Engineer (Rotating Days and Nights or Straight Nights available)- Bakkavor Desserts Newark
We rise to challenges together.
4on 4off Nights 17.45pm-05.45am or 4on 4off Rotating Days and Nights (2 days on 05.45am-17.45pm, 2 nights on 17.45pm-05.45am / 4 off)
Salary:
Nights = £55,038 plus benefits (listed below)
Rotating Days and Nights = £51,448 plus benefits (listed below)
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.
We're the biggest name you've never heard of. You've probably eaten our food - you just didn't realise it. We make innovative fresh products, with around 18,500 colleagues working across the UK, US and China. We’re the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers (including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose). We’re ambitious. We’re full of ideas. And we’re ready for more people who share our values and passion for quality to join us.
This particular role is based at our Bakkavor Desserts site in Newark, Nottinghamshire and specialises in making chilled desserts such as trifles, creamcakes and choux pastries. The site employs over 1,900 people and is one of eight Manufacturing sites that are part of the Bakkavor Bakery sector in the UK.
About the role.
The Role
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer to join our expanding Engineering 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 Nights Engineering Section Manager.
Job Responsibilities
- 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.
The ideal successful will have;
- 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.
As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.
You’ll enjoy:
- Life Assurance (1 x salary)
- 23 days holiday
- Staff Shop
- Stakeholder Pension Scheme
- MyBargains Discount Platform
- Personal Accident Insurance
- Free Independent Mortgage Advice
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
- Discounted tutoring for children
- Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
- Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years service)
- Free Carparking
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!
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