Industrial bakery operating production lines across the UK with manufacturing automation
Roberts Bakery is a 501–1,000-person manufacturing operation running Siemens and Allen-Bradley industrial controls, SAP for operations, and standard Microsoft Office. The hiring mix is manufacturing-heavy (8 roles) with concurrent growth in engineering (7) and product (6), reflecting active capacity scaling and capital investment — borne out by their stated CI and capital projects. Pain points cluster around food safety compliance, quality consistency, and engineering support continuity, typical of scaled production environments operating 24/7.
Roberts Bakery manufactures bread and morning goods from their facility in Northwich, Cheshire, serving retail customers across the United Kingdom. The operation spans 501–1,000 employees and runs on SAP-backed logistics, Siemens and Allen-Bradley plant controls, and CMMS for maintenance. Active projects include wastage reduction, new product development, retail joint business planning with customers, and scale-up trials, alongside investment in training automation and compliance documentation. The business is hiring across manufacturing, engineering, and product teams at an accelerating pace.
Roberts Bakery runs SAP for operations planning, Siemens S7 and Allen-Bradley controllers for production equipment, HMI interfaces for plant oversight, and CMMS for maintenance management. Microsoft Office handles planning and reporting.
Key pain points include food safety compliance, wastage reduction, quality consistency, minimizing production downtime, and 24/7 engineering support demands. Daily workload prioritization and stretching commercial KPIs are also cited challenges.
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