Engineering Manager

Hilton Foods UK; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance

Competitive holiday allowance

Job summary

Hilton Foods UK is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Huntingdon site engineering team, ensuring safety, quality and regulatory compliance. You will manage the shift roster, onboarding, tools, parts, and the maintenance program while coordinating with HR and site leadership.

You will drive continuous improvement, supervise contractors, maintain CMMS data, and develop engineers and apprentices, with a strong focus on KPI delivery and cost control.

Qualifications

• Must have Elec/ Mech qualifications (NVQ 3, equivalent or above) and previous experience as an engineering supervisor or managment position within the food industry.
• Demonstration of experience and progression within an Engineering department, including change management and budgetary controls (parts and labour).
• IT literature and able to produce reports based on department KPI's from multiple sources.

Responsibilities

• Set the tone by example; ensure safety and quality; update and sign off Engineering Risk Assessments and SOPs.
• Manage shift rota and recruit Engineers; ensure holidays and overtime follow agreed processes.
• Ensure robust onboarding; provide tools, training and parts; maintain audit-ready workspace.
• Provide updates on reactive and planned maintenance; escalate as needed.
• Maintain CMMS data; ensure assets are recorded with appropriate PPNs and follow PPM schedule.
• Ensure 12-month PPM plan; monthly completion >85%; maintain critical assets.
• Manage contractors; permits to work; RAMS; escort and monitor works.
• Conduct regular 1-2-1s, sickness procedures, disciplinary actions; provide feedback.
• Develop skills matrix; highlight training needs; justify costs.
• Set development plans for Engineers and Apprentices; produce shift handover and reports.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Maintenance planning

RAMS knowledge

IT reporting KPI

Education

Elec/ Mech qualifications (NVQ 3 or above)

Tools

CMMS (maintenance system)

Job description

Location: Huntingdon

Location: Huntingdon

About us:

We are a company that takes pride in our people as it is our people who are at the centre of everything that we do.
We have multi-category expertise with a focus on quality and innovation. We deliver what customers need and consumers want with expert taste and growth mindset.
Our business began with meat, and we've developed a market-leading expertise with unmatched quality globally. We're always investing in new technology to deliver more value, efficiency and consumer-led innovative solutions.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for a professional and experienced Engineering Manager to join our growing Engineering team. As an Engineering Manager you will effectively manage the Engineering resources within your assigned areas and the engineering team. You will provide an assurance of legal compliance to industry specific legislation and adherence to customer requirements.

Key responsibilities as an Engineering Manager will be to:

• Set the tone by your example (reliable, hardworking, agile and adaptable) and show that safety and quality are important. For instance, make sure all Engineering Risk Assessments and SOP's are suitably updated and have been read and signed by your team.
• Manage the shift rota to make sure you have suitable cover for the business requirements, while making sure holidays and overtime are in line within the agreed process. Work with HR to recruit the best possible Engineers for our vacancies.
• Ensure Engineering onboarding process is robust and gives new starters the best opportunity to learn and succeed
• Make sure your team have the tools, training and parts they need to do their job well. Maintain the engineering workspace to an audit ready standard at all times.
• Provide updates on reactive maintenance, proposed planned maintenance tasks, breakdowns. Provide any escalations to the Site Engineering Manager.
• Attendance of DRM 3 in the absence of the Site Engineering manager.
• Ensure the CMMS is up to date , review CMMS data and make sure all assets onsite are recorded and have appropriate PPN's assigned and carried out in accordance with the PPM schedule.
• Engineers RGC utilization should be between 70-90% and that they are using it properly (accurate times and notes with parts booked).
• A 12 monthly PPM plan should be in place for your assigned units. Monthly PPM completion compliance should be >85%. Ensuring key assets are maintained to 100% e.g. TVI 1600's TV1 1200, Mondini's, VMags, Sleevers, grinders, blenders.
• Management of contractors, ensuring permits to work are assigned. RAMS are in place. Contractors should escorted to the place of work and ensure works are carried out in line with their RAMS. Contractors are monitored to ensure they are working in line with their RAMS.
• Manage your team's performance well. Agree PDR's in the set annual window and follow up with monthly formal 1-2-1's. Conduct company sickness procedures, disciplinary meetings and assigned investigations. Give the Engineers regular feedback and work with them to improve.
• Ensure skills matrix is up to date and trained requirements are highlighted. Develop cost justification.
• Set out clear development programme for Engineers and Apprentices
• Produce shift reports and handover documentation to the oncoming shift to reflect all tasks completed and any handover tasks to be completed by the oncoming teams. Highlight any tasks that are critical to business performance. Ensure site Engineering Manager has visibility of any major issues with task completion and costs.
• Work within procedural and financial boundaries set by the Site Engineering Manager. Ensuring weekly budget is maintained and present any overtime requirements to the Site Engineering manager for the following week. Ensuring overtime is kept to a minimum and in line with cost reduction targets.
• Work with other Engineering Mangers and Site Engineering Manager to ensure Engineering spend is within the set site Engineering limit
• Ensure engineering labour costs is within agreed Engineering budget to include any overtime costs.
• In the absence of Site Engineering Manager, deputise for any meetings.

Required experience/expertise to succeed as an Engineering Manager will include:

• Must have Elec/ Mech qualifications (NVQ 3, equivalent or above) and previous experience as an engineering supervisor and or management position within the food industry sector.
• Demonstration of experience and progression within an Engineering department, including change management, continuous improvement, and an appreciation of budgetary controls (parts and labour)
• IT literature and able to produce reports based on department KPI's from multiple sources.

What you get in return:

• Great package with competitive holiday allowance
• Life assurance of minimum two times yearly salary