Role: Multi Skilled Engineer
Career Step Level: Step level 2.0
Location: Blyth, Worksop
Salary: £62,868
Hours: A shift rotation with a mixture of days, nights and some weekend working. The working shifts include days from 6am to 6pm and nights from 6pm to 6am.
A bit about the role
You might know this role as a Facilities Engineer, Maintenance Engineer or Manufacturing Engineer, but here at Butternut Box we call it a Multi‑Skilled Engineer. As a Multi‑Skilled Engineer for a dual site operation – Rudie’s Kitchen, our manufacturing site, and Ace’s Pantry, our UK warehouse & fulfilment centre – you will have full accountability for the efficient upkeep of all production, fulfilment and site‑services equipment.
Responsibilities
- Partner with our production and fulfilment teams to ensure the full availability of people, knowledge, skills, and equipment to keep us cooking (and be able to cook more as we scale).
- Be an expert, guide and coach, demonstrating shift leadership during the day‑to‑day running of the Kitchen, advising and sharing a view of how we can operate during proactive and reactive requirements with the shift leadership team.
- Be readily available and the first point of contact to diagnose and fix plant issues, including site services.
- Own and drive the reliability of our machinery and react promptly and proactively to breakdown issues escalated across the entire Kitchen whilst on duty.
- Provide the final port of call for our teams in diagnosing reasons for the plant not running to Standard Operating Conditions and be the highest technical skill within the factory’s day‑to‑day operation.
- Carry out root‑cause analysis of efficiency losses and significant breakdowns.
- Drive the continuous improvement plan for your area of ownership, working alongside the day‑based Engineering Team.
- Be a key part of the operations team through short‑interval control meetings, collaborating cross‑functionally and supporting Ops with coaching, SOP writing and technical training.
- Ensure a robust and informative handover to the oncoming shift to keep activity cohesive, and likewise handover to the other side so we can always move forward.
Rudies & Aces systems
Provide site services (cooling systems, steam, air, water, gas, and electricity) and full site asset install base (mixing, filling, cooking, freezing & fulfilment).
A Bit About You
- Strong multi‑skilled engineering background, including completion of a recognised apprenticeship.
- Multi‑Skilled Engineer with electrical bias, ideally with strong experience in electrical diagnostics.
- Qualified to HNC level in an engineering discipline.
- Hungry for a challenge and keen to grow something into our next phase of growth.
- Excellent communication skills, able to engage with shift operations teams.
- PC literate in cloud‑based systems, ideally Google Suite.
- Minimum of 3 years experience in an Engineering or Senior Technician role.
- Supervisory experience with broad working knowledge of relevant safety legislation.
- Well‑practised planning, organisation and scheduling skills.
- Ability to coach and train, leading others by example.
- Easily approachable with good interpersonal skills, and creative thinking and analytical skills.
- Loves dogs (naturally).
What’s In It For You
- Enjoy 257.5 hours of holiday per year (equivalent to 33 days).
- Plus an extra day for each year of service (up to 5 days).
- 39 hours of pre‑booked paws days to support wellbeing and self‑care (equivalent to 5 days).
- Unlock a £500 annual budget for personal learning and development.
- Enhanced parental leave (52 weeks’ maternity leave inclusive of 26 weeks fully paid and 6 weeks fully paid paternity/secondary leave).
- Get discounted private medical insurance with Vitality Healthcare.
- Discounted gym membership with “MyGymDiscounts” to keep you fit and healthy.
- Satisfy your taste buds with subsidised food from a variety of street‑food vans, and of course, payday pizza.
- Treat your furry friend with an employee discount on Butternut Box.
- Say goodbye to parking woes with free parking and electric car charging.
- Team socials & events.
- Prepare for adorable office dog overload—meet Cleo, Paxo, Cali, Ronnie, Harvey, Milo and many more!
- Holidays and paws days are pro‑rated for those working part‑time or on a job share.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
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