Engineering Manager
Windrush
Full Time
Do you want to work for a company who...
- cares for its employees & customers in equal measure?
- is serious about sustainability & the environmental impact of its products & processes?
- can provide a long-term future & personal development for those who aspire?
If yes, then read on to find out more about the job on offer.
The Operations team at our client's Windrush site have an exciting role for an Engineering Manager to join their team and contribute to the continued success of the business following recent, significant capital investment.
Reporting to the Plant Manager, the successful candidate be responsible for leading and implementing the sites maintenance strategy for both planned and preventative maintenance. They will line - manage the Engineering Team, providing technical leadership and supporting skills development/knowledge within the team. Through collaboration with their direct team, the post holder will establish and maintain a high performing team achieving both maximum labour efficiency and enabling productivity output while ensuring the team work to the highest standards of safety and quality.
Key job requirements
- Driving a culture of health and safety within the Plant by acting as a role model, ensuring that risk assessments and safe systems of work in area of responsibility are up to date.
- Making sure all the plants Compliance is up to date and remedial actions are completed.
- Taking an active role in the development of the maintenance strategy for the Windrush site and to ensure this is implemented within the Plant within the appropriate timescales, budget and resource constraints.
- Providing technical leadership for all capital expenditure and projects including undertaking preliminary studies to establish the likely cost of engineering projects and the subsequent planning, organising and management of such projects.
- Full people management responsibility for the site-based Engineering Team.
- Ensure effective communication processes are in place to keep employees up to date with business performance and to ensure opportunities for giving and receiving feedback.
The ideal candidate will be a multi-skilled engineer with leadership and management experience and/qualifications.
Essential and Desirable
- Experience of people management - with a people focused leadership style and champion employee engagement
- Continuous team development
- Previous maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably a high degree of automation and batch production
- Technical knowledge of drives/PLC's
- Experience of delegated aspects of budget management
- Good organisational skills with an ability to manage own and others workload and priorities, including working under pressure
- Excellent communication skills - verbal and written including one to one and group meetings and presentations
- An ability to problem solve through to root cause
- Experience in Lean methodology and tools
- An ability to influence key stakeholders with experience of driving and managing change
- A high degree of resilience
What's on offer...
- A competitive annual salary.
- 25 days' holiday a year, plus 8 bank holidays.
- Workplace pension
- Regular bespoke training
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Who are our client?
They are a market-leading manufacturer of sustainable paper-based packaging. They care deeply about the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees, the communities in which they operate, and the service provided to their customers.
They have an incredibly loyal and capable workforce who they invest time in developing and encourage to reach their full potential; and you too could become a valued member of the 'family'.
They strive to create a fully inclusive working environment where people from all backgrounds are free to be themselves and succeed. They value different perspectives, skills and experiences and welcome applications from all communities.
They are:
- A Disability Confident Employer and guarantee an interview to candidates who meet their essential criteria.
- Open to considering flexible working, such as part-time hours, hybrid working and other flexible options.
- Happy to offer a wide range of Family Friendly policies including emergency time off for dependants and to provide generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave provisions for their valued colleagues.
