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Engineering Manager
Job Posted: 18 hours ago
Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Our client is a successful and well-established manufacturer. They are looking for an Engineering Manager to coordinate and manage the engineering team, along with involvement with engineering projects.
NOTE – The start date for this role is likely to be in September / October 2025, so if you have a 3 month notice period please still apply.
PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
* Minimum of 5 years experience of managing engineering activity in a manufacturing / FMCG / Production environment.
* Experience of managing teams of over 15 people.
* Proven capability of setting and managing budgets more than £2m/year.
* You have an ONC/HNC Engineering qualification.
* Recognised management qualification e.g. NVQ, ILM, CMI.
* NEBOSH General Certificate.
* IOSH Managing Safely.
* Computer literacy to a high level.
Job Details:
* Salary depending on experience (to be discussed if your application is shortlisted).
* Access to a Pool car + Other benefits.
* Hours of work: Monday to Friday days with possible out of hours support via telephone or personal attendance on site to manage any significant issues beyond the authority/capability of on site personnel.
Responsibilities:
* Ensure compliance with Health & Safety policies, procedures, and legislation and ensure that all work is undertaken to the highest Health & Safety standard.
* Implement and maintain an asset management program to cover all manufacturing equipment and services.
* Control engineering and toolroom spending and ensure adherence to budgets.
* Engineering stores and workshop management including stock control, purchasing, spares availability and housekeeping.
* Manage and control contracts in line with procedures from specification writing to installation.
* Management and control of contractors on site to ensure compliance with company safety and environmental policies.
* Assess downtime trends to identify areas of weakness and in conjunction with production function develop plans to reduce breakdowns and improve equipment reliability.
* Strengthen overall leadership and capabilities for the engineering function.
* Build and sustain a high-performance engineering and site services team and ensure strong alignment and coordination with Production function and other functional groups.
* ‘Champion’ the application of maintenance ‘excellence’ methodology.
* Develop and maintain a maintenance KPI dashboard in engineering and toolroom.
* Managing compliance to requirements of ISO14001.
* Develop and manage the AGILITY CMMS system.
This job would suit people with similar previous job titles such as; Senior Engineering Manager / Engineering Supervisor / Head of Engineering / Site Manager / Engineering Lead / Engineering Leader / Project Engineer / Lead Engineer / Maintenance Manager / Maintenance Supervisor / etcBefore You Apply
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