Design Engineer

Reporting to the Head of Design Engineering and working alongside our Central Engineering team, you'll be building relationships across the business with a wide range of stakeholders, colleagues and external suppliers. Taking the lead on plant and process design projects across our national site network, you'll lead the design process, working with Innovation, NPD, Central and Ops Engineering teams and suppliers and be involved in capital investment projects.

In previous roles you'll have gained experience in a wide variety of mechanical design principles, be aware of building regulations and have experience in process plant design. You'll be responsible for designing the factory layouts for new and existing sites, alongside machine replacement (but not designing the machines themselves).

We never compromise on Health & Safety or Quality, and you'll champion our Health and Safety strategy, PUWER, legislation and company standards in all project work and identify and instigate Food Safety and energy usage improvements within your area of responsibility. The Role

• To produce layout and detailed engineering drawings as requested to agreed deadlines.
• To communicate with sites and suppliers in the collection and transfer of information. Undertake site measuring to obtain relevant information when required.
• To source quotations and progress supply for designated area of responsibility.
• To maintain and manage the CAD system and ancillary IT equipment. Utilise the CAD system to its full potential and ensure drawing archives are maintained to agreed standards.
• Provide drawing support to the Building department.

• Extensive plant and process design experience in an FMCG environment delivering capital-based activities.
• Engineering experience, ideally within a multi-site manufacturing, distribution or fast-moving consumer goods environment.
• Fully proficient in 2D and 3D design packages.
• Experienced in Stakeholder Management.
• Relevant Engineering Qualification such as HND, HNC, BEng or equivalent

Extra Dough

Last but by no means least, you'll want to know what your breads worth.

• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
• Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we'll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave
• Award winning pension scheme with company contributions
• Private Healthcare
• Company Car
• Life assurance
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
• Continued investment in your personal development
• Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service
• Access to free GP services, Counselling and much more via our help at hand app
• Gym membership available at Bolton (approx. annual cost £70)

We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.

At Warburtons, family is at the heart of our business., At Warburtons, family is at the heart of our business. Five generations' worth of expertise, with the recent introduction of the sixth generation of family, that goes into making our bakery products allows us to continue a tradition of baking inherited over the past 147 years. Warburtons is the largest bakery brand in the UK, but that doesn't allow us to rest on our laurels. We are pioneers of the industry and ambitious market leaders, always seeking to challenge ourselves and convention. It is part of our philosophy to provide honest good sense on issues of health and well-being, helping the whole family to enjoy our products as part of a healthy, balanced diet, through a range of products to suit all meal occasions, lifestyles and tastes. Rewards As a modern family business, we have always strived to make Warburtons an enjoyable place to work so that you grow with us as we work together to achieve our vision to be Britain's Best Food Business. Our people are the key ingredient needed to achieve this. We value our people and are proud to offer a wide range of reward and benefits, from an award winning pension plan, profit share scheme and voluntary benefits website Extra Dough. By offering a range of excellent benefits, we can be sure to attract and retain top talent to drive the business forward. We pride ourselves on being on top of our game, leading the way in our industry and our reward package is a reflection on this. Training & Development Nobody becomes a master baker overnight. Or a HR Manager, Accountant or Driver for that matter. Training and development is at the heart of our business. We can't deliver quality products unless our team is of a similar quality. Our programmes for learning and development are highly respected and world-class. We empower people to make choices and do the right thing. This comes from knowing your role inside out, innovating and seizing the potential to learn more. We are proud to have won awards for our talent management programmes and practices. Developing your career is an ongoing process - we need people who embrace change, take control and make sure their career is going the way they want it to, both professionally and personally. They are in the driving seat, but we're right beside them. Personal development of each and every employee is in our plan and is a priority for us. Alongside skills development, our management and leadership programmes are recognized throughout the company as being 'best in class'. Those who aspire to or are joining in a management and leadership role will be able to access and benefit from a wide range of development offerings. Key to our commitment is to ensure that our people are growing to the best of their abilities.