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.
Join Warburtons as a Multi-Skilled Manufacturing Engineer!
Location: Newburn
Working pattern: 2 days on / 2 nights on / then 4 off, working 6am - 6pm
Salary: starting salary £47,799.24 (new pay review pending very soon)
Are you a talented Engineer with a knack for both mechanical and electrical equipment? Do you thrive in a supportive yet fast-paced environment?
The Recipe As a Multi-Skilled Manufacturing Engineer at Warburtons, 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 You’ll:
Tackle a wide variety of tasks, from general plant maintenance to enhancing plant reliability and pre-emptively diagnosing issues.
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
Knowledge and experience of maintenance in an FMCG environment.
Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
Robotics experience (beneficial not essential)
HandS/Food Safety systems and legislation knowledge e.g. PUWER, IOSH – able to ensure a safe working environment.
IT and PC knowledge, able to use widespread functions within relevant software (Inc Office and SAP).
Communicating skills, able to 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.
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)
Award winning pension scheme
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