Design Engineer

Location : Based in Bolton, with national travel, hybrid working.

Working Pattern : Monday to Friday days

Salary : Negotiable (dependent on experience)

Are you a talented Design Engineer looking for an exciting new opportunity?

Due to ambitious growth, we're expanding the team! We're committed to creating new and exciting freshly baked products and due to that investment, we have another new opportunity for a Design Engineer to join our Central Engineering team.

The Central Engineering team are based out of Bolton in the Northwest but we have sites located across the UK so you will need to be prepared to travel from time to time. You'll be joining a team of engineering and project management experts, apply now to find out more!

The Recipe

Reporting to the Head of Design Engineering and working alongside our Central Engineering team, you'll be building relationships across the business with a wide range of stakeholders, colleagues and external suppliers. Taking the lead on plant and process design projects across our national site network, you'll lead the design process, working with Innovation, NPD, Central and Ops Engineering teams and suppliers and be involved in capital investment projects.

In previous roles you'll have gained experience in a wide variety of mechanical design principles, be aware of building regulations and have experience in process plant design. You’ll be responsible for designing the factory layouts for new and existing sites, alongside machine replacement (but not designing the machines themselves).

We never compromise on Health & Safety or Quality, and you'll champion our Health and Safety strategy, PUWER, legislation and company standards in all project work and identify and instigate Food Safety and energy usage improvements within your area of responsibility.

Duties include :

• To produce layout and detailed engineering drawings as requested to agreed deadlines.
• To communicate with sites and suppliers in the collection and transfer of information. Undertake site measuring to obtain relevant information when required.
• To source quotations and progress supply for designated area of responsibility.
• To maintain and manage the CAD system and ancillary IT equipment. Utilise the CAD system to its full potential and ensure drawing archives are maintained to agreed standards.
• Provide drawing support to the Building department.

Essential Ingredients

Extra Dough

Last but by no means least, you'll want to know what your breads worth.

About Us

As ‘the UK’s No. 1 Bakery Brand’ we have been baking bread since 1876. Today, we are proudly a fifth-generation family, with the introduction of the sixth generation, supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing a range of over 70 products including gluten and wheat free. Family and values are what makes us different, and we are a proud bunch, join us and you too could be proud to be Warburtons.