Job Title:  Multi Skilled Shift Engineer

Date:  7 May 2025
Req ID:  2974
Company:  Allied Bakeries
Location: 

Walthamstow, GB, E10 7AB

Full or Part Time:  Full Time
Contract Type:  Permanent
Job Category:  Engineering

Overview of role

Location:  Walthamstow, Greater London

 

Annual salary: £60,290.00

 

Hours: 42 hours per week – 4 on 4 off (alternating days and nights)
Shifts: 1 week of days followed by 1 week of nights

 

As a Multi-Skilled Shift Engineer, you'll have an integral part in ensuring the smooth running of our bakery. You’ll be working across shifts (days and nights) to deliver continuous improvement, proactive maintenance, and timely repairs. This is a hands-on role requiring quick problem-solving, initiative, and collaboration with the wider team.

The role of a Multi-Skilled Shift Engineer is a varied and challenging one. Working shifts, you will be expected to identify and deliver continuous improvement initiatives alongside proactive and reactive maintenance and repairs to the plant and site services associated with a major bakery.

 

Key Accountabilities

  • Diagnose and resolve automation, electrical, and mechanical issues during breakdowns.
  • Implement our engineering strategy with consistency and efficiency.
  • Deliver improvement projects on time and within budget.
  • Support site performance by focusing on KPIs such as OEE and CCOs.
  • Maintain high standards of safe working practices.
  • Provide training and coaching to operators and other engineers.
  • Undertake additional activities as required, supporting the overall function of the site.

 

Plus, any other duties which reasonably correspond to the general character of the role. The above list of accountabilities is not exhaustive, and the post holder may be required to undertake duties as may be reasonably expected.

Key Ingredients to Success

  • A candidate with effective communication skills.
  • Experience in training and coaching others.
  • Enthusiastic and motivated for continuous improvement.
  • Ready and equipped to address emerging requirements within the business.
  • Indentured time served apprentice with an Electrical bias, supported by suitable experience.
  • Alternatively, C&G 2346-03 Electro-technical Experienced worker qualification.
  • A Higher National Certificate (HNC) in an electrical, automation or multi-skilled engineering discipline is desirable.