UK - Software Engineer

Bakkavor Group; England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

UK - Software Engineer - Bakkavor Spalding (Group Services - Engineering Excellence)

We rise to challenges together

Up to GBP60,000 basic salary depending on experience, plus Business Essential User Car

Plus, our benefits listed below including; up to 10% Bonus Scheme of annual salary, Private Health Care and Bakkavor Pension Scheme.

Based at Bakkavor Spalding, with travel to UK Bakkavor sites

Days 5 from 7 - 08:30am-17:00pm - (flex as per business needs and on call requirements)
Contract Type - Permanent

Why join us?

We're ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The undeniable pressure and pace of our 24/7 operation keeps us on our toes and offers a variety of career pathways and options to explore and pursue. We encourage everyone to work hard, push further and show resilience. And it's exciting. Because only by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, will we continue to diversify, grow as individuals and succeed together.

What we do

We're the biggest name you've never heard of. You've probably eaten our food - you just didn't realise it. We make innovative fresh products, with around 18,500 colleagues working across the UK, US and China. We're the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers (including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose). We're ambitious. We're full of ideas. And we're ready for more people who share our values and passion for quality to join us.

About the role.

This is an exciting new opportunity, reporting into the UK Software Engineering Manager, for a UK Software Engineer to join our vibrant, forward thinking and expanding Central Engineering Team at Bakkavor Group Services.

The broad purpose of the role is to manage, lead and optimise engineering software systems to optimise the UK estate. You will work towards, own, and deliver the Bakkavor engineering strategy. You will ensure software management strategies are identified and embedded across the estate. This role will require you to support UK sites to deliver, maintain and manage software systems. You will compile and provide a full set of documentation for the scope of works and prepare CEPs to support capital developments across the estate.

Working with multifunctional teams, you will lead technical engineering performance reviews and continuous improvement activities and you will be an active member of the Engineering Forum.

1. Prepare for food and drink maintenance work.
2. Audit the software systems installed across the total UK Bakkavor estate.
3. Provide flexibility to support the software strategy goal.
4. Respond and support business critical breakdowns of food and drink processing and packaging assets.
5. Coordinate the development of software updates and the creation of a software library.
6. Support the creation of software strategies to meet organisational goals.
7. Implement the estate strategy to identify intervention and mitigation options for the failure of assets. For example, obsolescence replacement programmes, standardisation, spare part management, change in operation.
8. Support an effective root cause analysis programme.
9. Support an effective impact and contingency plan for software systems and/or service failures. Participate in consultation with subject matter experts.
10. Develop and present reports, for example, performance reports, asset management plans, reports to sector and certifying bodies.
11. Support sites with upskilling with basic fault finding and diagnosis.
12. Ensure availability and performance of maintenance tools, vehicle, and equipment.
13. Administrative activities to support the delivery of the engineering strategy.

About you.

• Engineering Apprenticeship and/or Engineering Technical Qualification Level 3 or above.
• PLC, HMI, motion and communication interface proficiency.
• Experience in Siemens, Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi and ethernet IP.
• Experienced Software engineer.
• Safe electrical control panel entry C&G assured or equivalent.

What you'll receive.

As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

You'll enjoy:

• Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
• Short Term Bonus Scheme up to 10% of salary
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Staff Shop
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• MyBargains Discount Platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free Independent Mortgage Advice
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free Car parking

Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.

Proud to be Bakkavor

We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!

Find out more and apply.