Shift Engineer

At Warburtons, family is at the heart of our business. Five generations'​ worth of expertise that goes into making our bakery products allows us to continue a tradition of baking inherited over the past 141 years.

Warburtons is the largest bakery brand in the UK, but that doesn't allow us to rest on our laurels. We are pioneers of the industry and ambitious market leaders, always seeking to challenge ourselves and convention. It is part of our philosophy to provide honest good sense on issues of health and well-being, helping the whole family to enjoy our products as part of a healthy, balanced diet, through a range of products to suit all meal occasions, lifestyles and tastes.

Shift Pattern: 4 days on, 4 off, 4 nights, 4 off
Hours of work: 6 – 6

Salary: £55,000

Benefits: Extensive Benefits package, including Profit related bonus, Life assurance, Award winning pension, online discount schemes, access to a free GP service and much more!

Are you already a Multi-skilled, Electrical, Mechanicalor Shift Engineer and seeking an exciting opportunity to work within our Wakefield Bakery.

Working in an automated production facility, as part of a highly skilled and well-established engineering team. You’ll be driven and skilled in finding and rectifying faults through inputs and outputs, reading and acting on data, conducting planned and preventative maintenance and working on a variety of equipment from bulk handling systems, through processing and packaging, site services and PLC control systems.

The Recipe

You'll be joining a team of fantastic Engineers that manage and maintain some of the latest production technology within the food industry, where you’ll work in collaborative shift teams alongside production, safety, and hygiene departments. You'll perform planned and preventative maintenance, using your engineering expertise to develop robust, long-term solutions.

The Role As a multiskilled engineer here at Warburtons you’ll:

Carry out tasks that include electrical and mechanical support of all assets.
Fully support operations in start ups, shutdowns, size changes and process problems.
Tackle a wide variety of tasks, from general plant maintenance to enhancing plant reliability and pre-emptively diagnosing issues.
Take a proactive role in the optimisation and improvement pf Planned, Predictive and Corrective Maintenance and the adoption of all emerging Maintenance Technologies/Techniques.
Work in a cutting-edge, highly automated 24/7 food manufacturing environment.
Foster and implement new ideas and perspectives whilst driving continuous improvement.
Identify and complete continuous improvement projects aimed at increasing plant efficiency, reducing downtime, and saving energy and associated costs. In return we will support and encourage the development of your technical skills with additional training and coaching.

Essential Ingredients
Structured and practical engineering training (e.g. apprenticeship/HNC/degree).
Knowledge and experience of maintenance in an FMCG environment.
HandS / Food Safety systems and legislation knowledge e.g. PUWER, IOSH – able to ensure a safe working environment.
IT and PC knowledge is able to use widespread functions within relevant software (Inc Office and SAP).
Communicating skills is articulate/develops effective, long-term relationships with key people.
Coaching and mentoring skills, takes responsibility for the training and coaching of others.
Analysing and problem solving skills, anticipates problems before they occur and takes steps to deal with them/correctly and swiftly identifies the underlying problem and finds appropriate solutions.
Decision making skills , makes timely decisions/takes account of the wider risks and implications. Extra Dough At last and by no means least you will want to know what your breads worth.A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)

Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we'll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave
Award winning pension scheme with company contributions
Life assurance
Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
Continued investment in your personal development
Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do