Engineering Manager

Pilgrim'S Europe; Cambourne; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Pilgrim's Europe, based near Linton, is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to oversee all aspects of the engineering function, ensuring operations run efficiently and safely. The role emphasizes maintenance management, process improvements, and team development within a strong quality and food safety framework.

You will lead planned maintenance, support breakdowns, drive efficiency, manage budgets and contractors, and actively promote QFS standards through audits and site-wide

Qualifications

• Responsibilities include overseeing planned preventative maintenance, supporting breakdowns, and driving efficiency improvements.
• Budget and contractor management, and development of the team.
• Lead with quality and food safety initiatives and participate in audits and QA systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate planned preventative maintenance
• Support the team with breakdowns if required
• Actively seek improvement opportunities and implement those improvements where possible to further develop the efficiency and productivity of the business.
• Budget and contractor management
• Ensure continuous development of the team
• Lead by example in Pilgrim’s Quality and Food Safety (QFS) programmes and support QFS agenda through resource provision
• Support site food safety and quality management systems via HACCP & TACCP teams and audit programmes
• Attend OPEX tier meetings and support site OPEX plans and actions

Job description

Pilgrim's Europe , Linton, are seeking to recruit an experienced Engineering Manager . Within this role you will manage all aspects of the engineering function to ensuring all aspects of operations are operating effectively and efficiently to maintain optimum efficiency.

Within this role you will :

• Oversee and coordinate planned preventative maintenance
• Support the team with breakdowns if required
• Actively seek improvement opportunities and implement those improvements where possible to further develop the efficiency and productivity of the business.
• Budget and contractor management
• Ensure continuous development of the team
• The job holder will be expected to lead by example their team advocacy and support of all elements of the Pilgrim’s Quality and Food Safety Contract. This will involve active participation in, and promotion of Q&FS cultural improvement programmes and day to day support of the Q&FS agenda through the provision of suitable and sufficient levels of resource.
• The job holder is responsible for actively encouraging all staff to immediately report any quality or food safety issues, assign reward for doing so (using the STAR Award process) and must be seen to take visible action and give feedback to the reportee on actions taken to address the raised issue.
• The job holder will be required to support the site food safety and quality management systems through active engagement in the site HACCP & TACCP teams, internal and external audit programmes and the proactive use of the QUOR system. The site will be maintained as “audit ready” at all times and the job holder is responsible for conducting regular shop floor spot checks on quality and food safety standards in all areas.
• The job holder shall attend the necessary OPEX tier meetings and send a deputy in their place when they cannot attend. They shall be involved in achieving the clauses in the departmental pillar books and the management pillar books. They shall be proactive in supporting the site’s OPEX plans and actions. They shall be part of the site ‘hot houses’ as required.