Multi Skilled Engineer

at  Finsbury Food Group

MULTI SKILLED ENGINEER

Location: LIGHTBODY, HAMILTON, 73 BOTHWELL ROAD, HAMILTON ML3 0DW
Shift: 4 ON 4 OFF (DAYSHIFT & NIGHTSHIFT)
Salary: COMPETITIVE
Due to growth we have an exciting opportunity to join the Engineering team in a permanent role as a Multi Skilled Engineer (mechanical or electrical bias,) based at our Hamilton site as part of ‘Finsbury Food Group’. 135 years of craft baking skills lie behind the quality of the special branded cakes, sweet snacks and slices we produce in Hamilton and 55 million products are produced each year. Lightbody is the UK’s largest supplier of celebration cakes to UK retailers, with Disney, Mars, Universal and Thorntons all within the portfolio of branded cakes made under licence. We also make a variety of supermarkets’ well-loved own-label cakes and in-store bakery bites.
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 engineer with electrical bias and 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.

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 repair 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 CMMS.
You will also be required to deliver the maintenance programme 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 the role you will work closely with the site operations team and therefore you will need good communication to build positive relationships with key stakeholders.