Senior Process & Reliability Manager – FMCG Automation Lead

Yeo Valley Organic; Paignton; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Life cover

Healthcare cashback

Cycle to work

Product discounts & training

Job summary

Yeo Valley Organic is seeking a Process Maintenance Manager for our Blagdon site to lead a team of Process SMEs and Automation Engineers. You will drive asset reliability, support capital projects, and shape how technology is used to enhance manufacturing performance in a fast-paced FMCG environment.

As a hands-on engineering leader, you will collaborate with engineering and operations teams to improve safety, reliability, and long-term manufacturing capability, guiding others in new processes

Qualifications

• Engineering qualification such as apprenticeship, HND, degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong FMCG or manufacturing engineering background.
• Experience with automation, controls, process systems or automated equipment.
• Confident fault-finding capability in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of asset care, reliability improvement, RCM or OEE.
• Experience coaching, mentoring or leading technical teams.
• Project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Advocate and influence the commitment to people and food safety through the development and enforcement of working practices in line with legislative, company and working procedures.
• Coach others to effectively develop skills and knowledge of new processes and technologies to support sustainable asset performance.
• Develop diagnostic processes and data integrity to aid and facilitate problem solving in complex processes and systems. Provide subject matter expertise or technical knowledge to identify, resolve and prevent faults and failures.
• Lead process engineering, automation and controls activity across the Blagdon site with a team of Process SMEs and Automation Engineers.
• Support the specification, evaluation and delivery of capital projects. Share technical knowledge and build capability across the wider Engineering team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve performance, reduce repeat failures and deliver better business outcomes.

Skills

Team leadership

Fault finding

Automation experience

Process systems

Project management

Coaching/mentoring

Reliability improvement

Education

Engineering qualification

Job description

Yeo Valley Organic is seeking a Process Maintenance Manager for our Blagdon site to lead a team of Process SMEs and Automation Engineers. You will drive asset reliability, support capital projects, and shape how technology is used to enhance manufacturing performance in a fast-paced FMCG environment.

As a hands-on engineering leader, you will collaborate with engineering and operations teams to improve safety, reliability, and long-term manufacturing capability, guiding others in new processes