Engineer

Our clients are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up their iconic and much-loved brand. They produce bread and bakery products created with goodness at the heart of each. They deliver around 1.3million loaves, every dayof the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where they also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.

They are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Their success is a result of the hard work of their people; they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering,or the many departments within the central functions team based at head office in High Wycombe. They are a values-led business and expect their colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.

**Shift Engineer:

- Mitcham**

A great opportunity has arisen for a Shift Engineer to join the team on site in Mitcham and to be the driving force behind the best quality brand in bakery. You will have an opportunity to be responsible for generating improvements across the bakery sitesand working collaboratively with the rest of the Engineering team and wider site.
- Carry out planned routine and reactive maintenance repair work on all plants and equipment at the bakery site.
- Complete written reports on maintenance work carried out and identify future work.
- Plan and implement improvement ideas to increase the throughput and efficiency of the operating plants.
- To ensure the best possible resolution is achieved to those issues experienced, to meet the reliability requirements of the Bakery production schedules.
- To be part of a team providing essential maintenance operations, whilst maintaining Health & Safety and Food Safety Standards, abiding by GMP and food handling hygiene standards to provide maximum manufacturing efficiency.

**Ideal experiences / Qualifications / capabilities**:

- Experience in PLC process & plant equipment
- Have reasonable fitness
- GCSE Grade C or above in English & Maths or equivalent.
- Have completed a Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship
- ONC / NVQ III / C&G 2&3 certificates
- 17th Edition (min) IEE wiring regulation pass

**Desirable**:

- Previous Engineering experience within a food manufacturing business
- PLC programming experience.
- Strong engineering competence in Bakery production plant and auxiliary equipment
- Experience with Permit to Work systems
- Experience with COSHH regulations
- Experience of continuous improvement
- Pest Control Awareness
- Basic Food Hygiene
- Able to self-manage and prioritise own workload to satisfy commitments and meet agreed deadlines

**Why work for our client and their benefits**:
Our clients understand the importance of looking after their colleagues, so they provide a variety of benefits in addition to salaries. The benefits they provide are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creatingvalue to them personally over and above their salaries
- There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.
- The benefits scheme offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes a Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike ata significant saving
- They offer enhanced annual leave and maternity/paternity leave, and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance
- They celebrate loyalty with generous long service and colleague recognition schemes
- They offer three levels of pensions

Our client values diversity and is committed to promoting equal opportunities in the workplace. Every job applicant, employee or worker will be treated fairly and equally with dignity and respect regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, maritalor civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, social class, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religious belief, union membership, political opinion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.