Engineering Facilities Department Manager

Myton Food Group; Northwich; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Myton Food Group is seeking an experienced Department Manager - Engineering to lead our engineering team in a fast-paced FMCG factory in the UK. You will plan maintenance, reduce downtime and drive reliability across all equipment assets.

Reporting to the Site Engineering Manager, you will manage large teams, coordinate priorities with maintenance and production, and uphold HACCP standards while delivering strong results.

Qualifications

• Experience in an engineering and fault-finding role in FMCG environments.
• Proven track record delivering results through a team in people-management.
• Good understanding of HACCP principles; IEE 17th edition wiring regs advantageous.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills to engage and develop large teams.

Responsibilities

• Plan and prioritise work to minimise downtime and maximise resources.
• Lead and support the asset care programme and improve equipment reliability.
• Coordinate maintenance priorities with the Maintenance team to avoid disruption.
• Facilities and property management, repairs, upkeep and general maintenance.
• Undertake Crisis Incident Management and investigations; enforce discipline.
• Ensure reliability of all equipment assets across the site.

Skills

Team leadership

Fault finding

Maintenance planning

Problem solving

Resilience

Education

NVQ Level 3 in mechanical/electrical engineering

ONC mechanical/electrical engineering

BTEC Level 3 in mechanical & electrical/electronic engineering

Job description

Our Department Managers know how to work at pace and regardless of which department they work in they all have the same goal - to deliver great food to our customers. As Department Manager - Engineering, it's your job to ensure the Engineering team are meeting the demands of our busy factory's and minimising downtime on machinery. It's fast and ever-changing - are you up for the challenge? Reporting into the Site Engineering Manager you would also be responsible for:

• Plan & prioritise work to minimise machinery downtime & ensure maximum use of resources
• Lead and support the Morrisons asset care programme and demonstrate its behaviours and have a hands on approach to repair and optimise the reliability of all equipment assets
• Co-ordinate maintenance priorities with the Maintenance team and ensure this is planned in advance to avoid production disruption and working closely with the site production team
• Facilities and property management, including repairs, upkeep and general maintenance
• Undertake Crisis Incident Management, Accident and Near Miss investigations and ensure standards of discipline are maintained, handling infringements in line with company discipline & grievance procedures
• Ensuring the reliability of all equipment assets

More about you

As well as tons of resilience you must have:

• NVQ level 3 (or equivalent, ONC mechanical/electrical engineering, BTEC level 3 in mechanical & electrical/electronic engineering)
• A proven track record in an engineering and fault finding role gained from a FMCG environment (ideally the food industry).
• A proven track record of delivering strong results through a team in a people management role.
• A good understanding of HACCP principles and ideally IEE qualification up to 17th edition wiring regulations would be advantageous. Strong leadership and coaching skills in order to engage motivate and develop large teams with varying skill sets.