Founded in 2003 Wasabi's vision is to lovingly create and serve delicious Asian food for a busy nation.
Wasabi now has 40 thriving restaurants across London and major UK cities and 4 in New York and in 2019, we introduced Wasabi Home Bento to the grocery channel, launching exclusively in Sainsbury’s. Building on that success, the grocery business broadened its reach to Tesco in September 2022, followed by exciting launches in Co-op and Morrisons in 2024. Wasabi grocery has seen phenomenal growth and is now a £62m RSV brand. Wasabi proudly stands as the No. 2 chilled ready-meal brand in the market, consistently attracting new customers to the category through an innovative East Asian range.
Wasabi’s menu is celebrated for its unique character, exceptional freshness, and bold flavours. Our diverse range is designed to delight a wide audience, delivering both comfort and excitement with every bite.
We have an ambitious 5-year growth strategy, focusing on new restaurants, franchise partnerships, and international expansion.
As we prepare for our next phase of growth and innovation, we have an incredibly exciting opportunity for a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer to join our Central Production Unit based in Park Royal.
Role Purpose:
This position supports the smooth running of production equipment and site facilities at our CPU ensuring optimal machinery performance and reliability. It delivers mechanical & electrical reactive and planned maintenance activity on factory buildings, fabrication, machinery, equipment and services.
Working hours – Variable shift times following a 4 on 4 off 12 hours shift pattern covering 24hr period
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Proactive PPM completion & equipment sustainability
Reactive Repairs: Respond promptly and effectively to machinery breakdowns. Use fault-finding skills to resolve issues and restore production to minimise lost time in manufacturing.
Communicate effectively with Managers in Manufacturing, Technical & Supply Chain teams regarding production downtime and progress in facilitating repairs.
Return all machines / areas worked on, to manufacturing group production managers in a controlled manner.
Installation & Commissioning: Assist with the installation and commissioning of fabrication, new equipment and production lines, ensuring timely and efficient start-up.
Compliance & Safety: Maintain compliance with food safety and health & safety regulations at all times, adhering to Wasabi’s standards and policies.
Ensure all maintenance activities are carried out in accordance with company Safety, Quality & Environmental standards.
Raise near misses and report all unsafe conditions observed via the company safety management system.
Documentation: Accurately record maintenance activities, including work completed, parts used, and any issues identified using the site’s CMMS system.
Equipment Improvement: Support continuous improvement of machinery performance through regular inspections, adjustments, and component upgrades.
Sustainability: Support our Wasabi Seiyaku (ESG pledge) by considering energy efficiency, waste reduction, and sustainability when delivering engineering solutions.
Complete Machine Breakdown Reports (MBRs) as required to prevent recurrence of major breakdowns using root cause analysis.
Design out recurring breakdown issues using 8 Step Practical Problem Solving.
Create & continuously improve PPM routines to increase equipment reliability.
Log all maintenance activities and parts used onto the company Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
Log all data required for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and achieve KPI targets set by Lead Engineer and Engineering Maintenance Manager
Identify opportunities to reduce maintenance costs by reducing unnecessary machine breakdowns or parts use.
THE CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate is a multi-skilled engineer with electrical, mechanical & PLC control capabilities.
Qualified to one of these or equivalent is desirable.
HNC or HND Electrical BIAS
NVQ Level 3 in Electrical maintenance or electrical engineering,
BTEC Electrical Engineering, or
City & Guilds in Electrical Engineering
Strong communication skills are essential for collaborating and working effectively across different departments and team
We are looking for someone who brings a continuous improvement mindset to their work and has a track record of taking a systematic and iterative approach to enhance processes, products, and overall operations. They actively seek out opportunities to learn and bring that desire to learn from both successes and failures daily into the workplace.
Experience of working with Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) is preferential, with experience in short shelf-life chilled manufacture being ideal.
Experience of using CCMS is advantageous
In Return we provide:
A great working environment
Pension scheme
Target Bonus
Refer A Friend Scheme
Free Sushi or hot food (vegan options available)
50% discount in our Branches
Employee Assistant Programme
(email address removed) (a service providing health and wellbeing support)
Long Service Awards
Wagestream - a financial wellbeing benefit that lets you access your pay as you earn it in real time and manage savings
Life Assurance
Cycle To Work
Free on-site parking
A variety of discounts (shopping, food & drink, entertainment and health & fitness) through Perkbox and
The opportunity to develop your skills within a growing company.
Our people make us who we are. If you're looking for an exciting challenge and this sounds like the job for you please apply today as we can't wait to hear from you.
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