About the role
We're looking for a Site Engineering Manager to join us at KP Snacks. If you're ready to bring your ideas to the table, grow your skills and be part of a team that values what makes you, you - this could be your next big move.
This is a senior leadership role with strategic influence, playing a key part in shaping the future of our site and supporting the Plant Manager as part of the Leadership Team. You'll provide clear direction for the Engineering team and ensure our approach aligns with KP Snacks' Intersnack Working Systems (IWS). You will lead the Progressive Maintenance (PM) pillar, driving continuous improvement, capability building and loss elimination across the site. You will also be responsible for delivering our capital programme, working closely with the Central Project Team and colleagues across Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Technical. From statutory compliance and capital planning to team development and long-term engineering strategy, you will make a significant impact on performance, reliability and sustainability of our site.
About the site
Produces around 28,000 tonnes of product annually, circa 700 colleagues working across a 24/7 operation, 66 SKUs with varying complexity.
What's in it for you?
* Annual bonus scheme, with a strong track record of overachievement
* Comprehensive healthcare support – including Medicash Health Cash Plan or Private Healthcare, Digital GP, Best Doctors second opinion service and specialist cancer care
* KP Pension Plan – contribution matching up to 7% of your salary
* 25 days holiday, plus the option to buy more
* KP4ME – our online platform for benefits, discounts, wellbeing tools and more
What will you be doing?
* Setting and delivering the site Engineering strategy
* Leading the Progressive Maintenance pillar, building capability and driving loss elimination to improve long‑term site performance
* Owning statutory compliance and engineering governance
* Ensuring all legal, safety and technical compliance requirements are maintained, auditable and fully embedded across the site
* Driving equipment performance and reliability – maximising mechanical and electrical uptime through robust maintenance practices, continuous improvement tools and data‑led decision‑making
* Leading capital investment and major projects – overseeing the site's capital programme, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, to budget and aligned with operational and strategic needs
* Building and developing a high‑performing Engineering team – ensuring the right skills, resources and structures are in place, coaching and developing colleagues to deliver sustainable performance and future capability
Qualifications & Experience
* Significant experience as a Site Engineering Manager within FMCG, ideally food manufacturing
* Able to lead at scale and drive engineering performance across a complex, high‑volume site
* Strong mechanical or electrical engineering background
* Degree‑level or Chartered Engineer status preferred, with deep knowledge of PPM strategies, reliability tools and continuous improvement techniques
* Proven experience leading large capital projects – confident managing major investments from design to delivery, ensuring safety, quality, cost control and alignment to site strategy
* A confident and credible leadership style – skilled at influencing, challenging positively and building strong cross‑functional relationships, with a focus on coaching and developing teams
* A pragmatic, analytical and improvement‑focused mindset – able to solve problems at pace, make data‑led decisions and maintain high standards of safety, quality and operational excellence
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