Shift Engineer We rise to challenges together Salary: Up to £55,650 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 have a fantastic opportunity for an Engineer to join our team.
You will conduct planned and predictive maintenance to prevent issues occurring.
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.
Conduct planned maintenance of processing and packaging assets.
Conduct predictive maintenance of food processing and packaging assets (condition-based monitoring).
Conduct reactive maintenance or corrective actions to resolve deviation.
Identify faults (electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation, and pneumatics) and action as required.
Manufacture and repair component parts for processing and packaging assets.
Contribute to continuous improvement projects to optimise assets or processes.
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.
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.
Life Assurance (1 x salary) 25 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.
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 ).