Dual Site Engineering Manager
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The Role
As the Engineering Lead reporting to the Heads of Site Operations for our Coalville and Redditch locations, you'll drive the engineering function with a focus on maintenance, compliance, and continuous improvement. Leading a small team across both sites, you'll collaborate closely with key business partners to advance the Continuous Improvement (CI) agenda and support the SOFINA Engineering goals.
Salary Range: £60,000 - £65,000 per year
Duties Include:
- Ensure Health & Safety Compliance: Adhere to all health, safety, hygiene, and food safety policies at Coalville.
- Maintain Standards: Follow BRC and external standards; comply with CCPs in the site HACCP plan.
- Leadership Role: Actively contribute as a senior leadership team member, guiding the business towards future success.
- Team Safety: Oversee health, safety, and environmental protocols for your team, contractors, and controlled work areas.
- Optimize Maintenance: Prioritize day-to-day machinery and equipment maintenance to keep production running smoothly.
- Site Integrity: Maintain the site's infrastructure, including buildings and clear areas.
- Manage Projects: Lead capital projects from design through to commissioning, enhancing plant and equipment effectiveness.
- Control Costs: Monitor engineering costs for machinery, rentals, and labor to stay within budget and ensure value without compromising quality.
- Utilities Management: Oversee utilities usage (water, gas, electricity, steam, effluent) to maximize cost-effectiveness while maintaining production.
- Compliance: Ensure full compliance with environmental, health, and safety regulations.
- Staff Development: Supervise, train, and develop engineering staff to support their growth and the company's future needs.
- Strategic Planning: Develop and manage an engineering and maintenance strategy aligned with company goals.
- Coordinate Maintenance: Work with production and hygiene teams to schedule maintenance with minimal disruption.
- Contractor Oversight: Approve and oversee contractor work.
- Support Operations: Assist the Head of Operations with related duties as needed.
Skills & Experience Required:
- Solid experience of working in an FMCG food environment (ideally within high care).
- Solid and demonstrable engineering management experience of sizeable teams.
- HNC/HND Qualified
- Demonstrable experience of developing positive and innovative team environments.
- Strong ability to proactively plan and prioritise.
- Willingness to challenge the status quo in order to achieve a culture dedicated to continuous improvement and best practice.
- Excellent excel knowledge
- Knowledge of slicers, tumblers and multi-vacuums
- Degree in manufacturing or engineering discipline
The Benefits:
- Competitive rates
- Online Benefits Hub
- Canteen
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Company pension
- Referral programme
- Health & wellbeing programme