Butternut Box

manufacturing

Multi-SkilledEngineer

Blyth, United Kingdom FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Multi-Skilled Engineer at Butternut Box. Skills: fault-find and problem-solve on a broad range of equipment and situations, diagnose and fix plant issues, drive the reliability of our machinery, Carrying out Root Cause Analysis of efficiency losses & significant breakdowns, drive the CI plan. 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.

Efficient up-keep of all production, fulfilment and site services equipment; keeping the plant running safely and efficiently is the prime objective; ensure the full availability of people, knowledge, skills and equipment to keep us cooking; drive the reliability of our machinery; react promptly and proactively to breakdown issues escalated across the entire Kitchen whilst on duty; drive the CI plan for your area of ownership

Industry & Context.

manufacturing
Problems you'll solve

problem-solve on a broad range of equipment and situations; diagnose and fix plant issues; diagnosing reasons for the plant not running to Standard Operating Conditions; Carrying out Root Cause Analysis of efficiency losses & significant breakdowns; analytical skills

Eligibility Requirements

working a rolling average of 41 hours per week working on a shift rotation with a mixture of days / nights and some weekend working, Be readily available and the first point of contact, on duty

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

multi-skilled engineering background including completion of a recognised apprenticeship, Supervisory experience with broad working knowledge of relevant safety legislation, Minimum of 3 years experience in an Engineering or Senior Technician Role

Nice to Have

Multi Skilled Engineer with electrical bias, ideally with experience in Electrical diagnostics, Loves dogs

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

drive the reliability of our machinery

react 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

drive the CI plan for your area of ownership

Provide site Services (Cooling systems

full site asset install base (Mixing

Freezing & Fulfilment)

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with our production and fulfilment teams; guide and coach demonstrating shift leadership; advising and sharing a view of how we can operate during proactive and reactive requirements with the shift leadership team; Being a key part of the operations team through short interval control meetings, collaborating cross functionally and supporting Op’s with coaching, SOP writing and Technical Training; Ensure 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

📣 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. We are pleased to say, this is a full-time permanent contract, you will be working a rolling average of 41 hours per week working on 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. Such as: 4 on, 4 off = 2 day, 2 nights 5 on, 5 off = 3 days, 2 nights 5 on, 5 off = 2 days, 3 nights 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

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