Lead Shift Engineer An exciting opportunity to join our Poole site as a Lead Shift Engineer What's it all about? The Lead Shift Engineer is accountable for prioritizing and completing engineering maintenance, repairs and continuous improvement of manufacturing equipment, plant, and facilities on a day-to-day basis. To ensure the delivery of production volumes and efficiencies whilst maintaining high safety and quality standards. The Lead Shift Engineer will take a lead in H&S and be of technical assistance to the Operating and Hygiene teams. Maintain and repair all plant & equipment. Provide an effective and rapid solution to down time. Request appropriate parts and spares, using the correct Stores procedures. Ensure that any potential problems are reported and subsequently followed up. Generate and complete work orders using the maintenance system. Ensure all relevant work is accurately recorded on the maintenance system. Carry out maintenance as and when the situation dictates. Inform your line manager of the cause, and anticipated duration of down time. Provide technical support when requested. Assist in-house or contract labour on engineering projects. Assist in commissioning. Key Accountabilities Act as lead for shift team, ensuring that the technicians are deployed to maximise production and reduce downtime. Deputise for Engineering Supervisor when required, to include weekend supervision. Organising and deploying Technician team for Production running requirements when required according to the priority list. Role model for Health Safety & Environment and Food Hygiene. Follow all Quality systems and procedures to ensure our products meet food safety (HACCP), legal and customer requirements as well as maintaining external standards e.g., BRC, IFS, Femes. Proactively promote a positive Health & Safety culture, leading towards a target of zero harm for JDR personnel and contractors. Responsible for adhering to safe systems of work processes and acting in a safe manner to protect the health and safety of yourself and others at all times. Responsible for adhering to safe systems of work processes and acting in a safe manner to protect the health and safety of yourself and others. To promote a culture of positive safety behaviours within your team, demonstrate strong safety leadership and address unsafe behaviours and working practices to coach the right behaviours. Working closely with the Production Shift Manager(s) providing process and technical support and maintaining effective communication with all relevant parties including Production teams and Engineering Supervisor relationship. Ensure that maintenance and breakdowns are carried out to the highest standard of Good Manufacturing Practice and in according with good housekeeping and Health and Safety procedures. Provide expert technical expertise with respect to providing training, coaching, and mentoring of operators, junior engineers and apprentices. Respond immediately to plant downtime and inform Shift Managers of cause, and anticipated duration of downtime. Provide an effective and rapid solution to downtime, identify performance problems and possible areas of improvement. Maintain an effective planned maintenance system for the site wide function. Ensure the effective and efficient achievement of operational availability targets in accordance with the needs of the business. Ensure that all changes to plant and equipment are co-ordinated through management of change. Actively participate in the JDR energy reduction commitment looking for ways to reduce energy consumption. Ensure all relevant work is accurately recorded on the maintenance system. Provide technical or process support including manual process functions when requested. Assist in-house or contract labour on engineering projects. Actively maintain awareness on production performance/yield, rectifying any losses as a result of engineering problems or process machinery setting requirements. Effective communication with the engineering teams at shift handovers to ensure continuity of technical issues across shift so that informed decisions can be made. To work as a flexible and motivated member of the engineering team Participate in meetings whenever requested. Ensure that the designated working area is always kept clean and tidy maintaining a professional image. Ensure that the security policy is always implemented and maintained. Undertake any other activity deemed appropriate by the Maintenance & Reliability Manager in the pursuit of continuous improvement. Top priorities/ Opportunities/ challenges To ensure that you and other engineers are aware of and abide by the requirements of the Company's Health & Safety Policy To ensure that any engineering, H&S or food safety concerns are resolved and reported to your Line Manager To provide adequate solutions to enable the effective discharging of your engineering responsibilities. To assist in an investigation into any accident or near miss involving your area of responsibility To identify training or competence needs for yourself and others in the team. To promote and actively encourage compliance with the health & safety and food safety policies. To ensure that you and the team have suitable and sufficient training and understanding for the tasks carried out under your responsibility. To communicate any positive or negative change that affects or may affect compliance with the requirements of the Health & Safety and Food Safety Policy in your area of responsibility. Workplace Factors Carrying out general engineering functions Site H&S Food Handling & Basic Food Hygiene Working at height Hot work Manual handling Lock off & isolation. Confined spaces Electricity at work DSEAR Noise What does "great" look like? Great Judgement Uses entrepreneurial thinking and great judgment to drive delivery and performance of the team. However, still thinks rigorously about the challenge and how to solve it Able to take a broad view, whilst delivering necessary interventions. Will do the 'right thing' when it comes to Safety, Quality, Cost, Time and environment. People Focused Builds team capability and performance, strengthening the overall capability of the team. Helpful, interested and task orientated Able to build great relationships with colleagues - a real Team Player. A role model for Health and Safety and Food Safety Committed to make Poole an 'even better place to work'. Enjoys training developing and learning new skills Action Orientated Delivers results whilst getting things done. Delivers results whilst getting things done. Self-motivated and able to achieve in a fast paced, changing environment. Experience and Skills Nationally recognised electrical qualifications (E.g., City & Guilds Level 3 diploma) Nationally recognised qualification in mechanical or electrical discipline (NVQ L2 / City & Guilds) (preferable) Broad knowledge of modern maintenance techniques. Wide ranging knowledge of engineering practical fundamentals. 5 years post qualification industry experience You might also have/ be Multi - Skilled Closing date for applications: 05 February 2024 Position: Full time, permanent Location: Poole