Job Opportunities: Multi-Skilled Engineer

Location: Newburn, Newcaslte

Shift pattern: 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off, 12 hour shifts

Salary: £57,014 per annum + Overtime + Annual Profit-Related Bonus 

At Warburtons, engineering keeps everything moving. From maintaining and improving our equipment to solving problems before they become problems, our Engineers play a big part in keeping our bakeries doing what they do best.

We’re looking for a Multi-Skilled Engineer to join our team in Newburn. Ideally, you’ll bring a strong mix of electrical and mechanical engineering skills, although an electrical bias would be particularly welcome.

And there’s plenty to get stuck into. You’ll be working within a modern food manufacturing environment, in our newly rebuilt Gluten Free facility, helping us keep our equipment safe, reliable and performing at its best.

No two shifts are quite the same.

You’ll work alongside our Production, Safety and Hygiene teams, using your engineering know-how to find faults, fix problems and, importantly, look for ways of stopping them happening again.

You’ll be involved in:

• Planned and preventative maintenance


• Electrical and mechanical fault finding


• Improving equipment reliability and reducing downtime


• Using data and root cause analysis to find long-term solutions


• Working with automated equipment, processing and packaging systems


• Supporting continuous improvement across the site


• Sharing ideas and engineering expertise with the wider team

We’re looking for an Engineer who enjoys getting to the bottom of a problem and takes pride in doing things properly.

Ideally, you’ll have:

• A recognised engineering qualification, such as an Apprenticeship, HNC, BTEC or equivalent


• Multi-skilled engineering experience across electrical and mechanical disciplines


• Strong electrical fault-finding capability


• Experience within manufacturing or FMCG


• A good understanding of planned and preventative maintenance


• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills


• An understanding of PLCs and control systems would be a real advantage but is not essential


• A practical approach to Health & Safety and Food Safety