Site Engineer

Job Title – Site Engineer
Location – Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
Salary – £40,000
Shift – Monday to Friday, 05:30 – 13:30

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Site Engineer to join a well-established gluten-free bakery and confectionery manufacturer operating across multiple UK sites. This is an excellent opportunity for a multi-skilled engineer who enjoys autonomy, responsibility, and working independently in a fast-paced food production environment.

You will be responsible for all site machinery and engineering support, reporting directly into the Factory Manager and Head of Engineering. This is a sole engineering role, ideal for someone confident working alone while still maintaining high engineering and safety standards across a busy production facility.

The site produces a range of bakery and confectionery products including pies, sausage rolls, brownies, and rocky road, with a variety of automated production and packaging equipment.

• Pastry production equipment – mixers, sieving units, pastry pressers, sheeters
• Assembly lines – pie formers, depositors, lidder machines, cutting systems
• Packing lines – carton erectors, metal detectors, weighers, case sealers, labellers
• Sweet production – chocolate melting units, mixers, sonic cutting systems, inline wrappers
• Supporting utilities – freezers, chillers, blast freezers, compressors

Sector – Manufacturing

• Strong multi-skilled engineering experience (mechanical and electrical)
• Level 3 Engineering Qual or above
• Ability to work independently as a sole engineer on site

• Experience working as a sole engineer or in a small engineering team
• Strong preventative maintenance background

• Full autonomy in a sole engineering role
• Working for a growing specialist gluten-free food manufacturer
• Stable Monday–Friday morning shift pattern
• Opportunity to take ownership of all site engineering activities
• 28 days holiday (inclusive)
• Hands‑on role across a wide range of production and packaging equipment
• Strong responsibility with direct impact on production performance

If you are interested in this role and feel that you have the right skills, then please click apply at the bottom of this advert.

For further details contact Nathan Lock at the recruitment team.

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