Location: Bristol
Function: Manufacturing
Job Reference: 8637
Employment Type: Permanent / Full Time
Closing Date: 24/08/2026
Date: 27 Jul 2026
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Location: Bristol, Avonmouth
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday Days
Salary: Up to £51,000 + benefits
Join Warburtons as a Multi-Skilled Manufacturing Engineer
Are you an experienced engineer with both mechanical and electrical skills? Do you enjoy getting to the root cause of issues, improving equipment reliability and making a lasting impact on site performance?
We're looking for a Multi-Skilled Manufacturing Engineer to join our Bristol bakery on a permanent days-based pattern. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in asset care, planned preventative maintenance and continuous improvement, helping us maintain the high standards that keep the nation's favourite bakery running.
At Warburtons, you'll be part of a business that's proudly family-owned, investing in both its people and its facilities. If you're looking for a role where you can take ownership, develop your skills and make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.
The Recipe
As a Multi-Skilled Manufacturing Engineer, you'll work closely with production, safety, hygiene and engineering colleagues to ensure our equipment performs safely, efficiently and reliably.
Working as part of the site engineering team, you'll focus on preventative maintenance, asset care and continuous improvement activities across a wide range of bakery and packaging equipment.
The Role
You'll be responsible for:
Delivering planned preventative maintenance activities to maximise equipment reliability and performance.
Supporting asset care programmes and helping drive a proactive maintenance culture.
Diagnosing and resolving mechanical and electrical faults using a structured approach to problem solving.
Identifying recurring equipment issues and implementing robust, long-term solutions.
Contributing to continuous improvement projects that improve efficiency, reduce downtime and optimise asset performance.
Working safely and ensuring engineering activities are completed in line with site standards and procedures.
Collaborating with production teams and key stakeholders to improve operational performance.
Maintaining accurate maintenance records and supporting engineering best practices.
Essential Ingredients
Multi-skilled engineering experience with both mechanical and electrical fault-finding capability.
A recognised Engineering Apprenticeship, HNC, C&G, BTEC or equivalent qualification.
Experience delivering planned preventative maintenance within a manufacturing or FMCG environment.
Strong diagnostic and root cause analysis skills.
Experience working with automated production equipment and machinery.
Knowledge of health and safety requirements and engineering safe systems of work.
Excellent teamwork and communication skills.
A proactive approach to reliability, continuous improvement and asset care.
Desirable ingredients include:
Experience using CMMS/SAP maintenance systems.
Food manufacturing experience.
Extra Dough
Last but by no means least, you'll want to know what your breads worth.
A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we'll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave
Award winning pension scheme with company contributions
Life assurance
Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
Continued investment in your personal development
Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service
We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.
