Butternut Box

Manufacturing

MaintenanceEngineer

£63k+ Blyth, England, United Kingdom
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Maintenance Engineer at Butternut Box. Skills: Multi-skilled engineering, Electrical diagnostics, Fault-finding, Problem-solving, Plant maintenance. Efficient up-keep of all production, fulfilment and site services equipment. Fault-finding and problem-solving 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; Operate during proactive and reactive requirements; Ensure activity continues cohesively; Always be moving things forward

Industry & Context.

Manufacturing
Problems you'll solve

Problem-solve on a broad range of equipment and situations; Creative thinking and analytical skills

Eligibility Requirements

Shift rotation with a mixture of days / nights and some weekend working, Loves dogs

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Multi-skilled engineering background including completion of a recognised apprenticeship, Multi Skilled Engineer with electrical bias, Electrical diagnostics experience, Minimum of 3 years experience in an Engineering or Senior Technician Role, Supervisory experience with broad working knowledge of relevant safety legislation

Nice to Have

Experience in Electrical diagnostics, Google Suite experience

What You'll Do.

Efficient up-keep of all production

fulfilment and site services equipment

Fault-finding and problem-solving on a broad range of equipment and situations

Diagnosing and fixing plant issues

including site services

Driving the reliability of machinery

Reacting promptly and proactively to breakdown issues

Diagnosing reasons for the plant not running to Standard Operating Conditions

Carrying out Root Cause Analysis of efficiency losses & significant breakdowns

Driving the CI plan for your area of ownership

Providing site services (Cooling systems

Maintaining full site asset install base (Mixing

Freezing & Fulfilment)

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with production and fulfilment teams; Guide and coach shift leadership team; Collaborating cross functionally; Supporting Op’s with coaching, SOP writing and Technical Training; Ensuring a robust and informative handover to the oncoming shift; Ensuring 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

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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