Design Engineer
Location: Flexible, with national travel, hybrid working.
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday days
Contract: Fixed Term (up to 12 months)
Salary: Negotiable (dependent on experience)
Due to ambitious growth, we're expanding the team! We're committed to creating new and exciting freshly baked products and due to that investment, we have another new opportunity for a Design Engineer to join our Central Engineering team.
The Central Engineering team are based out of Bolton in the Northwest but we have sites located across the UK so you will need to be prepared to travel from time to time. You'll be joining a team of engineering and project management experts, apply now to find out more!
Essential Ingredients
- Extensive plant and process design experience in an FMCG environment delivering capital-based activities.
- Engineering experience, ideally within a multi-site manufacturing, distribution or fast-moving consumer goods environment.
- Fully proficient in 2D and 3D design packages.
- Experienced in Stakeholder Management.
- Engineering Qualifications such as HND, HNC, BEng or equivalent
Duties include:
The Recipe
Reporting to the Head of Design Engineering and working alongside our Central Engineering team, you'll be building relationships across the business with a wide range of stakeholders, colleagues and external suppliers. Taking the lead on plant and process design projects across our national site network, you'll lead the design process, working with Innovation, NPD, Central and Ops Engineering teams and suppliers and be involved in capital investment projects
In previous roles you'll have gained experience in a wide variety of mechanical design principles, be aware of building regulations and have experience in process plant design. We never compromise on Health & Safety or Quality, and you'll champion our Health and Safety strategy, PUWER, legislation and company standards in all project work and identify and instigate Food Safety and energy usage improvements within your area of responsibility.
Extra Dough
Last but by no means least you'll want to know what your breads worth.
- A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
- Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we'll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave
- Award winning pension scheme with company contributions
- Life assurance
- Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
- Continued investment in your personal development
- Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
- Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service
- Access to free GP services, Counselling and much more via our help@hand app
- Gym membership available at Bolton (approx. annual cost £70)
We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.
