Why Greencore?
We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better.
We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn.
Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.
Here at Manton Wood, we have a team of around 1,700 colleagues. We produce sandwiches and wraps for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Co-op, Asda, Morrisons, Boots, Aldi and Lidl.
Our Manton Wood site has a gym, restaurant with hot food and a staff shop available to all our colleagues.
What You'll Be Doing
Are you an experienced engineering site lead with strong people management and leadership skills? Are you looking for a new challenge in the food industry?
We are looking for a Site Engineering Manager to join our Senior Leadership Team, reporting into the General Manager, and lead our engineering team at Manton Wood. You will have a Maintenance Manager and Facilities Manager directly reporting into you, with an overall team of 30+ engineers.
Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Providing leadership and direction to the engineering team to create a culture which ensures that people are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their potential while providing reliable manufacturing processes that comply with Food Safety and Health and Safety Standards
Establishing structures, processes and procedures which will deliver legislative compliance for the site and consistency in ways of working across all areas and verify their implementation and compliance using periodic audits
Continuously develop and improve the site asset base through effective planning for and financial justification of the capital projects necessary to design, construct and install manufacturing processes which improve efficiency and maintain compliance standards
Proactively contribute to product development opportunities by applying and sourcing the best available technology and automation to create efficient and sustainable manufacturing process which will enhance our market position
Creating and deploying a site engineering strategy, aligned to the Group Greencore Engineering Excellence Vision which supports the site's strategic goals and is compliant with all company and legislative standards
Contributing to the site Leadership team as a functional expert and to the Engineering Leadership Team and engineering forums to ensure engineering solutions support delivery of the business plansWhat We're Looking For
As a Site Engineering Lead, you will be able to share your knowledge of engineering compliance and best practice with the engineering, and wider, team of Manton Wood. You will be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and driving success from an engineering perspective. You will also have:
Relevant degree (e.g., BEng or equivalent)
Membership of recognised professional body - IET/IMech E, ICT/Institute of Mechanical Engineering
Sound knowledge of behavioural safety at a site level
Knowledge of World Class Manufacturing and Best Practice Maintenance
Legionella L8 and HACCP awareness
Experience of creating a Lean enterprise culture
Able to set, manage and optimise maintenance budgets
Experienced in the use and operation of CMMS
Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Project Management, ideally with some project management certification
Experience coaching and mentoring developing engineers and apprentices
Reliability Management expertise (FMECA, RCM, Tribology, CBM, TPM etc)We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.
What You'll Get in Return
Competitive salary and job-related benefits
Holidays
Pension up to 8% matched
Company share save scheme
Greencore Qualifications
Exclusive Greencore employee discount platformThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career