Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.

As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.

To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led
, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility
, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact.

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The Wigston site, with a heritage dating back to 1895, is renowned for its long‑standing tradition in biscuit production and its evolution through various ownerships, now proudly part of pladis Global. The site is home to a diverse and multicultural workforce, comprising 194 employees. The team is represented by the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Trade Union and is committed to inclusivity and diversity at every level.

Wigston’s culture emphasises pride in its people, a collaborative spirit, and a dedication to delivering high‑quality products enjoyed nationwide, all while fostering an environment where diversity and long service are celebrated.

An exciting day shift‑based opportunity has arisen at our Wigston site for a Multi‑Skilled Maintenance Engineer. We would like to hear from dynamic individuals who have previous experience of maintaining and improving process and packaging equipment and are looking for a varied engineering role offering a competitive salary and good long‑term career opportunities.

This is an opportunity for a highly responsible and confident individual to take on a highly visible role; providing full Technical Engineering support to the production function under the leadership of the Area Engineering Manager and working alongside the production team.

The role plays a vital part of our fast‑paced manufacturing operations team in Wigston. Your primary aim will be to understand and contribute to achieving the goals of the Factory by efficiently carrying out any assigned operation or task. We work effectively with others as part of a large team of varying levels of seniority.

Primarily, to manufacture the company’s product to an agreed specification in a cost effective and safe manner. The company produces a variety of products to meet customer needs. The daily focus for everyone needs to be on achieving the daily requirements right first time, in a safe factory environment at an improved ongoing cost. Other responsibilities include:

• Train, assess competencies, mentor and support ATMs, Apprentices and Team Members with the development of engineering skills
• As an engineering specialist input into team action plans & continuous improvement activities, especially , Condition Based Monitoring (CBM), Tiered meetings, focused improvement (speedy kaizens) and workplace organisation (5S).
• Accountability for the mechanical and electrical integrity of equipment by carrying out the following:
• Effective planned maintenance inspections as per plan, reviewing frequencies, parts used, recommending alternative parts/vendors, meantime between failure rates
• Manage and recommend improvements to maintenance schedules
• Overhaul and repair of plant
• Complete stores requisitions for parts and contract services (on the SAP system or equivalent), including expediting deliveries with suppliers
• Continually supervise plant conditions and report defects
• Deliver a consistent and improving plant reliability through the effective management and monitoring of downtime, PPM conformance, engineering planning, use of SAP PM and elements of the engineering budget
• Report and present all performance matters routinely, including…