Engineering Manager – £Competitive – 884582

The Role:

• Ensuring Engineering targets are met within deadlines, without compromising quality or control of costs.
• Ensuring a robust preventative maintenance system is in place and implemented.
• Ensuring good housekeeping is maintained.

• Maintaining policies, procedures and practices to satisfy all company rules and regulations.
• Carrying out monthly engineering audits on all preventative and reactive works that have been completed.

·        Assessing and reporting all engineering repair costs.

·        Sourcing and cost managing parts suppliers

·        Assessing and maintaining adequate stock levels.

·        Liaising with accounts and suppliers/contractors for invoice approval.

·        Sourcing and cost managing all annual service and inspection contracts.

• Ensuring all buildings, plant and machinery are maintained to the highest possible standard and comply with regulations.
• Ensuring all departmental staff are capable of undertaking the jobs at hand, in a safe and capable manner and in compliance with all company rules and regulations.
• Managing all departmental staff to ensure a continuous safe working environment for all production and engineering staff.

• Ensuring all employees are performance managed, addressing any issues that arise, promptly and professionally by ensuring legislative compliance and best practice are followed at all times.

Key Tasks:

• Checking and adjusting staff levels to ensure the most efficient running of the department
• Identifying training needs for new and existing employees.
• Conducting disciplinary hearings with departmental staff
• Approving and managing holiday allowance to ensure adequate cover in the department
• Maintaining good employee relations and promoting equality of opportunity.

• Maintaining H&S and hygiene standards in accordance with Company rules and regulations.
• Ensuring that all staff and visitors in the department wear appropriate PPE at all times.
• Auditing the factory with relevant departmental managers on a weekly basis and reporting back at H&S meetings.
• Creating and developing risk assessments in-line with company policy.

• Highlighting any possible environmental issues to the Health & safety and site Facilities Manager for action.

Person Specification:

·        Leads and guides from the front

·        Background in FMCG manufacturing

·        Electrical or electronic biased, knowledge of mechanical

·        Health & safety experience (IOSH desirable)

·        A track record of leading through change or growth

·        Strong communication skills and a proactive, solutions‑focused mindset