Who are we ?
We are FBC UK, Fox's Burton's Companies! ……And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).
FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company.
We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We are proud manufacturing partners to some of the biggest UK retailers and household names. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Isle of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset and our HQ in St Albans. Together, we employ circa 4,000 amazing colleagues across all our locations.
We are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming UK Market Leader.
Whilst we know that we have delicious products we also know that that the key ingredient to our success is our people, and the passion we have for our brands. You could be the jammy to our dodger, party ring to our Fox’s or the choc-chip to our Maryland?! We knead people with innovative ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the commitment to drive FBC UK to success.
We are committed to building an inclusive workforce that feels empowered to build a fulfilling and successful career. By embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) we create a supportive environment for people to thrive and strive to have more positive impact.
We understand that having formal and on-the-job learning opportunities is key to our colleagues’ professional and personal growth. We are committed to providing an environment where everyone can learn from each other and grow through a variety of learning experiences.
Our colleagues make our business special. With strong community values, we believe FBC UK is a more prosperous and fun place to work when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, entrepreneurial and supporting each other whilst meeting our business goals.
What does your typical day look like?
Provide a timely and effective service to production on all webs and conveyors ensuring safety, quality and hygiene standards are met. Additional duties will include site service checks throughout the factory, keeping records up to date and general offline maintenance
Other key actions will be but not limited to:
1. Carry out planned web / conveyor repair / renewal
2. Attend and repair webbing breakdowns on all lines
3. Carry out any remedial work and plan week end activities
4. Obtain prices for replacement stock and repairs
5. Carry out monthly web stock count
6. Carry out tracking system and roller repairs
7. Carry out engineering service checks/repairs and report findings and fill out log of activities
8. Be proactive in preventing webbing / conveyor failures and improving overall equipment performance by generating and implementing ideas and modifications
9. Provide a service that meets food safety standards, whilst maintaining standards of housekeeping and personal hygiene
10. Maintain and help improve health and safety standards and ensure that staff carry out work in a safe environment by eliminating, minimising and controlling risks to themselves and others
11. Cooperate with contractors and as far as possible ensure their adherence to site rules, health and safety and food safety standards
12. Responsible for general day to day offline maintenance tasks required for the site and in particular relating to audits
13. Undertake training as required to further enhance individual’s skills and knowledge so that the level of support to the front line operations remains effective and efficient
14. Provide advice and guidance to Operators on the utilisation/operation of webbing
15. Identify performance issues and implement appropriate and pragmatic solutions through the use of problem solving skills, tools and techniques, liaising with the Area Engineering Manager as appropriate
16. Maximise the use of the labour and skills available by being flexible in terms of work allocation and scheduling within the team
17. In consultation with the appropriate personnel, be able to correctly prioritise the work load for the overall benefit of the site performance
18. Must be able to work to agreed deadlines where necessary
19. Must be willing to work under the guidance of departmental and site KPI’s to maximise business performance
What are the key ingredients needed for the role?
20. Level 2 NVQ – Performing Engineering Operations (or willingness to undertake)
21. Good standard of education (numeracy and literacy) either GCSE English & Maths (Grade A-C)/equivalent qualifications/equivalent experience
22. Food Hygiene Level 2 (or willingness to undertake)
23. Experience of working in a food manufacturing environment
24. Experience as a Process Operator or experience in webbing/repairs/renewals/vulcanising (desirable)
25. Experience of general factory maintenance (desirable)
26. Experience using computers and associated software including Microsoft word, excel
If you are ready to begin a career with real bite, we would love to hear from you