Engineering Team Leader
About Us
Growing is in our nature. Over 50 years ago, we started life as a small family farm with a handful of people and a modest range of crops. Today, we are a global farming and food business working thousands of acres and employing thousands of people around the world to grow, process, pack and market a range of fresh produce.
Supplying our premium produce to some of the UK’s leading retailers and restaurants, we are very proud of what we do and how we do it. With our impressive green credentials, we truly are committed to sustainability, demonstrating continued investment in the latest precision technologies.
The Role:
A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Engineering Team Leader to join our busy, multi-site engineering department.
To enable us to continue meeting high industry demands and in order to maintain and exceed the highest levels of quality and customer service expected, we are keen to hear from suitably skilled and experienced engineering professionals who may be interested in joining our team.
The Engineering Team Leader will ensure that the production plant, services and facilities are all maintained in safe and working order. Improved through the effective leadership and best engineering practices to provide an efficient and cost-effective level of service to all areas of business, utilising external contractors only where appropriate. Responsibilities will also include ensuring that both PPM and reactive breakdowns are attended to in an efficient & timely manner. The engineering Team Leader will assume full ownership of daily KPI’s and team training and performance, maintaining training records as appropriate.
Key responsibilities to include:
* Lead by example
* Identify and implement training for engineering team as appropriate
* Ensure that the PPM and reactive breakdown are attended to in timely manner
* Follow through GMP, SHE & audit policies and close action promptly
* Play an active role in HACCP team
* Deliver plant uptime & maintenance KPIs through planned, preventative & predictive maintenance
* Provide support to engineering manager in delivering departmental KPI’s
* Manage and maintain stock levels for plant and equipment
* Assist the engineering manager in managing the use of contractors across sites
* Focus on continuous improvement
Required Knowledge Skills & Experience
* Time served mechanical/electrical engineer
* Previous team management experience
* Strong and effective communication skills
* Strong organisational & problem-solving skills
* Capable of carrying out mechanical and electrical tasks
* Carry out effective RCAs & RAMS
* Identify, plan and implement effective PPMs
* Able to plan, delegate, monitor and manage team effectively
Desirable Skills/Experience:
* Management experience within a FMCG / Fresh food manufacturing environment
* Food Hygiene Level 3
* Capable of working on invertors, PLC systems & high-speed machine.
* Experience of working within FMCG / Fresh Food manufacturing
Why Work for Barfoots?
• Investors In People Silver Award status
• Company pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• 24/7 on line GP access
• Employee Assistance Program
• Benefits Platform
• Development opportunities
• Discounted leisure membership
• Discounted vegetable box scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free onsite parking
• Approved training centre for Highfield qualifications
• Rapidly growing company
• Committed to Sustainability