Engineering Lead
IMT Resourcing Solutions
Lead Engineer
£53,000 + Benefits | Monday-Friday Days | Gloucestershire
An established food manufacturing business is looking to appoint a Lead Engineer to take ownership of the engineering function at one of its production sites. Reporting directly to the Site Manager, you'll lead a team of engineers, drive engineering performance, manage budgets and projects, and play a key role in improving site reliability and compliance.
The Role
- Lead, motivate and develop a team of five engineers.
- Develop and implement the site's engineering strategy.
- Drive improvements across engineering KPIs including breakdown reduction, PPM completion and maintenance expenditure.
- Manage the engineering budget and control departmental spend.
- Ensure a robust planned preventative maintenance programme is in place and continuously improved.
- Take ownership of the site's CMMS, ensuring all maintenance activities are accurately recorded and managed.
- Ensure engineering legal compliance across all statutory inspections, plant systems and duty holder responsibilities.
- Manage engineering stores and contractor performance.
- Deliver reactive maintenance standards whilst driving a proactive maintenance culture.
- Develop and manage CAPEX projects, equipment upgrades and future engineering investment.
- Work closely with production and senior management to improve operational performance and minimise downtime.
- Provide technical support and remain hands-on when required.
- Engineering qualification (Electrical, Mechanical or Multi-Skilled).
- Previous experience leading an engineering team within food, beverage or FMCG manufacturing.
- Strong understanding of engineering compliance and maintenance best practice.
- Experience managing engineering budgets and CAPEX projects.
- Knowledge of CMMS systems and maintenance planning.
- Familiar with BRC and food manufacturing standards.
- Confident communicator with a proactive leadership style.
- Continuous improvement mindset with experience driving reliability and operational performance.
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