Lead Engineer We rise to challenges together Salary: Up to £60,900 depending on experience Benefits: Life Assurance (1 x salary), MyBargains Discount Platform, A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans) Location: Site based Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off rotating days and nights / 06:00
06:00 Contract: Permanent Why join us? 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'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 looking for a Lead Engineer to maintain production assets to maximise efficiency through planned, predictive, and reactive maintenance.
Support machinery setups, changeovers, and equipment installation or removal.
Collaborate with teams to improve performance and drive continuous improvement.
Prepare for food and drink maintenance work.
Conduct planned maintenance of food and drink processing and packaging assets.
Conduct predictive maintenance of food and drink processing and packaging assets (condition-based monitoring).
Respond to breakdowns of food and drink processing and packaging assets.
Identify faults (electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation, and pneumatics) on food and drink processing and packaging assets, action as required.
Lead or support food and drink operational teams with machinery change overs and set ups.
Manufacture and repair component parts for food and drink processing and packaging assets.
Contribute to continuous improvement projects to optimise food and drink assets or processes.
For example, participate in failure investigations to ensure process effectiveness and to contribute to and implement practical engineering solutions for efficiency and profitability.
Contribute to technical performance reviews in collaboration with other functions and stakeholders.
Maintain engineering documentation for food and drink maintenance work.
Support maintenance and operational team members in developing engineering technical competence.
Ensure availability and performance of maintenance tools and equipment.
Contribute to food and drink internal and external audits.
Point of contact at weekends and when the site Engineering Section Manager for Nights is on Holiday To carry out escalation procedures to the Factory Maintenance Managers, and the site Engineering Manager when necessary.
Level 2
* in Maths & English at grade C or above
*, 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).
Food Safety Qualification (Level 2, achieve within 12 months).
Planning works and writing reports.
Verify assets meet performance criteria after work.
Electrical & / or Mechanical systems.
Multi-skilled capability with electrical bias (achieve within 48 months).
Contractor control (achieve within 12 months).
Hygienic engineering.
Mechanical principals, safety and control systems.
Planning works and writing reports.
Asset performance measures.
F&D assets, welding, machining, turning, hydraulic, pneumatic & thermodynamics systems and / or, electrical principals, motors, motor control circuits, motion control, encoders, PLCs, sensors.
Knowledge of spare parts management systems.
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???
- Site dependant Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.
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.
At Bakkavor, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive, and we believe that diversity makes us stronger.
Learn more about our commitment in our Inclusion and Diversity Policy ( Inclusion & Diversity Policy ).