Maintenance Engineer

Hovis • Full-time • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom • 1d ago

Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.

We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.

Location: Glasgow, UK

Shift: Pitman shift - days and nights

We’re looking for a Maintenance Engineer to keep our high-speed production lines running safely and efficiently.

You’ll spend the majority of your time on mechanical fault finding, repairs and preventative maintenance, with enough electrical knowledge to work safely, diagnose faults and support line recovery.

This is a hands-on role in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, ideal for an engineer who enjoys fixing problems properly and minimising downtime.

We are open to strong engineers who have just passed their NVQ level 3 EPA as well as experienced engineers.

Key Responsibilities;

Mechanical fault finding and repair on production and packaging equipment

Planned and reactive mechanical maintenance.

Electrical fault diagnosis (sensors, motors, drives, panels). Safety focused, not design-led.

Rapid response to breakdowns to keep production running

Identify and implement reliability and improvement opportunities

Work safely, following site and legal engineering standards

What We’re Looking For

NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
(Multi-skilled an advantage)

Manufacturing or FMCG maintenance experience

Confident with mechanical systems: gearboxes, bearings, chains, conveyors, pneumatics, hydraulics

Electrical safety awareness and fault-finding capability

Practical, proactive engineer with a strong work ethic

Benefits Baked In...

All colleagues can choose from a wide range of benefits in addition to salaries, based on their individual needs.

Three levels of pension scheme to choose from - employer contribution of up to 7.5%

Aviva DigiCare+ Workplace App includes: 'at home' Annual Health Check, Digital GP consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinions and much more

Enhanced parental leave (and flexibility where possible to suit your needs)

Access to funded physiotherapy sessions

Wellbeing support and campaigns to help you stay active and healthy, be financially prepared, and support your mental wellbeing

Opt in plans for money back towards the cost of opticians, dentist, physiotherapist and more

A benefits platform for all, Hovis Choice:

£££ Savings and cashback offers on day-to-day spending

Eyecare vouchers

Cycle to work scheme

Hovis

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