Job Description
Group Engineering Manager
Your new company
This is a newly created role to support large-scale improvement projects for an independent manufacturing business with several sites across the UK, employing over 300 people.
Your new role
You will report to the Operations Director and be responsible for managing and leading the maintenance strategy, including capital expenditure, engineering projects, and resource planning. You will foster a culture of continuous improvement by reviewing processes, procedures, and standards across sites, taking a proactive approach to implementing change while maintaining high standards of safety and quality.
You will support cross-functional departments in achieving their objectives, ensuring all housekeeping standards are met. You will lead the maintenance strategy for planned preventative and reactive maintenance to reduce downtime. You will oversee the engineering budget, including spending, ordering, capex projects, and resource planning to meet strict deadlines.
Additionally, you will support the delivery of capital and strategic projects, manage contractors and third-party suppliers, and promote a safety-first, compliant environment across sites, ensuring all external parties adhere to safety and quality principles.
What you'll need to succeed
As an experienced senior engineering manager, you will have proven and extensive experience in process manufacturing, FMCG/Food sectors, managing multi-site teams, and be willing to travel across UK sites.
You will have a track record of managing large-scale projects, capital expenditure, and delivering efficiency improvements while adhering to health & safety practices. A degree qualification or equivalent experience, along with recognized project management training such as Prince2, and health & safety certifications like IOSH, are required.
What you'll get in return
A competitive salary, enhanced company pension, car allowance, life assurance scheme, annual bonus, employee savings and discount schemes, gym memberships, travel assistance, and 24-hour GP services.
What to do now
If you're interested, click 'apply now' to submit your CV or contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. If this role isn't suitable but you're seeking a new position, please reach out to explore other opportunities.
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