Haywood & Padgett LTD
Site Bakery Engineer
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Site Bakery Engineer
Pay: £44,000.00 - £49,420.00 per year
About Us
Join Haywood & Padgett, a leading bakery and food manufacturer in Barnsley. We're known for our friendly, family-focused culture, low staff turnover, and clean, modern site. It's a supportive place to build a long-term career.
We are now recruiting a Site Bakery Engineer to support our bakery and production lines. We are particularly interested in candidates with experience working within a bakery, food manufacturing, FMCG, or similar fast-paced production environment, where they have gained strong electrical and mechanical engineering skills.
Visa Sponsorship
Haywood & Padgett Ltd holds a Skilled Worker Sponsor Licence and welcomes applications from both UK-based and overseas candidates. Skilled Worker visa sponsorship may be available for suitably qualified and experienced applicants. Candidates already holding the legal right to work in the UK are also encouraged to apply.
The Role
As part of our ongoing expansion, we are seeking a Site Bakery Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing electrical and maintenance services to support the bakery, production lines, and related areas. Your work will help ensure smooth, safe, and efficient operations across the site.
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Key Responsibilities
- Planned maintenance and continuous improvements of bakery equipment
- Reactive maintenance and excellent fault-finding skills, ensuring high-quality repairs
- Ensuring plant and equipment runs efficiently, smoothly, and safely, minimising downtime
- Complying with all health and safety legislation
- Completing daily work sheets and general record keeping
- Helping to install and commission new machinery
- Maintaining mechanical and electrical parts and spares, sourcing and ordering supplies
- Performing general repairs, including plumbing, painting, fitting, and finishing
- Mentoring junior colleagues
- Working closely with the Engineering Manager, other engineering colleagues, and essential departments
- Attending training and development courses, as appropriate
Requirements & Skills
- Experience working as an Engineer within a bakery, food manufacturing, FMCG, or similar production environment is highly desirable.
- Strong electrical knowledge and practical experience
- Experience in planned and reactive maintenance
- Excellent fault-finding and problem-solving skills
- Experience working as a mechanical/electrical engineer within an industrial setting (ex-Naval engineers or similar welcomed)
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team, using own initiative
- Strong attention to safety and compliance
- Minimum Level 3 qualification in mechanical and/or electrical engineering (NVQ, City & Guilds, HND, or equivalent)
- Apprentice trained
- Ability to read electrical drawings
- Forklift truck licence preferred
- Basic food hygiene certificate desirable
- Fully conversant with Microsoft applications, including Word and Excel
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and a strong team player
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Hours
This role follows a 3 on / 3 off rotating shift pattern, alternating between days and nights:
- Day shift: 7am – 7pm
- Night shift: 7pm– 7am
Average of 40.25 hours per week
We're looking for someone who is flexible with working hours, as you may occasionally be required to:
- Join an on-call rota
- Provide cover for colleagues' planned or unplanned leave, including holidays and sickness
Benefits
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
- Store discount
Work Location: In person
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