Warburtons
Shift Engineer
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Shift Engineer
Shift Pattern: 4 days on, 4 off, 4 nights, 4 off
- Hours: 6 days per shift
- Salary: £56,500
- Benefits: Extensive benefits package, including:
- Profit-related bonus
- Life assurance
- Award-winning pension
- Online discount schemes
- Access to a free GP service
- Much more!
The Opportunity
Are you already a Multi-skilled, Electrical, Mechanical, or Shift Engineer seeking an exciting opportunity to work within our Wakefield Bakery?
You’ll be working in an automated production facility as part of a highly skilled and well-established engineering team. Your responsibilities will include finding and rectifying faults, reading and acting on data, carrying out maintenance, and working on a variety of equipment including:
- Bulk handling systems
- Processing lines
- Packaging systems
- Site services
- PLC control systems
The Company Culture
You’ll join a team of fantastic Engineers managing and maintaining cutting-edge production technology within the food industry. You work alongside production, safety, and hygiene departments and take on tasks like:
- Performing planned and preventative maintenance
- Using your engineering expertise to develop robust, long-term solutions
The Role
As a Multi-skilled Engineer at Warburtons, you’ll:
- Carry out tasks including electrical and mechanical support of all assets
- Provide full operational support for startups, shutdowns, size changes, and resolving process problems
- Address a wide variety of tasks from general plant maintenance to enhancing plant reliability and pre-emptively diagnosing issues
- Take a proactive role in optimising and improving:
- Planned Maintenance
- Predictive Maintenance
- Corrective Maintenance
- Maintenance Technologies/Techniques
- Work in a cutting-edge, highly automated 24/7 food manufacturing environment
- Implement new ideas and perspectives while driving continuous improvement
- Identify and complete continuous improvement projects aimed at:
- Increasing plant efficiency
- Reducing downtime
- Saving energy and associated costs
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Essential Criteria
- Engineering training (e.g. apprenticeship, HNC, or degree)
- Hands-on experience in maintenance within an FMCG environment
- Knowledge of health and safety systems and legislation, such as:
- PUWER (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations)
- IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health)
- Ability to ensure a safe working environment
- IT and PC proficiency, including:
- Using Microsoft Office
- Experience with SAP
- Strong communication skills (articulate, well-developed relationships with key stakeholders)
- Experience in coaching and mentoring (accountable for training and supporting others)
- Problem-solving skills:
- Anticipates issues before they arise
- Efficiently diagnoses root causes
- Finds appropriate solutions
- Decision-making skills: Capable of making timely choices while considering wider risks.
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Engagement & Benefits (Extra Dough)
Here’s what you stand to gain:
- A discretionary profit-related share of the annual profits
- Additional holiday time — extra up to a full week’s annual leave to purchase
- Award-winning pension scheme with 7% company contributions
- Life assurance benefits
- Access to incredible discounted products through the Extra Dough website (for you and your family)
- Continued investment in personal development
- Well-stocked kitchen resources (packed with delicious baked goods for your brew!)
- Wellbeing support, including:
- Free physiotherapy access
- A confidential 24/7 helpline for practical advice
- A comprehensive occupational health service
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion
"Warburtons respects and values difference. We believe in creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and embraces diversity in age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical ability, mental ability, ethnicity, or any other characteristic that makes individuals unique."
Why?
- Prolved research: Diversifies organisations become stronger, innovative.
- Economic argument: A more representative workforce drives competitiveness.
- Ethical responsibility: Creating an environment where everyone can thrive is simply the right thing to do.
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