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Site Engineering Manager

Job Posted: 2 days ago

Salary: £ 70,000 - 75,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Site Engineering Manager

We are recruiting for an experienced Site Engineering Manager to take overall responsibility for the engineering function at a busy FMCG manufacturing site.

This is a key leadership role, responsible for leading and developing the engineering team, delivering the planned maintenance strategy, improving site reliability and driving a culture of continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

  * Lead, manage and develop the site engineering team.

  * Deliver the planned preventative maintenance programme and improve engineering KPIs.

  * Reduce production downtime through effective maintenance and rapid breakdown response.

  * Manage engineering budgets, contractors, projects and site maintenance activity.

  * Ensure compliance with health & safety, quality and legal requirements.

  * Identify and deliver engineering, automation and continuous improvement projects.

  * Work closely with Operations, Health & Safety and Continuous Improvement teams.

  * Ensure appropriate engineering spares, tools and facilities are maintained.

  * Provide effective engineering leadership during breakdowns and operational emergencies.

About You

You will be an experienced engineering leader with a background in FMCG, food manufacturing or a similar high-volume manufacturing environment.

Ideally, you will have:

  * HND/Degree or equivalent Engineering qualification.

  * Proven experience managing and developing engineering teams.

  * Strong maintenance and project engineering experience.

  * Excellent problem-solving and continuous improvement skills.

  * Experience managing budgets and contractors.

  * Strong commercial awareness and understanding of manufacturing performance.

  * Knowledge of TPM, Six Sigma, Kaizen or similar methodologies would be advantageous.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious engineering professional to take ownership of a key site function and make a tangible impact on reliability, downtime, efficiency and profitability, while playing a key role in future investment and technological development

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