Maintenance Shift Manager

Greencore Group Lts; Worksop; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer in the UK is seeking an Engineering Team Leader to manage a dynamic maintenance team. This role involves ensuring optimal machine performance while fostering a high-performing engineering culture. Candidates should have a mechanical or electrical qualification, supervisory experience, and knowledge of manufacturing systems. Join Greencore for a competitive salary, benefits, and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary and job-related benefits

Holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Company share save scheme

Exclusive employee discount platform

Access to Wellbeing Centre platform

On the job training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• 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 is required.
• Experience in fault finding on various types of manufacturing machinery.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of engineers, ensuring maximum machine availability and production targets.
• Plan and prioritise shift workload for the engineering team.
• Execute planned preventative maintenance to minimise production disruptions.

Skills

Fault Finding

Supervisory Experience

PLC Awareness

Risk Assessments

Education

Mechanical or Electrical Engineering Qualification (NVQ L3)

Job description

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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.

Our site in Kiveton employs over 600 and is the UK's largest quiche bakery, producing more than 42 million quiche each year along with a wide range of ready meals and soups.

Shift: 4on 4off Days and Nights

What You'll Be Doing

Are you a multi-skilled Engineering Team Leader / Maintenance Shift Leader looking for a new technically dynamic and varied role? Can you guide 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.

As a Team Leader you will:

Head 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

Head 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 engaged 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

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.