Job Description
Day Engineer
We rise to challenges together
Salary: Competitive
Benefits: Life Assurance (1 x salary), MyBargains Discount Platform, A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
Location: Highbridge, TA9 4JR
Ways of Working: Site based
Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off / 06:00 - 18:00
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: 19/03/25
Why join us?
We're ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The fast-paced, high-pressure environment of our 24/7 operation keeps us agile and offers a wide range of career opportunities to explore. We encourage everyone to push their limits, work hard, and demonstrate resilience. And it's thrilling. Because by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, we'll continue to diversify, grow as individuals, and succeed together. We're proud to offer you a career with significant potential for development.
What we do.
We're the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry - supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. Our Bakkavor site in Highbridge, which is one of our four Desserts sites in the UK, specialises in Cheesecake and Tarts, working closely with our sister site in Devizes that specialise in baked goods.
About the role.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a driven and motivated Shift Engineer to join our Engineering team at Highbridge.
Role Accountabilities:
* Provide Engineering support to Production to ensure efficient performance on all equipment
* Ensure that all H&S procedures, engineering best practice are adhered to at all times
* Accurate & timely records are entered and recorded on all work carried out, root causes of failures and of spares/consumables used
About you.
The successful candidate will have previous electrical and mechanical experience with a solid background in Health & Safety. You will be competent in electrical fault finding & analysis skills and provide engineering support to production to ensure the efficient performance of all equipment.
Required Skills & Experience:
* Time served apprenticeship or equivalent
* Recognised Engineering qualification
* Previous maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment
* Flexible working attitude
* Competent electrical / fault finding & analysis skills
* Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
* Methodical & strong attention to detail
* Strong trouble shooting & decision-making skills
What you'll receive.
As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.
* Life Assurance (1 x salary)
* 21 days holiday
* Staff Shop
* Stakeholder Pension Scheme
* MyBargains Discount Platform
* Personal Accident Insurance
* Free Independent Mortgage Advice
* Employee Assistance Programme
* A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
* Discounted tutoring for children
* Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
* Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years' service)
* Free Carparking??? - Site dependant
Proud to be Bakkavor.
We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!
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Bakkavor
We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China positions the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 18,000 colleagues operate from 44 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of over 3,000 products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China.
Category: Engineering
Location:
Highbridge, GB, TA9 4JR
Date: 12 Mar 2025
Req ID: 24042
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