This opportunity is ideal for an Engineering Manager looking for a role with a growing FMCG SME. They are well established in their field with long term customers in the food and foodservice industry. Heading up a medium sized engineering team, there is the scope to truly make this role your own through effective leadership and a structured approach, drawing on your previous background managing engineers in manufacturing.
Responsibilities
* Developing an engineering team that is fully integrated with the operations and has joined up plans to deliver daily targets and business goals.
* Improving performance and driving a ‘right first-time’ culture.
* Developing the engineering team through strong communication so they understand their accountabilities and how their input affects the engineering plan.
* Moving from a reactive to proactive team who take the initiative and have a positive impact on operational efficiencies.
* Demonstrating the importance of working cross functionally so the team can achieve the overall business goals.
* Appraise the engineering structure and ensure it continues to deliver and support the operations team.
* A member of the SMT on site so a key part of how the whole site performs.
* Ensuring there is structure and rigour within the engineering team and that the team embrace a PPM mentality and go beyond the checks to understand the kit and how they can be one step ahead of that inevitable breakdown.
Qualifications
* Experience of developing engineering teams so they feel valued and have a voice in the business.
* Proven engineering management background managing teams in an FMCG environment.
* Able to develop good engineering processes building a solid foundation that allows improvements to be measured.
* Strong communication to the team and wider operations and supply chain teams.
* Able to make decisions and keep others informed in a time focused environments.
* To understand the drivers and metrics around operational KPI’s and to translate these into engineering objectives.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Engineering and Management
Industries
Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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