Manufacturing Technician

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**:

- The role of a Manufacturing Technician is to Safely and efficiently operate and optimise bakery plant and equipment. Working with others, achieve high levels of targeted performance, customer satisfaction and quality standards; this will be founded on a culture of continuous improvement, development and learning. It is expected that the jobholder will positively contribute to an environment where critical thinking and constructive challenging is the norm.**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**
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- 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**
- 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.