Engineer Shift Team Leader

Engineer Shift Team Leader
We're proud to be Bakkavor 
4on 4off Days and Nights Rotating – 4 Days on / 4 Days off /4 Nights on / 4 Days off - 06:00am-18:00pm / 18:00pm-06:00am
Bakkavor Crewe, Cheshire – CW1 6UA
Site based

Permanent  
£55,834 plus Bakkavor Band B Benefits

Why join us? 

 

We’re proud of what we do, why we do it and who we do it for. We’re proud to give everyone the opportunity and support to develop and progress their career. To nurture talent, fuel ambition and work with resilience and purpose to achieve the highest possible standards. We’re proud of our caring culture, loyal colleagues and future focus. But, most of all, we’re proud to enable and empower everyone to believe, achieve and succeed.

 

What we do. 

 

Our Bakkavor Bread site based in Crewe, Cheshire make flatbreads for customers including Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsburys and Waitrose.


About the role.

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Engineer Shift Team Leader to join the busy and active team at our food manufacturing facility in Crewe, Cheshire. You will help maintain, install and improve the performance of processing equipment across the site. The site makes chilled speciality hand-crafted flatbreads, baguettes, doughballs and ciabattas for customers including Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsburys.

Accountabilities:

 

  • 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)

 

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.

 

Department:  Engineering
Location: 

Crewe, GB, CW1 6UA

Workplace: 
Date:  6 Aug 2025
Req ID:  25548