Reliability Engineering Chargehand

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Date: 10 Jun 2026

Location: Stoke, GB

Company: Premier Foods

Role Type: Permanent

Salary - £50,202 per annum

Based – Stoke Bakery, Mr Kipling manufacturer, ST4 6PH

Shift: 4 x 4 days, 42 hours with some flexibility required as there could be overtime needed.

Location: Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6PH

 

Premier Foods Stoke, the home of the nations favourite Mr Kipling Cherry Bakewells, has an exciting opportunity for a Front Line Manager to join our team. In this role you will ensure optimum utilisation of plant, raw materials, and people, to produce quality product at minimum cost, which meets customer requirements and complies with legislation.

 

We are looking to recruit a Reliability Engineering Chargehand to provide support to the Reliability Engineering Manager. The successful candidate will be improving the sites OEE through a continuous improvement and PPM, process analysis and plant improvement. 

 

What you’ll be doing: 

 

  • To ensure departmental KPIS are achieved or exceeded.
  • Attend appropriate meetings as required i.e. Production daily meetings.
  • To maintain and support colleagues in upkeep of necessary documents such as SAP and CMMS
  • To engender a proactive continuous improvement and maintenance culture which has “planned and preventative “ as a central feature
  • Issue and monitor permits when need for inhouse contractors.
  • Challenge non-compliance to health and safety and raise when necessary, concerns.
  • Understand and apply the company quality standards and practices.
  • Provide engineering services with the aim to exceed customer satisfaction.
  • Support the development of Engineering Apprentices, engineering teams and other departments for the continued development of colleagues.  

 

What we need from you:

 

Essential

 

  • At least 5 years’ experience in food or allied industry.
  • Demonstratable experience of driving continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Have a strong work proactive ethos and demonstrate this through positive behaviour.
  • Have strong leadership ability with a motivation to inspire team members and peers.
  • Electrical/Mechanical Maintenance
  • Level 3 or higher standard of education in Electrical or Mechanical.

 

Desirable

 

  • Experience/Training in PLC maintenance
  • Experience of pneumatic maintenance
  • Experience of hydraulic maintenance

 

 

 

 

At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and future colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome. 

 

We're proud to be a Disability Smart employer and are committed to supporting disability inclusion throughout our recruitment process. If you experience any access issues or require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know so we can ensure you have the support you need.