Maintenance Engineer

Are you an Engineer at the top of your game in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, preferably with multi skilled or flexible engineering experience? Due to an internal opportunity for one of our existing Engineers we are looking to find an a good all round Engineer with a maintenance bias to help us to fill the gap. This role will work alongside our Engineering Team Manager on a 4 on 4 off shift pattern in a 24/7 Bakery plant based at Tuscany Park on the outskirts of Wakefield. Here at our Wakefield Bakery, the team are dedicated to manufacturing excellence, driving product quality, people safety, food safety and reliability. You’ll have a strong drive to identify opportunities for equipment improvement and be keen to develop your career to build your skills and knowledge in an exciting and fast paced environment. We are proud that our Engineers are leading the way with innovation in manufacturing. The Recipe At Tuscany Park we have a highly skilled and well-established engineering team focused on a site reliability plan to deliver maintenance best practice. In this role you’ll be responsible for providing the daily support to the operations and production team managers, skilled in finding and rectifying faults you will also provide support to planned and preventative maintenance, working across a range of equipment from bulk ingredient handling systems, through processing to packaging and site services. You will be familiar with and understand the importance of our SAP based maintenance system and take responsibility for delivering your allocated work and how your time is utilised. Our engineers work in teams in close conjunction with production, safety and hygiene teams, driving planned and reactive work. You’ll be undertaking planned and preventative maintenance and encouraged to use your engineering skills and experience to develop robust solutions and longer-term fixes however be able to be reactive to plant issues as they arise. Your work will range from general plant maintenance, to improving plant reliability and diagnosing problems before they develop. You will enjoy the variety of a manufacturing environment, and be keen to get involved in other work such as safety teams and improvement initiatives. As part of the Engineering team you’ll be encouraged and supported to foster new ideas and perspectives whilst driving change at pace. We promote a culture of continuous improvement whilst working on a changing approach to reliability centred maintenance in a highly automated production facility. Full training will be provided with opportunities for further personal development available. As part of your role you’ll be identifying and completing continuous improvement projects to increase plant efficiency, reduce downtime and save energy and associated costs. As “Britain’s Best Loved Food Brand” we have been baking bread since 1876. Today we are proudly a fifth-generation family company supplying 18,500 retail customers from 12 bakeries and 15 depots, producing a range of over 70 products including gluten and wheat free. Our family of 4,500 colleagues throughout the UK, have recognised us as a Sunday Times Top 30 Best Big Companies to work for. Family and values are what makes us different and we are a proud bunch. Join us and be proud to be Warburtons. Essential Ingredients Able to work shift pattern including nights on a 4 on 4 off rota within a 24/7 food production site An understanding of PLC systems Safe and flexible approach to getting the job done in demanding circumstances Focused on continuous improvement and planned maintenance solutions Passionate about quality and best practice whilst driving continuous improvement Working knowledge of Health & Safety with quality at the forefront of everything you do Possess a recognised apprenticeship an Engineering Qualification such as HND, HNC, BTECH or equivalent Experience of working in fast paced manufacturing environment Extra Dough And last and by no means yeast you will want to know what your bread’s worth; Ongoing personal development either sponsored or supported A fully stocked kitchen every morning for your first crumpet or slice of toast with your morning cuppa A slice of the annual profits just in time for Christmas Award winning pension plan Life Assurance Discount Vouchers and discounted bakery products Benefits for you and your family for example; discounted gym membership, child care vouchers, bike to work scheme This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89938324