Location: Nicholas & Harris, Salisbury, SP2 7PU
Shift: Monday – Friday
Salary: Competitive, with opportunities for growth
We are now looking for a Site Services Engineer to join our dedicated Engineering team at Nicholas & Harris. This role is key to maintaining and improving the reliability, safety, and compliance of our site services and infrastructure, ensuring a stable and efficient environment for our bakery operations.
Nicholas & Harris is part of the Finsbury Food Group and has over 180 years of heritage in craft baking. We’re a leading speciality bakery manufacturer supplying high-quality products across the foodservice sector. As part of Finsbury, we are committed to raising standards, investing in our people, and driving a culture of continuous improvement across all areas of the site.
Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards and build long-term relationships within the foodservice channel. Finsbury offer a wide range of bakery products and are a leading frozen supplier into the foodservice sector.
About the Role
As a Site Services Engineer, you will play a vital role in keeping our Salisbury bakery safe, compliant, and running efficiently. Working as part of a small but highly skilled team, you’ll be responsible for maintaining all site utilities and building services—including electrical systems, plumbing, HVAC, fire systems, water testing, emergency lighting, and general facilities maintenance.
Reporting to the Engineering Shift Lead, this role is hands-on and technically varied, combining planned and reactive maintenance, statutory testing, documentation management, and contractor coordination. You’ll support production teams by ensuring essential services remain reliable and compliant, contributing to a safe and effective operating environment.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys responsibility, autonomy, and problem solving in a fast-paced, supportive, and collaborative engineering environment.
This Is What You’ll Actually Do
- Carry out electrical testing, inspection, and certification in line with 18th / 19th Edition and 2391/2392 standards.
- Maintain and improve building services and site utilities, including electrical distribution, HVAC, plumbing, and drainage systems.
- Perform statutory testing and maintain accurate records for water systems, fire alarms, emergency lighting, and other compliance requirements.
- Support planned preventative maintenance and respond promptly to reactive issues across the site.
- Work closely with two Site Services Technicians on general building maintenance and upkeep.
- Coordinate external contractors, ensuring safe systems of work, permit compliance, and adherence to site standards.
- Investigate issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions to improve reliability and site safety.
- Maintain accurate compliance documentation and ensure all work meets legal, Group, and site-specific requirements.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Technical, HSE, and Compliance teams to support smooth site operation.
- Contribute to continuous improvement across efficiency, safety, sustainability, and service delivery.
Ideally, This is You!
Essential:
- 18th Edition (BS 7671) qualification and 2391 Testing & Inspection, with proven experience.
- Proven experience in building services, facilities, or site maintenance within manufacturing or similar environments.
- Good understanding of plumbing, HVAC, and general utilities systems.
- Ability to read technical drawings and follow safety, compliance, and permit-to-work procedures.
- Confident working both independently and as part of a small, close-knit team.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to partner effectively with internal teams and external contractors.
- Highly organised, methodical, and proactive, with excellent attention to detail.
- Safety-conscious mindset and commitment to maintaining high compliance standards.
Desirable:
- Experience within food manufacturing or FMCG.
- Familiarity with CMMS systems (e.g. Ultimo).
- IPAF/scissor-lift training or willingness to obtain.
- Experience supporting continuous improvement or minor projects.
- Knowledge of sustainability, utilities efficiency, or energy optimisation initiatives.
What’s in It for You?
- Enhanced maternity & paternity leave to allow quality time with your new arrival
- Enhanced pension scheme for our employees
- Death in service benefit
- Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
- Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform
- Company shop available at sites (heavily discounted, yummy products!)
- Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – T&Cs dependent)
- Employee Recognition Awards
- Extensive learning & development opportunities (including sponsored professional memberships and in-house development courses)
- An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!
Why Join Us?
This role offers the chance to take ownership of a critical function within a growing site undergoing significant investment and development. You will work across a wide range of technical systems, gaining exposure to electrical, mechanical, and building services while helping shape the site’s future infrastructure.
Our culture is positive, collaborative, and focused on continuous improvement. We invest in our people and support personal and professional development across the Engineering function.
If you’re passionate about technical excellence, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, and want to make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today and help us shape the future of excellence at Nicholas & Harris!
