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Maintenance Engineer
Bakkavor Desserts Newark
Shift - 4on 4off B Days 05.Life Assurance
Highly competitive rewards package including Group Pension
Excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group
You've probably eaten our food - you just didn't realise it. We're the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers (including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose). And we're ready for more people who share our values and passion for quality to join us.
This particular role is based at our Bakkavor Desserts site in Newark, Nottinghamshire and specialises in making chilled desserts such as trifles, creamcakes and choux pastries. The site employs over 1,900 people and is one of eight Manufacturing sites that are part of the Bakkavor Bakery sector in the UK.
Working with other teams, you will contribute to technical performance reviews and continuous improvement activities. Our Maintenance Engineers work as part of a team or standalone, depending on the task. The role reports to the Nights Engineering Section Manager.
Conduct planned maintenance of processing and packaging assets.
Conduct predictive maintenance of food processing and packaging assets (condition-based monitoring).
Identify faults (electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation, and pneumatics) and action as required.
Manufacture and repair component parts for processing and packaging assets.
Contribute to continuous improvement projects to optimise assets or processes.
Engineering apprenticeship (C&G / EAL NVQ Level 3 / 4 or OAL FDEM Diploma)
Current Edition of IET Wiring Regulations (C&G Level 3, achieve within 12 months).
Planning works and writing reports.
Verify assets meet performance criteria after work.
Electrical bias
Experience in the following would be advantageous - Mechanical principles, F&D assets, welding, machining, turning, hydraulic, pneumatic & thermodynamics systems and / or, electrical principals, motors, motor control circuits, motion control, encoders, PLCs, sensors.
When joining us you can expect a highly competitive rewards package including group pension and other flexible benefits - alongside excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group. We provide key relevant training to our Engineering teams to offer personal development.
We're proud to be the leading UK provider of innovative, high-quality, fresh prepared food. And we're proud to offer a wide range of careers full of support and opportunity.