Shift Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Finsbury Food Group; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the specialty bakery sector is seeking a Shift Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join their dynamic team in Sheffield. This role offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, focusing on maintaining and improving production plant reliability. You will play a vital role in ensuring safety and efficiency while collaborating with a skilled team. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in mechanical and electrical maintenance, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to continuous improvement. Join a company that values employee development and is dedicated to achieving excellence in the bakery industry.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced engineering environment is essential.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities are required.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned maintenance work and repairs to production plant.
• Quickly diagnose faults and take corrective action when necessary.
• Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives throughout the site.

Skills

Timekeeping Skills

Attention to Detail

Teamwork

Communication Skills

PLC Programming

FMCG Experience

Education

Time Served Apprentice Training

Mechanical and Electrical Qualifications

18th Edition Certificate

Tools

Machining Skills

Welding Skills

IPAF Training

Job description

Shift Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Location: Fletchers Bakery, Sheffield

Shift: 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off.

Salary: Competitive with Opportunity for Growth

We have an opportunity for an experienced Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer within our Engineering Team who would be based at our Fletchers Bakery in Sheffield, which forms part of our Northern Cluster.

Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards and build long-term relationships with major multiple retailers and the foodservice channel. Our Fletchers bakery has over 125 years of baking tradition, with our Kara bakery supplying delicious wholesale bakery products for over 35 years. Both have been part of the Finsbury Food Group since 2014.

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the Shift Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer’s key focus will be to carry out planned maintenance work and repairs to production plant, equipment, and buildings, ensuring safety and reliability of the production process.

The successful candidate will have worked in a similar engineering position within a fast-paced environment previously. This role requires excellent timekeeping skills, attention to detail, and flexibility. They should also have the ability to form strong working relationships across the business.

This is what you’ll actually do!

As the Shift Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer, you will continuously develop your knowledge and familiarity with the engineering requirements of the bakery process systems and machinery. You will work as an active part of a skilled cross-functional planned maintenance team, ensuring correct Health & Safety, Food Safety, and Hygiene standards are adhered to at all times, especially under breakdown conditions. You will be required to quickly diagnose faults and take corrective action where necessary. You will also assist and support mechanical & electrical engineers with their duties.

You will actively participate in a Continuous Improvement culture throughout the site, constantly identifying opportunities to improve efficiencies and reduce waste. You will participate and fully support the site Operating Brilliance Process (OBP) and contribute to cross-functional objectives if required. You will assist in the training of fellow maintenance engineers, Operator-Technicians, and others where necessary.

As part of your role, you will ensure planned maintenance work is completed to strict schedules and constantly look for improvements that will ensure reliability of equipment. You will work on various projects including installation and modifications to plant and equipment.

Ideally this is you!

1. Time served apprentice trained with both mechanical and electrical accredited qualifications.
2. Good communication skills.
3. A thorough and detailed approach to maintenance work.
4. You must be able to work as part of a team.
5. You must be both literate and numerate.
6. Knowledge of plant maintenance work.
7. IPAF trained.
8. 18^th Edition Certificate.
9. PLC Programming Capabilities.
10. Machining skills & experience.
11. Welding Skills & experience.
12. FMCG Experience.

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. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!