Location:          Fletchers Bakery Ltd

Shift:                  2 days, 2 nights, 4 off

Salary:               Competitive with Opportunity for Growth

We have an opportunity for a Multi Skilled Engineer with a Mechanical Bias to join our Fletchers, Engineering Team.

Finsbury Food Group is a leading specialty bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards, and build long-term relationships with major multiple retailers and the foodservice channel. The bread for your morning toast, ready for butter-spreading or egg-dipping. The candle-filled centrepiece for a memorable celebration. The buns, muffins and other treats that turn teatime into quality time. We make 75% of the UK’s sharing cakes from retailer own brands cakes, tray bakes through to party cakes like Caterpillar cakes This is what we do, and why we’re in business. Baking brilliance makes every day special.

The Multi Skilled Engineer will be responsible for working as an active part of our cross-functional planned maintenance team. They will have a Mechanical Bias and be responsible for providing an efficient and proactive service to the factory. They will work within our Engineering department and would have a thorough and detailed approach to maintenance work with a proven track record of fault finding. To be successful in this role, they will also have good communication skills and actively participate within the continuous improvement culture, identifying opportunities to improve efficiencies and reduce site waste.

This is a fast paced role, where the successful candidate will have excellent mechanical and electrical engineering skills with strong organizational skills and be able to successfully function our site CMMS system. Alongside this, they will be able to mentor and coach other engineers and production operators.

This role is an onsite role within our Sheffield location at Fletchers Bakery.

This is a great opportunity for someone to gain experience with one of the UK’s largest bakery businesses. They’ll work closely with a friendly and engaging team from both a site and group perspective, offering opportunities for growth and long-term career development.

This is what you’ll actually do!

As a Multi Skilled Engineer, you will be responsible for taking ownership of site breakdowns and ensuring a quick diagnosis with corrective action. You’ll ensure that the correct Health and Safety and Hygiene standards are followed at all times, whilst adhering to good working practices throughout. As a team, you will make sure that the planned maintenance is completed to a strict schedule whilst always looking for improvements to ensure the reliability of the equipment and supporting the sites efficiency targets. We are looking for a candidate with a Mechanical Bias however; it is desirable that they will also be comfortable and competent in Electrical Bias work.

This role provides opportunity for learning and development and they would take an active role in project developments. With strong attention to detail, they will be able to diagnose and fault find on both the newest level of equipment as well as the oldest, working both as a team and cross functionally.

As a Multi-Skilled Engineer, you will have the opportunity to work with the wider Engineering team as well as the Operations, Hygiene, Technical and NPD departments.

Ideally this is you!

• Be a Time Served Apprentice or have an NVQ Level 3 equivalent
• Strong Communication Skills
• Excellent Attention to detail
• Have previous experience in fault finding and making changes to a PLC
• Completed IPATH training
• Have the skills to be able to mentor and coach other Engineers
• General PC skills

The desired candidate would also have knowledge and experience within:

• Machinery laithe/ miller capabilities
• Welding experience MIG/ TIG
• Previous Food Manufacturing Experience

Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!