shape. From condition monitoring and planned maintenance to lubrication checks and working alongside specialist contractors, you’ll play an important part in keeping everything running safely and reliably. It’s how we roll.

The Recipe

Working as part of our Engineering and Maintenance team, you’ll help provide a high-quality engineering service across the site, supporting the maintenance of our bakery equipment, buildings, infrastructure and services.

This is a varied, practical role with a strong focus on planned and preventative maintenance. You’ll carry out condition‑based monitoring on machinery, check oil and lubrication conditions, complete planned maintenance inspections and identify visual signs of wear and tear before they develop into bigger issues.

You’ll also work closely with external contractors, helping to coordinate and support planned work across site, alongside carrying out basic building maintenance activities where required.

Safety and quality will be at the heart of everything you do. You’ll help ensure work is completed in line with our Health & Safety requirements, food safety standards and our Bakery Excellence framework, whilst recording and managing maintenance activity effectively through SAP PM.

Ultimately, you’ll be helping us improve the reliability of our assets, reduce losses and keep our bakery running at its best.

Essential Ingredients

We’re looking for someone who is practical, mechanically minded and comfortable working in a busy manufacturing environment.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Good mechanical engineering or maintenance skills, gained in a practical, hands‑on environment
• Experience of carrying out planned or preventative maintenance activities
• The ability to complete equipment checks and identify wear, deterioration or potential faults
• An understanding of lubrication, oil checks and basic condition monitoring
• Some experience of building or facilities maintenance
• A strong approach to Health & Safety, with the confidence to speak up if something isn’t right
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively with colleagues and external contractors
• A proactive approach to completing planned work and keeping accurate maintenance records
• Will have received structured and practical engineering training (e.g. apprenticeship).

Extra Dough

Last but by no means least, you'll want to know what your breads worth:

• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
• 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