Shift Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Location: Fletchers Bakery, Sheffield

Shift: 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off.

Salary: Competitive with Opportunity for Growth

We have an opportunity for an experienced Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer within our Engineering Team who would be based at our Fletchers Bakery in Sheffield, which forms part of our Northern Cluster. Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards and build long-term relationships with major multiple retailers and the foodservice channel.

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the Shift Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer’s key focus will be to carry out planned maintenance work and repairs to production plant, equipment, and buildings, ensuring safety and reliability of the production process. The successful candidate will have worked in a similar engineering position within a fast-paced environment previously. This role requires excellent timekeeping skills, attention to detail, and flexibility. They should also have the ability to form strong working relationships across the business.

This is what you’ll actually do!

• Continuously develop your knowledge and familiarity with the engineering requirements of the bakery process systems and machinery.
• Work as an active part of a skilled cross-functional planned maintenance team, ensuring correct Health & Safety, Food Safety, and Hygiene standards are adhered to at all times, especially under breakdown conditions.
• Quickly diagnose faults and take corrective action where necessary.
• Assist and support mechanical & electrical engineers with their duties.
• Actively participate in a Continuous Improvement culture throughout the site, constantly identifying opportunities to improve efficiencies and reduce waste.
• Participate and fully support the site Operating Brilliance Process (OBP) and contribute to cross-functional objectives if required.
• Assist in the training of fellow maintenance engineers, Operator-Technicians, and others where necessary.
• Ensure planned maintenance work is completed to strict schedules and constantly look for improvements that will ensure reliability of equipment.
• Work on various projects including installation and modifications to plant and equipment.

Ideally this is you!

• Time served apprentice trained with both mechanical and electrical accredited qualifications.
• Good communication skills.
• A thorough and detailed approach to maintenance work.
• You must be able to work as part of a team.
• You must be both literate and numerate.
• Knowledge of plant maintenance work.
• IPAF trained.
• 18th Edition Certificate.
• PLC Programming Capabilities.
• Machining skills & experience.
• Welding Skills & experience.
• FMCG 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. 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!