Finsbury Food Group
Engineering - Reliability Engineer
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Location: Kara Foodservice, Manchester
Shift: Wednesday to Saturday - days – 7am-7pm
Salary: Competitive
We have an exciting opportunity for a PPM Engineer to join our Engineering Team as part of the Finsbury Food Group.
About Us:
Finsbury Food Group is a leading specialty bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards and build long-term relationships within the food service channel. Finsbury offers a wide range of bakery products and is a leading frozen supplier in the Foodservice sector.
About the Role:
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic, fast-paced manufacturing environment where safety, quality, reliability and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything we do.
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for delivering a proactive planned preventative maintenance programme across site assets, helping to reduce the likelihood of equipment failure, minimise unexpected downtime and extend the useful life of machinery.
- Working closely with the Reliability Manager, Engineering Scheduler, and Engineering team, you’ll ensure planned maintenance activities are scheduled effectively around production requirements and planned site shutdowns.
- Continuously develop your knowledge and understanding of the engineering requirements of bakery process systems and machinery, ensuring maintenance activities are completed to the required standards and within agreed schedules.
- Work as an active part of a skilled cross-functional planned maintenance team, supporting the reliability and efficiency of site equipment.
- Ensure that Health & Safety, Food Safety and Hygiene standards are adhered to at all times and that good working practices are maintained throughout your work.
- Actively participate in the site’s Continuous Improvement culture, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce waste.
- Support the site Excellence Programme and contribute to cross-functional objectives where required.
- Have the opportunity to work on various projects, including the installation and modification of plant and equipment.
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Ideal Candidate:
- Good communication skills.
- A thorough and detailed approach to maintenance work.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Good literacy and numeracy skills.
- Knowledge of plant maintenance work.
- Mechanical Engineering qualifications and relevant experience essential.
- Apprentice-trained would be desirable.
- Machining skills or experience would be advantageous.
- IPAF trained would be desirable.
- FMCG experience would be advantageous.
- Good PC skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Excellent timekeeping and attendance.
- Flexible approach to work.
- Committed to maintaining high Health & Safety, Food Safety and Hygiene standards.
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What’s in it for you?
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
- Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
- Death in Service Benefit
- Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
- Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
- Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – T&C’s dependent)
- Employee Recognition Awards
- Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
- An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!
Our Vision:
Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!
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