Hands-On Head of Process & Production Engineering

Resume Skip

Stoke-on-Trent

On-site

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Resume Skip in the United Kingdom is seeking a hands-on Engineering Leader to establish and grow an Engineering Department on site in Stoke-on-Trent. You will lead processing, maintenance and HPASA engineers while driving digitalisation of production and warehousing through bar-code systems.

The role focuses on process improvements, new product introductions in collaboration with R&D, and deploying new technologies at plant scale.

Qualifications

Degree in Engineering (preferably Chemical Engineering).
Good communication skills and leadership experience.
Hands-on mentality with practical problem solving.
High awareness of Health & Safety procedures.
Willingness to work flexible hours as required.

Responsibilities

Set up and build an Engineering Department.
Lead and supervise a team (Process & Production Engineer, Maintenance operator, HPASA Engineer).
Digitalisation of production and warehousing (Bar Code System).
Process analysis and improvements for existing production lines.
Introduction of new products into production scale in cooperation with R&D.
Introduction of new technologies on plant scale.
Finding engineering solutions for plant problems.
Support and backup for the Site Manager.
Supervision/optimisation of plant maintenance including buildings and general site.
Supervision/optimisation of Site Security Systems (Cameras, lone worker system).
Development of statistical tools to control process and quality.
Interaction with equipment suppliers, organisation and evaluation of trials.
Cooperation with EH&S, QC, R&D, Sales.