Engineering Shift Leader

Lead Engineer - Bakkavor Barton Bread

We rise to challenges together.

4on 4off Rotating - 2 Days on (6am-6pm), 2 Nights on (6pm-6am) then 4 off

Salary: £53,164 plus benefits (listed below)

Why join us?   

We’re ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The undeniable pressure and pace of our 24/7 operation keeps us on our toes and offers a variety of career pathways and options to explore and pursue. We encourage everyone to work hard, push further and show resilience. And it’s exciting. Because only by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, will we continue to diversify, grow as individuals, and succeed together.

What we do.  

We're the biggest name you've never heard of. You've probably eaten our food - you just didn't realise it. We make innovative fresh products, with around 18,500 colleagues working across the UK, US and China. 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 ambitious. We’re full of ideas. And we’re ready for more people who share our values and passion for quality to join us. 

This particular role is at our Bakkavor Bread site based in Barton-Upon-Humber, close to the Humber Bridge. This factory specialises in making chilled speciality baguettes at high volumes and employs over 150 people. This site is located 14 miles from Hull, 16 miles from Scunthorpe and 24 miles from Grimsby.

About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Lead Engineer to join the busy and active team at our food manufacturing facility in Barton Upon Humber. You will manage a team of shift Engineers whilst helping maintain, install and improve the performance of processing equipment across the Bakkavor Barton Bread site.

• Manage the engineering team to ensure delivery of scheduled work and reactive work so that plant availability is optimised and manage technical specifications for ingredients, products, processes & packaging 
• Implement agreed training & development plans to meet engineering & production needs. Comply with statutory & Bakkavor Health & Safety requirement, ensures reports work in a safe manner. This will include ownership of dynamic risk assessment process 
• Ensure engineering downtime is minimised, accurately logged, and monitor the repair time. Liaise with planning and operations team to allow for PPM to be completed in a timely manner 
• Ensure all stock is logged in and out of the stores area highlighting any stock issues to the engineering team manager 

• To maintain standards of hygiene and good housekeeping appropriate to a quality food manufacturer. GMP standard of workshops and engineers tool boxes is maintained at a high level 

 About you

• Strong people management experience 
• A multi skilled background 

• Experience completing both reactive and planned maintenance activity and small installations 
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal 
• Appropriate professional mechanical or electrical engineering qualifications and training 
• Thorough understanding of common mechanical and electrical systems 
• Professional attitude with plenty of drive and enthusiasm 

• Good IT skills including Word, Excel and Outlook 

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.   

You’ll enjoy:  
 

• Life Assurance (1 x salary)
• 24 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

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!  

Find out more and apply.  

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