Engineering - Engineer

Engineer

Location: Ultrapharm, Pontypool

Shift: 4on4off, 17:00 - 05:00 (Night shift)

We have an opportunity for an Engineer to join our Engineering Team at our Pontypool site as part of the Finsbury Food Group.

Finsbury Food Group is a leading specialty bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards and build long‑term relationships within the food service channel. Finsbury offers a wide range of bakery products and is a leading frozen supplier into the Food service sector.

Our Ultrapharm site is a dedicated Gluten Free Bakery specialising in only Gluten Free products since 1993. The Company’s unique approach to craft and baking creates premium gluten‑free products with the flavour and taste of traditional bread. If you have a special dietary need or nutritional preference, our Pontypool bakery has you covered. Our product range spans artisanal bread to award‑winning Hot cross buns and Mince pies for major retailers such as M&S and Waitrose.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic, fast‑paced manufacturing environment where quality, efficiency and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything we do.

To be successful in this role, you will be a fully qualified Engineer with strong electrical and mechanical expertise, ideally with experience in the food manufacturing industry. You’ll thrive in a fast‑paced environment, work well as part of a team and demonstrate clear communication skills.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for planned and reactive maintenance across a wide range of production equipment, applying your electrical and mechanical skills to keep lines running efficiently. Your day‑to‑day work will involve ensuring compliance with Food Safety, Health & Safety and quality systems, diagnosing faults, performing repairs and identifying root causes. You’ll record all activity, duration and materials in the CMMS system (Mainsaver) and manage engineering supplies to support ongoing maintenance needs.

You will also identify and recommend improvements to machinery, production lines and operational processes, while supporting projects, continuous improvement activity and productivity initiatives. Clear communication is key, as you’ll report unscheduled downtime and corrective actions to the Engineering Shift Manager or Production Manager. Maintaining high standards of housekeeping in line with GMP and supporting or coaching operators to develop basic asset‑care skills will also form part of your responsibilities.

You will need to liaise with appropriate levels of staff to ensure effective communication regarding the resolution of all problems and issues and to ensure appropriate escalation steps are implemented to enable, where necessary, appropriate decisions to be made. At times monitoring of contractors will be required to ensure their standard of work is acceptable and completed within agreed timescales.

This is a hands‑on role where your mechanical and electrical expertise, problem‑solving skills and proactive approach will make a real impact on plant reliability and efficiency.

• Qualified multi‑skilled engineer with strong electrical and mechanical skills.
• Essential qualifications: time‑served apprenticeship, with appropriate mechanical and electrical capability (depending on ‘core’ discipline) SVQ or HNC.
• Experience in a fast‑paced manufacturing or FMCG environment (food production preferred).
• Skilled in planned maintenance, troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis across mechanical and electrical systems.
• Competent with CMMS systems, ideally Mainsaver.
• Strong understanding of Food Safety, Health & Safety and GMP.
• Hands‑on, proactive, and able to work independently or as part of a team understanding team goals.
• Excellent communicator with clear, concise reporting and problem‑solving skills.

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
• Enhanced pension scheme for our employees.
• Death in Service Benefit.
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families).
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
• Refer a Friend Scheme…