Engineering Manager

JR United Kingdom; Grays; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK FMCG industry seeks an Engineering Manager to transform their Basildon factory's efficiency and productivity. This role offers a competitive salary of £72,000, a 15% bonus, and excellent career progression in a supportive environment focused on continuous improvement.

Benefits

Company bonus

Attractive car allowance

Employee benefits program

Training and career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Track record in managing automated manufacturing operations.
• Extensive experience in lean and CI tools.
• Strong appreciation for health and safety.

Responsibilities

• Implement improvements to culture, efficiency, and productivity.
• Manage and develop manufacturing operations.
• Drive localised strategy and improvements.

Skills

Lean tools

Continuous Improvement

Health and safety

Job description

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The Plant Manager / Engineering Manager is working with is a UK market leader in their field within the FMCG industry, manufacturing high volume products covering automated manufacturing processes. The Manufacturing Plant Manager will help transform one of their key factories from good to great, working with a highly-willing and enthusiastic team to drive improvement activities across the plant and drive the future development of the site in the Basildon area.

Highly profitable, the group has been through important structural change over the last few years; this change is now reaching its manufacturing plants in the form of changes in leadership, investment and ultimately, the goal to increase capacity across their UK supply chain.

The Manufacturing Engineering Manager is a critical appointment in driving localised strategy and resulting improvement, and is seen as an opportunity to appoint succession planning for the future.

What's in it for you as an Engineering Manager

• Base Salary of circa £72,000 per annum
• Company bonus of 15%
• Location - Basildon
• Highly attractive car allowance of £7,500
• Employee benefits program
• Permanent Position with a market leading FMCG International manufacturing group
• Training and career progression opportunities

Roles and responsibilities as a Engineering Manager

You will be a proven Operations Manager/ Factory Manager / Manufacturing Manager / Plant Manager/ Engineering Manager, with a track record delivering improvements in culture, efficiency and productivity. You know what world class looks like, but importantly you've previously led a business through a similar journey - so you'll have the ability to implement improvements and understand the challenges that come with this role and be able to clearly demonstrate the results you delivered. You understand the impact of leadership on culture, and the impact of culture on processes.

The leadership culture is mature and accountable, the work-life balance is excellent compared to many manufacturing environments, and continued growth/development is available due to the organisation's multiple UK sites & succession planning strategy.

Key requirements of Engineering Manager

• A proven track record of managing and developing manufacturing operations within an automated or semi-automated manufacturing environment
• Extensive experience of utilizing lean and CI tools to drive efficiencies and best practice, e.g. OEE, TPM, 5s, VSM etc
• Experience managing budgets and capex
• Knowledge of Engineering Maintenance and Plant-based improvements is advantageous but not essential
• A strong appreciation for health and safety, ideally supported with a formal qualification, although training can be provided