MULTI SKILLED MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

 

Location:    LEES’ OF SCOTLAND, COATBRIDGE
Shift:           DAY SHIFT (EARLY/LATE ROTATION)
Salary:        COMPETITIVE

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Engineering team in a permanent role as an Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer, based at our Lees’ site as part of ‘Finsbury Food Group’, working on a day/back shift rotation and cover 10 Saturdays out the year, where a 6 hour, 6am-12pm maintenance shift is performed.

You may know us from our Snowballs, teacakes, or meringues, as we have been manufacturing confectionery and meringues since 1931 to major retailers across the UK. We employee 250 people at our modern 80,000 square ft factory which is located just outside of Glasgow and is easily accessible by public transport. We have joined one of the UK’s leading specialty bakery manufacturer Finsbury Food Group earlier this year who make the bread for your morning toast, the buns, muffins, and other treats that turn teatime into quality time and retailer own brands cakes, tray bakes through to party cakes like Caterpillar cakes. This is what we do, and why we are in business. Baking brilliance makes every day special.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain experience with one of the UK’s largest bakery businesses, along with great opportunities for growth and development. At Finsbury Food Group, we are passionate about investing in our teams, creating great development opportunities.

To be a success in this role, you will be a fully qualified multi-skilled maintenance engineer, preferably with experience in the food manufacturing industry. You will thrive working in a fast-paced environment and be able to work as part of a team and demonstrate clear communication skills.

This is what you’ll actually do!

In this busy and varied role, you will be a vital part of the Engineering team and will be responsible for assisting in the daily maintenance of production equipment. You will be required to deal with any unscheduled and emergency maintenance work, including all fault finding and necessary repairs, ensuring quick and efficient management of breakdowns that occur. You will strive to identify the root cause on each occasion and will be responsible for the booking of the duration, root cause and materials used through the Company Engineering systems

You will also be required to deliver the maintenance programmed in line with the planned preventative maintenance vision with all works performed following a, ‘clean as you go,’ ethic in accordance with good manufacturing practice. You will also ensure that maintenance work is carried out with due diligence and in compliance with food safety, health and safety and legal and quality systems. 

There will be the opportunity within the role to participate in project work including continuous and profit improvement and you will be able to share your ideas about improvements that can be made to production lines, individual machinery or other operations.  

In this role you will work closely with the site operations team and therefore you will need excellent communication to build positive relationships with key stakeholders.

Ideally this is you!

•    Fully qualified multi skilled maintenance engineer with relevant qualifications (Electrical Based)
•    Previous working experience gained in an FMCG environment
•    Experience of working in a lean/continuous improvement environment
•    Flexible with a hand on approach
•    Excellent communication skills
•    Able to work on own initiative
•    Able to work under pressure
•    Attention to detail
•    Team player

What’s in it for you!

•    Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
•    Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
•    Death in Service Benefit
•    Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
•    Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
•    Company shops available at sites (heavily discounted)
•    Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – T&C’s dependent)
•    Employee Recognition Awards· Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
•    An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in the 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. 

 

If you are ready for a new challenge and like the sound of what is on offer, then please apply now!

•

Last updated on Aug 28, 2024