We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China positions the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 18,500 colleagues operate from 44 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of over 2,900 products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China.

UK - Software Engineer – Bakkavor

5 from 7 Days 8.30am-17.00pm (flex as per business needs and on call requirements)

Located : Bakkavor Spalding – with travel to UK Bakkavor sites

Salary : up to £60,000 depending on experience Plus Essential Business user Car

Benefits : Annual Bonus incentive up to 10% of salary, Company Pension Scheme, Private Healthcare, Life Insurance Cover, Bakkavor Benefits, Bakkavor MyReward, Bakkavor My Bargains, 25 Days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays.

Excellent opportunities to develop and progress across Bakkavor UK and the wider Bakkavor Group

The Company

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. 

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.

Duties and accountabilities;

• Prepare for food and drink maintenance work.
• To audit the software systems installed across the total UK Bakkavor estate.
• To provide flexibility to support the software strategy goal.
• Respond and support business critical breakdowns of food and drink processing and packaging assets.
• To coordinate the development of software updates and the creation of a software library.
• To support the creation of software strategies to meet organisational goals.
• 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.
• Support an effective root cause analysis programme
• Support an effective impact and contingency plan for software systems and/or service failures. Participate in  consultation with subject matter experts.
• Develop and present reports, for example, performance reports, asset management plans, reports to sector and certifying bodies.
• To support sites with upskilling with basic fault finding and diagnosis.
• Ensure availability and performance of maintenance tools, vehicle, and equipment.
• Administrative activities to support the delivery of the engineering strategy.

Skills / Experience;

• 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.

Please click ‘APPLY NOW’ to be considered for this fantastic, exciting and new opportunity at Bakkavor.
 

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!