Engineering Planner

Job Title: Planning Engineer

Location: Crewe

Salary: £40,000 – £45,000 per annum

Hours: Full-time, permanent

Reporting to: Reliability Lead

We’re looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Planning Engineer to join our Crewe Bakery site. This is a key role within the engineering team, responsible for planning and coordinating all planned maintenance activities, driving continuous improvement, and supporting reliability across the site.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and prioritise all scheduled maintenance activities using the site’s CMMS.
• Liaise with stakeholders to manage and schedule work requests effectively.
• Support root cause and failure analysis (RCM, FMEA) to improve asset reliability.
• Capture, analyse and report downtime and maintenance data to inform improvements.
• Contribute to the delivery of the site’s asset care strategy and continuous improvement plans.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, quality, and health & safety standards.
• Assist in the identification of training needs and resource planning within the engineering team.

Requirements:

• A recognised qualification in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (HND/HNC, degree, or time-served apprenticeship).
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a food manufacturing or similar FMCG environment.
• Proficient with CMMS systems and Microsoft Office.
• Strong understanding of maintenance strategies, root cause analysis and reliability principles.
• Confident communicator with the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
• Proactive, organised and committed to continuous improvement.

Why Join Us?

At The Compleat Food Group we’re on a mission to create tasty food that’s better for people and the planet — we call it ‘Food to Feel Good’.

We pride ourselves on being a business that gives equal emphasis to HOW we operate as well as the financial results we achieve.

Our 5,500 (and growing) fantastic people make this possible. They are passionate about creating delicious products for UK consumers, leading retailers, and our exciting, market-leading brands, including Wall’s Pastry, Vadasz, Squeaky Bean, and Unearthed.

Benefits to Include:

• 33 Days annual leave
• 2 Employee Volunteering Days per year
• Online and High-street retailer discount scheme 
• Employee well-being and community support groups
• Informal and Formal training opportunities with personalised online LMS platform
• Charity Initiatives and Team events
• 24/7 Access to Grocery Aid (Free Financial, Emotional and Practical Support)
• Physical Wellbeing Benefits – Free on demand exercise hub and various gym discounts.
• Online Wellbeing benefits
• Free Financial wellbeing – mortgage calculators, budget tools, financial aid tools
• Holiday Discounts via Online Retail Discount

If you're ready to take the next step in your engineering career and want to make an impact in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment, we’d love to hear from you.

The Compleat Food Group are proud to have built an inclusive and respectful culture where our colleagues feel safe, supported and valued. A place where they can bring their whole selves to work to achieve exceptional results and thrive. We continue to attract diverse talent into our teams, because we know greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life. That’s why we’re committed to ensuring Fairness, Equity, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do. 

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