Butternut Box
Food Manufacturing
ElectricalMaintenanceEngineer
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“Electrical Maintenance Engineer at Butternut Box. Skills: Electrical diagnostics, Fault-finding, Problem-solving, Plant maintenance. Efficient up-keep of all production, fulfilment and site services equipment. Fault-find and problem-solve on a broad range of equipment and situations”
What You'll Achieve.
Keeping the plant running safely and efficiently is the prime objective; Ensure the full availability of people, knowledge, skills and equipment
Industry & Context.
Problem-solve on a broad range of equipment and situations; Creative thinking and analytical skills
Shift rotation with a mixture of days / nights and some weekend working, Easily approachable
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Multi skilled engineering background including completion of a recognised apprenticeship, Electrical bias, Electrical diagnostics, Minimum of 3 years experience in an Engineering or Senior Technician Role, Supervisory experience with broad working knowledge of relevant safety legislation, Well practised planning, organisation and scheduling skills
Nice to Have
Experience in Electrical diagnostics, Cloud based system, ideally Google Suite, etc.
What You'll Do.
Efficient up-keep of all production
fulfilment and site services equipment
Fault-find and problem-solve on a broad range of equipment and situations
Diagnose and fix plant issues
including site services
Own and drive the reliability of our machinery
React promptly and proactively to breakdown issues
Diagnose reasons for the plant not running to Standard Operating Conditions
Carrying out Root Cause Analysis of efficiency losses & significant breakdowns
Drive the CI plan for your area of ownership
Ensure a robust and informative handover to the oncoming shift
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with our production and fulfilment teams; Guide and coach shift leadership; Collaborate cross functionally; Supporting Op’s with coaching, SOP writing and Technical Training; Ensure handover to the other side
Communication Scope
Excellent Communication skills; Able to engage with shift operations teams
Process & Methodology
Well practised planning, organisation and scheduling skills, Drive the CI plan for your area of ownership
Full Job Description
Role: Multi Skilled Engineer Career Step Level: Step level 2.0 Location: Blyth, Worksop Salary: £62,868 Hours: A shift rotation with a mixture of days / nights and some weekend working. The working shifts days consisting of 6am to 6pm and nights consisting of 6pm-6am. 📣 A bit about the role: You might know this role as a Facilities Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, or Manufacturing Engineer, but here at Butternut Box, we call it a Multi-Skilled Engineer. As a Multi Skilled Engineer for a dual site operation, Rudie’s Kitchen, our Manufacturing Site and Ace’s Pantry, our UK Warehouse & Fulfilment Centre, you will have full accountability for the Efficient up-keep of all production, fulfilment and site services equipment. The Engineer needs to be able to fault-find and problem-solve on a broad range of equipment and situations, which is key to resolving technical/engineering issues in a high-volume production environment where keeping the plant running safely and efficiently is the prime objective. In this role, you can expect to… Partner with our production and fulfilment teams to ensure the full availability of people, knowledge, skills and equipment to keep us cooking (and to be able to cook more as we scale). Be an expert, guide and coach demonstrating shift leadership during the day-to-day running of the Kitchen, advising and sharing a view of how we can operate during proactive and reactive requirements with the shift leadership team. Be readily available and the first point of contact to diagnose and fix plant issues, including site services. Own and drive the reliability of our machinery and react promptly and proactively to breakdown issues escalated across the entire Kitchen whilst on duty. To provide the final port of call for our teams in diagnosing reasons for the plant not running to Standard Operating Conditions and being the highest technical skill within the factory's day-to-day operation. Carrying out Root Cause Analysis of efficiency losses & signific
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