Engineering Manager
BioMar | Grangemouth | Permanent | Reporting to Operations Director
Monday - Friday | 37.5 hrs/week
Permanent Role
About the Business
BioMar is a global leader within the aquaculture industry, recognised for its innovation, sustainability, and high‑performance feed solutions. Operating across 16 sites worldwide, it genuinely invests in its people, its plant, and its future.
Their Grangemouth facility is a complex, fast‑paced manufacturing environment where engineering plays a critical role in maintaining performance and driving improvement. This site demands technical excellence, strong leadership, and a genuine commitment to getting things right – and it rewards those qualities in kind.
The Opportunity
Reporting directly into the Operations Director and working in close partnership with manufacturing operations, this senior leadership role allows you to take full ownership of the engineering and maintenance function at Grangemouth. You will lead a skilled team, drive the reliability, safety, and continuous improvement agenda across the site, and actively shape the engineering function.
You will be present, visible and hands‑on – a mentor to your team, a trusted partner to operations, and a credible voice in strategic conversations at senior level.
Key responsibilities include managing a CapEx and engineering budget, leading a 5‑year engineering plan, running planned shutdowns, managing contractors and specialist service providers, and overseeing CMMS management and global spares and inventory strategy.
What You'll Be Doing
* Leadership & People
Lead, develop and mentor your engineering team. Build a high‑performance culture rooted in safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
* Reliability & Maintenance
Own the maintenance strategy – preventative, predictive and reactive. Drive root cause analysis, reduce unplanned downtime, and ensure plant availability meets production demands.
* Capital Projects & CI
Develop and manage a 5‑year engineering plan. Lead CapEx projects from concept to completion, drive lean and CI initiatives, and champion energy efficiency and sustainability improvements.
* Shutdowns & Contractors
Plan and manage all planned shutdown activities. Procure and manage contractors, ensuring safe systems of work, quality delivery and value for money throughout.
* CMMS & Inventory
Take ownership of the CMMS system, asset care structures and critical spares strategy. Support global inventory management across the BioMar network.
* Compliance & H&S
Ensure full compliance with DSEAR, ATEX/COMPEX, H&S legislation and all regulatory requirements. Lead safety by example.
Are You This Person?
* You are calm, controlled and measured – leading with confidence without creating noise, and commanding respect through actions, knowledge and integrity.
* You are a mentor at heart, investing in the team’s success and developing the people around you.
* You are collaborative, open and approachable – the kind of Engineering Manager people are glad to work for.
* You live and breathe this role, proudly representing BioMar’s commitment to quality, sustainability, and high performance.
Experience & Background
* Proven engineering management experience within a complex manufacturing environment – FMCG, process, chemical, paper, food production or similar industries.
* Multi‑skilled engineering background across mechanical and electrical disciplines.
* Strong reliability mindset, understanding predictive and preventive maintenance and shifting culture from reactive to proactive.
* Experience leading planned shutdowns and managing external contractors.
* Budget management experience – CapEx and operational engineering budgets.
* CMMS management experience and confidence working with asset care systems.
* COMPEX/ATEX background is ideal; willingness to pursue training and certification if not held.
* Excellent communicator and collaborator, credible at senior level and on the shop floor.
* People developer focused on growing others rather than merely directing them.
What BioMar Offers
* Generous Pension – 12% employer contribution pension scheme.
* Life Assurance – up to 8x salary coverage.
* Private Health Care – private healthcare and employee cash plan.
* Salary Sacrifice Schemes – EV, cycle to work and tech scheme.
* Enhanced Parental Leave – family‑friendly enhanced leave policy.
* 33 Days Holiday – generous annual leave entitlement.
* Employee Engagement – annual events and employee discount platform.
* Be part of a 16‑site international network with real progression.
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