Job Description

Salary

Competitive, plus benefits.

Hours

3 on 3 off shifts rotating days and nights, 12 hour shifts 7am-7pm, 7pm-7am, average hours per week 40.25.

You will need to be flexible in your working hours, as you may be required to work on-call and to help cover your engineering colleagues planned and unplanned leave, holidays, and sickness.

About Us

Haywood and Padgett are a leading food manufacturer, located in Barnsley. We are an established company, with a stable order book. The company has a family feel, is professional, friendly, open-cultured, and all employees are well respected and valued. Our company believes that it is not just a job that you undertake, but a developing career, no matter what level you join us. Many employees have been with the company for some years, and we have a relatively low turnover of staff.

The working environment is newly designed and as you would expect form a manufacturing site, is scrupulously organised and clean.

The Role

Due to expansion and progression in-house, we require a Site Bakery Engineer to provide maintenance and small electrical services, supporting the bakery, production, and associated areas.

Daily Duties will Include.

Planned maintenance and continuous improvements

Reactive maintenance

Excellent fault-finding skills, undertaking quality repairs

Ensuring that the plant & equipment runs efficiently, smoothly, and safely, minimising downtime

Complying with all health and safety legislation

Completing daily work sheets and general record keeping.

Helping to install and commission new machinery

Maintaining mechanical and electrical parts and spares, sourcing, and ordering supplies

General knowledge of plumbing, painting, fitting, finishing, and other general repairs

Mentoring apprentices

Working closely with the engineering manager and other engineering colleagues and other essential departments

Attending training and developing course, as appropriate

Qualifications and Experience

Experience of working as a mechanical/electrical engineer, within an industrial setting. Ex Naval engineers or similar welcomed

A minimum level 3 qualification in mechanical or electrical engineering, (NVQ, City and Guilds, HND or equivalent)

Apprentice trained

Skills

The ability to read mechanical or electrical drawings

Forklift truck license preferred

Basic food hygiene certificate desired

Be fully conversant with Microsoft applications, including Word and Excel

Excellent team player, excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Capable of working alone, using own initiative

Benefits

Pension

22 days holiday per year (264 hours)

Enhanced sick pay

Health Insurance

Bike to work scheme

Discounted gym membership

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 44,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Cycle to work scheme Free parking On-site parking Private medical insurance Sick pay
Schedule:

12 hour shift Day shift Night shift
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 17/03/2025