Maintenance Shift Leader

Greencore; Wisbech; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer is seeking an Engineering Team Leader at their Wisbech site. This role involves managing a team of engineers, ensuring plant performance, and maintaining high safety standards. The successful candidate will have strong supervisory skills along with a background in mechanical or electrical engineering.

Benefits

Competitive salary and job-related benefits

Holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Company share save scheme

Exclusive employee discount platform

Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Qualifications

• Knowledge of permit systems and risk assessments.
• Practical experience on various manufacturing machinery.
• Food or FMCG manufacturing experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering shift team to ensure maximum machine availability.
• Execute planned preventative maintenance schedules.
• Ensure compliance with food safety and GMP.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Fault finding

PLC awareness

Education

Mechanical or electrical engineering qualification

NVQ Level 3

Job description

Why Greencore?
We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better.
We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of 1.9bn.
Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.
Here at Wisbech, we have a team of 450 colleagues and manufacture premium chilled ready to cook meals for major retailers such as Asda and Co-op.

What You'll Be Doing

Are you a multi-skilled Engineering Team Leader looking for a new technically challenging and varied role? Can you lead and empower a team?
We are looking for an Engineering Team Leader; managing a team of fellow Engineers who maintain and improve the performance of all plant and equipment to achieve maximum machine availability targets.

SHIFT - 4 on 4 off - Nights

As a Team Leader you will:

• Lead an engineering shift team to create a high performing culture where team members are motivated, engaged, and supported to develop and achieve their potential.
• Plan and prioritise the shift workload for the engineering team to enable production targets to be achieved by maximising machinery up time
• Execute the planned preventative maintenance schedule to maximise machinery up time and minimise disruption to production targets
• Ensure all plant and equipment adhere to all relevant legislation and so that a safe working environment is maintained all times
• Ensure that the permit to work is in place and adhered to so that contractors and colleagues work safely at all times
• Ensure the shift engineering team adhere to good manufacturing practices (GMP) ensuring compliance with manufacturing unit food safety requirements
• Lead the engineering team to create a high performing culture; including setting team/individual expectations, leading by example, encouraging and supporting to achieve their potential and ensuring policies are upheld
• Ensure the accurate and timely documentation of shift activities & performance, escalation of relevant events as required, real time use of CMMS, completion of relevant reports, root cause analysis studies and active contribution to daily meetings

What We're Looking For

We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

You will:

• Hold a mechanical or electrical engineering qualification gained through a time served apprenticeship or study, ideally at NVQ L3
• Knowledge of permit systems, risk assessments and method statements
• Supervisory experience
• Have practical experience of fault finding on various types of manufacturing machinery
• Display PLC Awareness and fault finding capabilities
• Understand how to maintain Engineering Systems within a manufacturing environment
• Food or wider FMCG Manufacturing Experience is desirable

If this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success.

What You'll Get in Return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.