Shift Engineer
We rise to challenges together
Up to £55,650 depending on experience
Life Assurance (1 x salary), MyBargains Discount Platform, A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
Highbridge, TA9 4JR
Site based
4 on 4 off rotating days and nights / 06:00 - 18:00 - 18:00 - 06:00
Permanent
Why join us?
We're ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The fast-paced, high-pressure environment of our 24/7 operation keeps us agile and offers a wide range of career opportunities to explore. We encourage everyone to push their limits, work hard, and demonstrate resilience. And it's thrilling. Because by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, we'll continue to diversify, grow as individuals, and succeed together. We're proud to offer you a career with significant potential for development.
What we do.
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. Our Bakkavor site in Highbridge, which is one of our four Desserts sites in the UK, specialises in Cheesecake and Tarts, working closely with our sister site in Devizes that specialise in baked goods.
About the role.
We have a fantastic opportunity for an Engineer to join our team. You 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 r eactive 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 successful candidate will have previous electrical and mechanical experience with a solid background in Health & Safety. You will be competent in electrical fault finding & analysis skills and provide engineering support to production to ensure the efficient performance of all equipment.
Required Skills & Experience:
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.
Life Assurance (1 x salary)
21 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
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!
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Bakkavor
We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China positions the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 18,000 colleagues operate from 44 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of over 3,000 products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China.
Category: Engineering
Location:
Highbridge, GB, TA9 4JR
Date: 9 Jul 2025
Req ID: 25243
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