Manufacturing Technician London, England
Job description
Allied Bakeries make the top bread brands Kingsmill, Allinson’s and Sunblest. Across our bakeries we make white, wholemeal and seeded market-leading loaves, as well as Kingsmill 50/50, the nation’s favourite Healthier White, delicious pancakes, crumpets, hot cross buns and more.
We take massive pride in our brands and all that we do, including our bakeries having one of the best safety performance records in the industry. We know that the success of our business depends on us having the right people on the team, so if you’re looking to join a business that values its people, encourages everyone to get involved and be the best they can be, we’d love to hear from you.
Overview of role
Location: Walthamstow
Allied Bakeries are owned by Associated British Foods. ABF is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £13.9bn and 128,000 employees in 53 countries. It has significant businesses in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australia.. Our sister companies in ABF UK Grocery produce products under many market-leading household brands, including Jordans, Ryvita, Pataks, Blue Dragon & Silver Spoon.
Allied Bakeries Walthamstow: Expanding operation due to new contracts, we are increasing our workforce and we are looking for people to join our growing business Benefits: Starting Salary £30k with the potential to increase to up £36k.
Uniform provided, free on site parking, subsidised canteen, comprenshive training as part of induction, Pension, Cycle to work scheme, holidays, Extra Slice - company discount scheme with high street retailers
If you’re looking to join a business that is passionate, encourages you to be the best you can be, and values its people, we’d love to hear from you.
Key Accountabilities
- To deliver product quality through all systems available and others
- To contribute to the optimization of a production plan, operating the production plant in the most efficient and cost-effective manner
- Ensure that their own and their teams development and training needs are identified and processes are consistently applied. Participate in the proactive environment of learning through relevant documentation (learning logs & 1:1 communications)
- To continuously challenge and improve manufacturing processes and encourage others to do the same
- To actively participate and contribute to the optimisation of cross-functional working processes and procedures, which will enable bakery infrastructure standards to be maintained or improved
Additional Accountabilities
There is an expectation that any employee within AB demonstrates a flexible and can do approach to their work and may on occasion be required to take part in other areas of the business, to provide resource and expertise as required but also to give the individual opportunity to develop their own skill base and broader knowledge.
The Right Person
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate basic engineering competencies/mechanical empathy
- Computer Literate (understand and interact with HMI screens )
- Demonstrate a good level of Health and Food Safety awareness
- Numerical, reading and information recording skills.
Advantageous
- An in-depth understanding and application of food hygiene/GMP/(ABSS standards)
- Understanding of baking process
- NVQ Level 1 or Level 2 in Performing Mechanical Engineering,
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate (CIEH Level 2) IOSH or equivalent
- Basic understanding of Continuous Improvement tools and techniques (EG: Fishbone, 5 Why’s, 5s etc)
- Fault finding skills
Our defining value is to ‘Be the best we can be’; the behaviors that we believe help us to do this and are key to our success are: Aim high, I do what I say, Work Together and Everybody Matters.
We are committed to equal treatment and opportunities for all our people and believe in building a diverse and inclusive organisation that represents our communities and generates the best outcomes for consumers, customers and stakeholders.
