Engineering Section Leader

Engineering Section Leader

We drive our own success

Full time, permanent role.
Location: Bakkavor Boston, Old Leake (PE22 9PN)

Hours: 06:00 – 18:00

Shift: 3.2.2.3

Salary: up to £52,395 depending on experience

Highly competitive reward package including life insurance, staff shop, MyBargains discount platform and more.

Why join us?  

We’re constantly evolving, progressing and diversifying. And we want our people to do so too. For everyone to feel empowered, engaged and enabled. To create opportunities to move forward, climb higher and push for more. We believe in fuelling ambition and guiding success. In supporting everyone with talent and drive to own what they do, realise their potential and build a brilliant future for themselves at Bakkavor.

What we do

A fantastic opportunity for an Engineering Shift Leader has arisen at our manufacturing site based in Old Leake, Boston. The site employs over 700 people and specialises in making chilled Italian ready meals and pasta salads products for a dedicated customer.

About the role

You will be responsible for the management, prioritisation & allocation of ad-hoc reactive engineering tasks and ensuring that planned tasks are carried out to the correct standards.

Job accountabilities would include:

• Understand the site daily priorities / plans, direct and motivate their engineering shift team as required
• Manage the engineering team (including contractors) 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
• Communicating, report and update Production Shift Managers, Senior Production / Engineering Managers and relevant Production Team Leaders regarding current breakdown status, impact and lead time to resolution
• 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
• Be the Engineering point of contact during & out of hours
• Respond to and prioritise the shift to resolve line running issues
• Carry out all other ad-hoc Management requests as consistent with the role

About you.

• Engineering or Mechanical Apprenticeship (City & Guilds and National Certificate)
• Fault-finding skills
• Understanding of problem-solving techniques; RCA, 5Y.
• Experience and understanding of machine controls and PLCs.
• Practical mechanical and electrical experience within a production environment, ideally in food manufacturing
• Demonstrable understanding of Production prioritisation (desirable).

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

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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