Multi Skilled Shift Engineer - Glasgow

at  Hovis

Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Carry out planned routine and reactive maintenance repair work on all plants and equipment at the bakery site.
• Complete written reports on maintenance work carried out and identify future work.
• Plan and implement improvement ideas to increase the throughput and efficiency of the operating plants.
• To ensure the best possible resolution is achieved to those issues experienced, to meet the reliability requirements of the Bakery production schedules.
  To be part of a team providing essential maintenance operations, whilst maintaining Health & Safety and Food Safety Standards, abiding by GMP and food handling hygiene standards to provide maximum manufacturing efficiency.

IDEAL EXPERIENCES / QUALIFICATIONS / CAPABILITIES:

• Have completed a recognised Electrical Engineering Apprenticeship
• Proven Electrical Engineering experience within a Manufacturing environment
• Experience on PLC controlled process equipment and plant
• 18th Edition IEE wiring regulation pass

Desirable:

• Strong Engineering competence on production plant and auxiliary equipment
• Experience with Permit to Work systems
• Experience with COSHH regulations
• Experience of continuous improvement
• Pest Control Awareness
• Basic Food Hygiene
• Able to self-manage and prioritise own workload to satisfy commitments and meet agreed deadlines

THE ROLE:

A great opportunity has arisen at Hovis for a Multiskilled Engineer to join our team at Glasgow and to be the driving force behind the best quality brand in bakery. You will have an opportunity to be responsible for generating improvements across our bakery sites and working collaboratively with the rest of the Engineering team and wider site.