Welder

Welder/Fabricator (site services)

 

We rise to challenges together  

 

Salary – Competitive

Benefits include pension, flexible benefits, 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Meals London – Elveden site (however you will be required to support the other London Meals sites)

Ways of Working – site based

Sunday – Thursday -6am – 2.30pm (37.5 hours)

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. 
    

About the role.   

 

We’re looking for an experienced Welder/ Site services Fabricator, where the broad purpose of the role is to maintain site services to optimise production levels. 

 

What we do.   

 

This particular role is at our Bakkavor Meals site in Park Royal - West London. Split across 3 factories and 1 distribution centre. The factories make chilled ready meals, houmous dips, deli products & savoury accompaniments and employs over 2,000 people

 

Role Accountabilities:  

 

  • Prepare for estate maintenance work
  • Conduct planned maintenance of site services assets
  • Conduct pro-active maintenance of site services assets (condition-based monitoring). Conduct pro-active maintenance of site services assets (condition-based monitoring
  • Respond to breakdowns of site services assets. Conduct reactive maintenance or corrective actions to resolve deviation
  • Identify faults (electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation, and pneumatics) on site services assets, action as required. 
  • Manufacture and repair component parts for site services assets. 
  • Contribute to continuous improvement projects to optimise site services assets or processes. For example, participate in failure investigations to ensure process effectiveness and to contribute to and implement practical engineering solutions for efficiency and profitability

 

About you.   

 

  • Completed engineering apprenticeship (NVQ level 3 / 4 or city & guilds). 
  • MMA, TIG, MIG qualified
  • Create and interpret engineering drawings; technical / manufacturing. 
  • Metal forming techniques
  • Planning works and writing reports
  • Comply with safety regulations and procedures
  • Restore assets after works. 
  • Mechanical principals, F&D assets, welding
  • Spare parts management. 

 

 

 

   

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:  

 

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.   

  • 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 

 

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: 

London, GB, NW10 7SY

Workplace:  Site Based
Date:  22 Oct 2025
Req ID:  26315