Electrical Maintenance Engineer/Multi Skilled Strong Electrical/Control Bias - Fox's Burton's Companies : Job Details

Who are we ?

We are FBC, Fox's Burton's Companies! ..And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge). 

FBC was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company. 

We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Ilse of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset. We also have offices for our supporting services in St Albans, Liverpool and Moreton. Together, we employ circa 4,000 amazing employees across all our locations.  

We are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming the number two biscuit manufacturer worldwide.

We are proud to be part of the Ferrero enlarged family: such a fantastic and successful business. The Ferrero Group operates in more than 50 countries, with products sold in over 170 countries, represented by almost 38.000 employees worldwide, and a consolidated turnover of €12.7 billion (2020-21).

Along with our fantastic brand portfolio, we also have long-term agreements to manufacture several sweet & savoury snacks across Mars, Cathedral City, Marmite, Jacobs, and LU branded products. In addition, we are proud to be a strategic partner for many retailer-branded products.

Our employees make our business special. With strong family values, we believe FBC is a more prosperous and fun place to work with when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, entrepreneurial and supporting each whilst meeting our business goals. 

And don't forget… work hard but play harder!

What does your typical day look like?  

To provide an efficient and effective proactive maintenance service to the business.  To support FLMs on site with various CI projects with reduction of downtime and waste in mind through a standardised CI process, also supporting the implementation of a world class asset management system across site over the next 3 years, which will involve capital investment and people development alike.

Other key actions will be but not limited to:

• Responsible for delivery of site KPIs
• Reactive v planned maintenance
• Increase and sustainability of OEE across all lines
• Innovation & creativity through CI projects
• PPM completion (standard & critical) 
• Supporting production/tech ops with training on line (settings/minor PPPMs)
• Recording of all work complete on the CMMS
• Carrying out planned maintenance across the site in an accurate, timely and safe manner ensuring maintenance procedures are followed 
• Work closely with production ops, suppliers and internal departments in finding ways to improve process and increase machine reliability and performance 
• Respond to and diagnose equipment breakdowns, resolving issues and actioning repairs
• Analyse data to find solutions to improve OEE performance, providing reports where necessary 
• Complete contractor quality inspections to ensure work is completed to a safe standard
• Supporting the H&S team in sustaining our excellent H&S record across site
• Responsible for delivering line NME through proactive engineering support
• Carry out scheduled PPM tasks and fault reporting
• Repair or report any identified faults
• Root cause events as requested
• Ensure the production break-down log is correctly completed
• Responsible for correct usage of stores/spare parts

What are the key ingredients needed for the role? 

• Must have completed a recognised apprenticeship within an engineering discipline (preferably FMCG)
• Understanding of the use of automation in a manufacturing environment
• Understanding of mechanical and electrical fault finding techniques
• Understands electrical & mechanical machine drawings and scales
• Basic IT skills 
• Basic understanding of CI procedures and techniques
• Basic knowledge of LEAN techniques (kaizen, 5s, 6 Sigma, RCA, 5 whys Etc)
• Good understanding of GMP/GHP is required 
• A working knowledge of Manufacturing Engineering Processes and Procedures
• Basic understanding of BRC policies and procedures
• Willingness to learn and motivate others
• PLC fault finding
• PLC Knowledge and understanding
• Coding set up and fault finding
• Good knowledge of Electrical Engineering procedures e.g. LOTO

If you are ready to begin a career with real bite, we would love to hear from you so apply now by clicking the link below.

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