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Lead Maintenance Engineer

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United Kingdom , Nantwich, Cheshire

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Job Description:

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Engineering Lead Maintenance Engineer to join the busy and active team at our food manufacturing facility in Nantwich, Cheshire. You will help maintain, install and improve the performance of processing equipment across the site. The site makes chilled speciality hand-crafted flatbreads, baguettes, doughballs and ciabattas for customers including Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsburys.

Job Responsibility:

  • Manage the engineering team to ensure delivery of scheduled work and reactive work so that plant availability is optimised and manage technical specifications for ingredients, products, processes & packaging
  • Implement agreed training & development plans to meet engineering & production needs. Comply with statutory & Bakkavor Health & Safety requirement, ensures reports work in a safe manner. This will include ownership of dynamic risk assessment process
  • Ensure engineering downtime is minimised, accurately logged, and monitor the repair time. Liaise with planning and operations team to allow for PPM to be completed in a timely manner
  • Ensure all stock is logged in and out of the stores area highlighting any stock issues to the engineering team manager
  • To maintain standards of hygiene and good housekeeping appropriate to a quality food manufacturer. GMP standard of workshops and engineers tool boxes is maintained at a high level

Requirements:

  • Strong people management experience
  • A multi skilled background
  • Experience completing both reactive and planned maintenance activity and small installations
  • Strong communication skills both written and verbal
  • Appropriate professional mechanical or electrical engineering qualifications and training
  • Thorough understanding of common mechanical and electrical systems
  • Professional attitude with plenty of drive and enthusiasm
  • Good IT skills including Word, Excel and Outlook
What we offer:
  • A stakeholder pension scheme
  • Personal accident Insurance
  • Free independent mortgage advice
  • Employee assistance programme
  • A range of voluntary benefits
  • Holiday purchase scheme
  • Additional life assurance
  • Dental & hospital cash plans
  • Discounted tutoring for children
  • Access to financial learning tools
  • Affordable loans via your salary
  • Proud to be and loyal service awards
  • Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 06, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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