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The working shifts days consisting of 6am to 6pm and nights consisting of 6pm-6am.\nFresh Food, Happy Dogs.\nWe believe dogs deserve the healthiest, most natural and tastiest meals - with none of the nasties. That’s why we make FRESHly prepared food, cooked just like you would at home and delivered direct to our customers in perfect portions. As a B-Corp certified company, you’re joining a sustainable business that genuinely cares about our people, our products and our impact on the planet. Our goal is simple: to help dogs live healthier, happier, and longer lives, while leaving humans smiling after every interaction.\nWe’ve come a long way since our co-founders (Kev & Dave), hand delivered the very first Butternut Box. Today, we feed hundreds of thousands of hungry dogs across the UK and Europe - but we won’t stop until we’re feeding dogs everywhere. To get there, we need a team of brilliant people who share that ambition to come and work for us. \nWhile Rudie's Kitchen and Ace's Pantry in Doncaster remain the heart of our UK operations, we’ve recently taken a massive leap forward with Sam’s Kitchen in Poland, going live in January this year. This expansion is a huge part of our story, allowing us to bring our gently cooked, human-quality meals to even more four-legged friends across Europe.\nThe job: \nYou might know this role as a Facilities Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, or Manufacturing Engineer, but here at Butternut Box, we call it a Multi-Skilled Engineer. As a Multi Skilled Engineer for a dual site operation, Rudie’s Kitchen, our Manufacturing Site and Ace’s Pantry, our UK Warehouse & Fulfilment Centre, you will have full accountability for the Efficient up-keep of all production, fulfilment and site services equipment.\nThe Engineer needs to be able to fault-find and problem-solve on a broad range of equipment and situations, which is key to resolving technical/engineering issues in a high-volume production environment where keeping the plant running safely and efficiently is the prime objective.\nIn this role, you can expect to…\nPartner with our production and fulfilment teams to ensure the full availability of people, knowledge, skills and equipment to keep us cooking (and to be able to cook more as we scale).\nBe an expert, guide and coach demonstrating shift leadership during the day-to-day running of the Kitchen, advising and sharing a view of how we can operate during proactive and reactive requirements with the shift leadership team.\nBe readily available and the first point of contact to diagnose and fix plant issues, including site services. \nOwn and drive the reliability of our machinery and react promptly and proactively to breakdown issues escalated across the entire Kitchen whilst on duty.\nTo provide the final port of call for our teams in diagnosing reasons for the plant not running to Standard Operating Conditions and being the highest technical skill within the factory's day-to-day operation.\nCarrying out Root Cause Analysis of efficiency losses & significant breakdowns. \nTo drive the CI plan for your area of ownership, working alongside the days-based Engineering Team\nBeing a key part of the operations team through short interval control meetings, collaborating cross functionally and supporting Op’s with coaching, SOP writing and Technical Training.\nEnsure a robust and informative handover to the oncoming shift to ensure activity continues cohesively, equally ensuring handover to the other side so we can always be moving things forward.\nRudies & Aces systems:\nProvide site Services (Cooling systems, steam, air, water, gas and electricity) and full site asset install base (Mixing, Filling, Cooking, Freezing & Fulfilment).\nWhat we're looking for:\nStrong multi-skilled engineering background including completion of a recognised apprenticeship.\nMulti Skilled Engineer with electrical bias, ideally with strong experience in Electrical diagnostics.\nQualified to HNC level in an Engineering discipline.\nHungry for a challenge and keen to grow something to our next phase of growth\nExcellent Communication skills, able to engage with shift operations teams\nP.C literate in: Cloud based system, ideally Google Suite, etc.\nMinimum of 3 years experience in an Engineering or Senior Technician Role\nSupervisory experience with broad working knowledge of relevant safety legislation.\nWell practised planning, organisation and scheduling skills.\nAbility to coach and train, leading others by example.\nEasily approachable with good interpersonal skills, with creative thinking and analytical skills\nLoves dogs (naturally)\nOur benefits:\nEnjoy 257.5 hours of holiday per year (equivalent to 33 days holiday)*\nPlus an extra day for each year of service (up to 5 days).*\n39 hours of pre-booked paws days to support good wellbeing and self care.* (equivalent to 5 days)\nUnlock a £500 annual budget for personal learning and development.\nEnhanced parental leave (52 weeks’ maternity leave inclusive of 26 weeks fully paid and 6 weeks fully paid paternity/secondary leave)\nGet discounted Private Medical Insurance with Vitality Healthcare.\nDiscounted Gym membership with “MyGymDiscounts” helping you stay fit and healthy\nSatisfy your taste buds with subsidised food from a variety of street food vans, and of course, pay day pizza!\nTreat your furry friend with an employee discount on Butternut Box.\nSay goodbye to parking woes with free parking and electric car charging.\nTeam socials & events\nPrepare for adorable office dog overload-meet Cleo, Paxo, Cali, Ronnie, Harvey, Milo, and many more!\nHolidays and Paws days are pro-rata for those working part time or job share\nThe interview process:\nInitial call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner, carried out remotely. \nSkills interview, usually carried out in person.\nBehaviours interview, usually carried out in person.\nImportant things to note:\nThis role is 100% based in our kitchen in Blyth, Doncaster\nWe aim to respond to all applicants personally, however, due to the high volume of applications we receive we are sometimes unable to respond to everyone\nAs our business has grown so has our responsibility to our community, our planet and our business. We are not perfect, but we are committed to doing business the right way and continually improving our social and environmental performance\nWe want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career. If it makes your application easier for you please feel free to complete the application form in your native language, we are really happy to translate it afterwards.Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.\n\nFor this specific role, we’re unable to offer visa sponsorship, so you’ll need the right to work in the UK.\nWe believe in a seat at the table for everyone. \nButternut Box is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that to make the best food for all dogs, we need a team that represents all humans. We celebrate different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We are specifically committed to increasing representation from underrepresented groups. We want a strong, diverse team built from different identities and lived experiences. 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