Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer

The Bread Factory

Milton KeynesCompetitiveFull time

The Bread Factory is a Food Manufacturing bakery that makes deliciously crafted bread, cakes, and pastries. We are proud to craft products for our GAIL’s bakeries, neighborhood grocery stores, restaurants, and more!


As our teams grow, we are looking for our next Staff Maintenance Engineer to join our Milton Keynes team.


Job Purpose

Ensure all plant, equipment & site services are maintained and repaired in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner while ensuring all plants are run to their maximum efficiency.

Manage the engineering resource and ensure compliance with all current codes of practice including TBF standards and any statutory compliance


Every day is different at The Bread Factory, but here are some of the things you will be doing:


  • Ensure that the equipment and plant are maintained.
  • React to breakdowns quickly and efficiently.
  • PLC fault finding to input and output level.
  • Remedy issues highlighted by our in-house HAACP audits.
  • Respond to out-of-hours calls for breakdowns.


Here are some key areas we think you can impact in this role:


  • Redesign machine operations and process technology.
  • Enhance the machine’s reliability through regular planned preventative maintenance.
  • Develop the quality of the product and output.


Our team tells us you will be a great addition if you…


  • Are a logical thinker with an assertive approach to resolving issues and faults.
  • Are a self-starter.
  • Having experience with bakery machinery is great but not essential.
  • Have HAACP awareness.
  • Troubleshooting on electrical equipment is a must


Shift Times:

5 am-2 pm & 2 pm-11 pm (On a rotating shift pattern): Monday-Friday


What’s in it for you?


  • Free products on the job
  • Family-friendly policies such as enhanced maternity and paternity pay, and grandparents' leave
  • 50% GAIL’s discount card and 40% off at The Bread Factory & The Flour Station Markets. As well as access to our benefits platform
  • 25 days holiday excluding bank holidays
  • 3 months career break with your job waiting for you when you return
  • Wellbeing benefits such as 24-hour GP service, parties, Cycle to work schemes, and more…



We understand that flexibility can offer productivity improvement to help you balance your career with your commitments and interests outside of work. Please let us know if you have a suggestion of how we can make this role work for you.


We believe job descriptions are your daily to-do lists, and that’s why our job adverts are a little bit about us and why we would like you to choose us. If you are successful at our pre-screening stage, we can provide you with the full job description


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