Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer (Production) in Worksop

At Butternut, the mission is to deliver health and happiness to dogs and their humans all over the world. In order to do just that, we need a team of forward-thinking, driven people who love dogs as much as we do.

As a Multi Skilled Engineer for a dual site operation, Rudie's Kitchen, our Manufacturing Site and Ace's Pantry, our UK Warehouse & Fulfilment Centre, you will have full accountability for the efficient upkeep of all production, fulfilment and site services equipment.

The Engineer needs to be able to fault-find and problem-solve on a broad range of equipment and situations, which is key to resolving technical/engineering issues in a high-volume production environment where keeping the plant running safely and efficiently is the prime objective.

This is a full-time permanent contract, working a rolling average of 41 hours per week on a shift rotation with a mixture of days/nights and some weekend working. The working shifts consist of:

• Days: 6am to 6pm
• Nights: 6pm to 6am

4 on, 4 off = 2 days, 2 nights
5 on, 5 off = 3 days, 2 nights
5 on, 5 off = 2 days, 3 nights

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with our production and fulfilment teams to ensure the full availability of people, knowledge, skills and equipment.
• Be an expert, guide and coach demonstrating shift leadership during the day-to-day running of the Kitchen.
• Be readily available and the first point of contact to diagnose and fix plant issues, including site services.
• Own and drive the reliability of our machinery and react promptly and proactively to breakdown issues.
• Provide the final port of call for our teams in diagnosing reasons for the plant not running to Standard Operating Conditions.
• Carry out Root Cause Analysis of efficiency losses & significant breakdowns.
• Drive the CI plan for your area of ownership, working alongside the days-based Engineering Team.
• Ensure a robust and informative handover to the oncoming shift.
• Provide site services (Cooling systems, steam, air, water, gas and electricity) and full site asset install base (Mixing, Filling, Cooking, Freezing & Fulfilment).

Qualifications:

• Strong multi-skilled engineering background including completion of a recognised apprenticeship.
• Multi Skilled Engineer with electrical bias, ideally with strong experience in Electrical diagnostics.
• Qualified to HNC level in an Engineering discipline.
• Excellent communication skills, able to engage with shift operations teams.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in an Engineering or Senior Technician Role.
• Well practised planning, organisation and scheduling skills.
• Easily approachable with good interpersonal skills, with creative thinking and analytical skills.
• Loves dogs (naturally).

Benefits:

• 257.5 hours of holiday per year (equivalent to 33 days holiday)*
• Plus an extra day for each year of service (up to 5 days)*
• 39 hours of pre-booked paws days to support good wellbeing and self-care* (equivalent to 5 days)
• Enhanced parental leave (52 weeks' maternity leave inclusive of 26 weeks fully paid and 6 weeks fully paid paternity/secondary leave)
• Discounted Private Medical Insurance with Vitality Healthcare
• Discounted Gym membership with 'MyGymDiscounts'
• Subsidised food from a variety of street food vans, and pay day pizza!
• Employee discount on Butternut Box
• Free parking and electric car charging
• Team socials & events
• Adorable office dog overload!

*Holidays and Paws days are pro-rata for those working part time or job share.