Controls Manager

Allied Bakeries | part of Associated British Foods plc; West Bromwich; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Allied Bakeries, part of Associated British Foods, located in West Bromwich, seeks a seasoned Engineering leader to champion safety, drive continuous improvement and oversee the site’s maintenance and energy programs. You will guide a skilled engineering team, manage capital projects, and ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.

The role requires a track record of engineering management in FMCG environments, strong budgeting skills, and the ability to lead change in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Leads by example with the ‘Safety First’ message and maintains high Health and Food Safety standards.
• Proven senior engineering management experience in FMCG/food manufacturing in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven capital project management experience, including change management.
• Experience in managing budgets and financial planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and develop the engineering team to meet customer needs and compliance within Allied Bakeries standards.
• Drive continuous improvement and sponsor change across the site.
• Develop and execute maintenance strategies, asset care and energy improvement plans.
• Manage engineering budgets and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and technical managers to ensure a safe, reliable manufacturing process.

Skills

Safety Leadership

Engineering Management

Budget Management

Continuous Improvement

Team Leadership

Analytical Thinking

Problem Solving

Education

Engineering degree/Chartered Engineer preferable

Job description

Allied Bakeries are owned by Associated British Foods. ABF is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £20.1bn and 138,000 employees in 56 countries. It has significant businesses in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australia. Our sister companies in ABF UK Grocery produce products under many market-leading household brands, including Jordans, Ryvita, Pataks, Blue Dragon & Silver Spoon.

We are proud of our brands: we make top 10 UK grocery brand Kingsmill as well as Allinson’s and Sunblest. You’ll know us best through our white, wholemeal and seeded market-leading loaves, as well as Kingsmill 50/50, the nation’s favourite Healthier White, and our delicious pancakes, crumpets, hot cross buns and other bakery products.

The success of our business depends on us having the right people on the team. We are incredibly passionate about our business, but it isn’t for the faint-hearted – it’s pacey and demanding so our people need to have a positive attitude and to want to work inclusively. We take massive pride in what we do, not least in how colleagues based in our bakeries and depots have one of the best safety performance records in the industry.

Our Grocery Service Centre, based near Liverpool, is a hub for transactional activity across multiple ABF companies within the ABF Grocery division. Supporting some of our well-known brands such as Kingsmill, Pataks, Blue Dragon, Jordans, Ryvita and Silver Spoon, amongst others. We deliver Shared Service activities across a wide range of disciplines including Customer Services, Consumer Care, Finance, Payroll, HR and IS.

If you’re looking to join a business that is passionate, encourages you to be the best you can be, and values its people, we’d love to hear from you.

Overview Of Role

Company: Hovis Bakeries

Location: West Bromwich

As a key member of the Regional Management team you will safely lead and motivate the engineering team. You will be responsible for health safety and environment standards, quality, customer service, cost and people performance targets by leading, directing, motivating and coaching the engineering team to meet all customer needs and compliance within Allied Bakeries standards. To drive and implement continuous improvement and sponsor change.

Key Accountabilities

• Enagages in a Safety-First culture by improving and maintaining a safe working environment, ensuring all team members are aware and complying with Health and Safety, Wellbeing and Environmental standards, legal and company requirements.
• Leading, developing and motivating the Engineering team to achieve Engineering Excellence culture, deliver all their KPI’s; creating a high performance culture which encourages innovation, continuous improvement and maximum productivity.
• Leading the development and utilisation of site maintenance systems, effective preventative maintenance and condition monitoring techniques to achieve a maximum level of asset availability to meet business needs and develop the 7-year site engineering plan/obsolescence maps to highlight major maintenance interventions and capital/revenue requirements
• Leading major engineering projects and initiatives to ensure their successful implementation, including investment into equipment, processes and systems as and when required.
• Manage site energy improvement plan.
• To effectively manage the engineering budget, constantly reviewing costs and identifying opportunities for savings; including identifying and delivering PDP’s.
• Partnering the manufacturing and technical managers in delivering a food safe, reliable and effective manufacturing process.
• To be an active member of the site/regional management team, fully participating in activities as required.
• Build and develop effective relationships with the site management team to ensure cross functional working and with the wider AB Central Engineering team to ensure best practice is shared and the optimal performance of the function.
• Develop continuous improvement culture and execute action plans (e.g. PDP initiatives, productivity improvements,employee feedback survey etc) to ensure that CI targets are achieved.
• Ensure that any service issues arising are addressed promptly and where appropriate, escalated.

The Right Person

Essential

• Leads by example with the ‘Safety First’ message and is able to demonstrate a strong standard of Health and Food Safety record with a knowlegdge of environmental standards.
• Proven senior engineering management experience in FMCG/food manufacturing in a commercially challenging, results driven fast paced environment.
• Proven capital project management experience, including change management.
• Proven experience with managing budgets.
• Experience in food equipment and systems maintenance and continuous improvement, automation processes, factory design and layout, planned/preventative maintenance and buildings and service maintenance
• Strong leadership skills with a natural ability to build relationships, building a strong network and the credibility to lead and influence at all levels of the business.
• Strong analytical skills capable of problem solving, identifying opportunities for improvement and delivering pragmatic solutions with high commercial acumen.
• Highly driven with the enthusiasm and resilience to drive performance and change
• Numerate with the ability to analyse and communicate clear, concise information.

Advantageous

• Engineering degree/Chartered Engineer preferable or equivalent experience.