Site Services - Mechanical Engineer

 

Site Services Mechanical Engineer 

 

 

We rise to challenges together 

 

Salary: £40,000-£42,000 per year

Benefits: Life Assurance, Stakeholder pension, Medical care*

Location: Bo’ness Salads

Ways of Working: Site based 

Hours of work: Mon-Fri 8:00-16:30 (with some flexibility needed to meet demands)

Contract Type – Permanent

  

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 

This particular role is based at our Bakkavor Salads Bo'ness site, which employs over 1,000 people and produces food-to-go salads and salad accompaniments to a number of customers.  It is located 3.5 miles from Linlithgow and 8 miles to Falkirk. 

About the role 

 

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Site Services Mechanical Engineer to join our expanding team and site.   

Our Site Service Engineers work as part of a team or standalone, depending on the task. The role reports to Compliance and Site Services Manager.

 

Role Accountabilities 

  • To Ensure all site services plant and equipment eg steam, water, drainage, pressure systems, effluent & air handling are functioning within legal, customer and business requirements.
  • Provide technical support and assistance where required to other site services team members & and support apprentice engineers to ensure necessary skills and knowledge are passed on
  • Ensure good H&S standards are met & adhered to through following safe working practices 
  • Ensure required works are recorded accurately on CMMS system including PPM’s, corrective actions, audit actions, continuous improvement, planned & unplanned repairs 
  • Ability to plan repairs and generate parts lists required for successful and effective completion
  • Maintaining steam boilers and system components e.g. steam and condensate pipework, pressure regulators, safety devices, heat exchangers & steam traps
  • Carrying out general facilities repairs & plumbing works e.g. repairing leaks and installing new supply's
  • Carrying out fault finding on mechanical breakdowns e.g. pumps, motors, compressed air equipment, gearbox’s & valves to ensure equipment is returned to operation with minimal disruption to the business.
  • Carrying out basic fault finding on industrial & commercial refrigeration systems
  • Liaise with other departments to ensure maintenance tasks, repairs and audit actions can be carried out within agreed timescales and to a good standard
  • Role reports to Site services lead engineer & Site services and compliance manager

 

 

About you 

 

  • Completed mechanical/multi skilled apprenticeship (NVQ level 3 / 4 or city and guilds 
  • Previous site services / facilities maintenance experience 
  • Competent mechanical/ fault finding & analysis skills 
  • Flexible working attitude 
  • Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
  • Methodical & strong attention to detail 
  • Strong trouble shooting & decision makings skills
  • Awareness of Engineering/legal compliance 
  • Electrical awareness and understanding. 

 
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) 
  • 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role) 
  • Private medical insurance (after 5 years’ service) 
  • Staff Shop 
  • Stakeholder Pension Scheme 
  • Discount & cashback platform  
  • Personal Accident Insurance 
  • Free health check 
  • Employee Assistance Programme 
  • A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans) 
  • Salary sacrifice car lease scheme 
  • Free independent mortgage advice 
  • Discounted tutoring for children 
  • Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary 
  • Free car parking

 

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!   

   

Find out more and apply.   

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Bakkavor

We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with operations also in the US, positioning 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 15,000 colleagues operate from 31 sites across our two markets supplying a large portfolio of products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US.

 

Category:  Engineering
Location: 

Boness, GB, EH51 9SJ

Date:  22 Jul 2025
Req ID:  25302