Head of Process & Utilities Engineering

REFRESCO; Bridgwater Without; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Life assurance

Enhanced holiday allowance

Career development opportunities

Cheers platform access

Healthcare and wellbeing benefits

Online medical support

Company pension scheme

Lead a critical engineering function

Job summary

Refresco is seeking a seasoned Engineering Manager for the Bridgwater site to lead Process & Utilities functions, ensuring safe, reliable operations and cost-effective services. You will guide team leaders and drive maintenance, reliability, and continuous improvement across the site.

You will oversee compliance with regulations, energise asset performance, and collaborate with Production, Quality, HSE and Project Engineering teams to deliver site objectives and sustainable site health.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Extensive experience within FMCG, food, beverage or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.
• Strong knowledge of process plant engineering and hygienic design principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Process and Utilities Engineering teams, creating a high-performing and accountable engineering culture.
• Own maintenance and reliability strategies for process plant and utility assets.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and company standards (PSSR, PUWER, LOLER, DSEAR, Legionella).
• Manage engineering priorities, maintenance interventions, contractor performance and resource deployment.
• Drive asset reliability improvements through planned, preventative and condition-based maintenance strategies.
• Lead root cause analysis after significant breakdowns and implement preventative actions.
• Monitor KPIs related to reliability, maintenance performance, compliance, energy, water usage, and environmental performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve OEE, product quality, efficiency, yield and waste reduction.
• Manage specialist contractors and service providers; control budgets and participate in CAPEX planning.
• Lead engineering projects from concept through commissioning and handover; support decarbonisation initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Multidisciplinary teams

FMCG experience

Hygienic design

Education

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Process Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Job description

Refresco is seeking a seasoned Engineering Manager for the Bridgwater site to lead Process & Utilities functions, ensuring safe, reliable operations and cost-effective services. You will guide team leaders and drive maintenance, reliability, and continuous improvement across the site.

You will oversee compliance with regulations, energise asset performance, and collaborate with Production, Quality, HSE and Project Engineering teams to deliver site objectives and sustainable site health.