Job Title: Engineering Team Leader
Location: Avonmouth
Shift: 4on-4off days & nights
This is a new role for an Engineering Team Leader at our Avonmouth bakery. In this position you will play a key role in providing hands-on engineering expertise whilst leading a small team of engineers within our fast-paced, high pressured factory.
For this role, you will be required to conduct both planned and reactive maintenance of the bakery production lines and be the ‘go to’ person on shift for all electrical issues. Because of this, there is a requirement to be qualified electrically, and We are specifically looking for an electrically qualified engineer with strong PLC experience.
Health & safety is vital in all working environments, and the food industry is no different. As the lead engineer, driving high standards and sticking to H&S protocol is a key part of the role.
The Key Requirements...
We’ll provide you with opportunities to learn new skills, grow and develop and we aim to provide our colleagues with a job for life! We have many long-serving colleagues, some with over 30 years' experience with us. This opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys working in a collaborative and friendly team environment.
At Hovis, we understand the importance of looking after our colleagues, so we provide a variety of benefits in addition to their salaries. The benefits we provide at Hovis are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to them personally over and above their salaries
Hovis values diversity and is committed to promoting equal opportunities in the workplace. Every job applicant, employee or worker will be treated fairly and equally with dignity and respect regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, social class, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religious belief, union membership, political opinion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.

Welcome to Hovis®
From breakfast to midnight snack, Hovis® has been the heart of UK homes for generations with love in every loaf. Our expert, trusted and empowered team of 2,800+ people champion our iconic and much-loved brand. So loved in fact that Hovis® products are ranked number one or number two in bread loaves categories in all regions of the UK and Northern Ireland (1), and we’re the nation’s 5th most popular FMCG brand (2)! We deliver every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride® and Ormo® products.
We have some exciting times ahead as we continue to innovate and work hard to strengthen our brand, remaining a great bakery Company for years to come.
We are a values-led business working across 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres in the UK. Our colleagues live and breathe our core values every day; Quality, Accountability, and Trust.
In 2020 Hovis® was acquired by Endless Plc in an agreement that will allow us to make significant investment into the business infrastructure, grow our product range and achieve further growth in the bakery category.
Source: (1) Nielsen. Total Coverage, excl. Discounters, by region, 52 w/e 15/06/24. (2) Kantar, UK FMCG, 2023