Site Engineering Manager

Unilever; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever, a leading FMCG company, seeks a Site Engineering Manager for its Burton factory. This role encompasses leading engineering initiatives to enhance equipment reliability and compliance, alongside managing a talented team. Ideal candidates will possess a relevant engineering degree, strong leadership skills, and a proven track record in a manufacturing environment. The company offers a competitive salary, a flexible and supportive working environment, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Annual bonus

Subsidised gym membership

Discounted staff shop

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Engineering background with practical and applied knowledge.
• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary engineering team.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering team to improve site performance and equipment reliability.
• Manage capital projects and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Develop and implement engineering strategies to improve safety and efficiency.

Skills

Leadership

Safety Management

Project Management

Process Improvement

Education

HNC or Degree in Engineering

Job description

time left to apply End Date: August 6, 2025 (12 days left to apply)

job requisition id R-60920

Please Note: The deadline for applying is 23.59 the day before the job posting end date.

Job Title: Site Engineering Manager

Line Manager: Factory Director

Location: Burton Factory

JOB PURPOSE

This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies worldwide and become part of an enthusiastic and brand-driven team in the Burton Unilever factory.

The site Engineering Manager will lead the technical agenda and be responsible for leading the engineering team to deliver Line Performance, equipment reliability and utilities reliability across site. They will be expected to ensure regulatory compliance, upskill the team and improve site performance. This role includes being on site leadership team and will play an active part in the development of the site masterplan, site culture and strategic development

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure Regulatory Compliance
• Lead Process Safety Agenda
• Support Occupational Safety Agenda
• Support Quality and Food Safety Agenda
• Lead, manage and develop the engineering team across site covering Reliability, Shift and Utilities
• Lead on site projects engineers ensuring projects are deliver on time, in full and in budget
• Develop saving programs to reduce cost by +5% year on year across utilities, R&M and others
• Ensure development of key skillsets needed in Engineering across the site e.g. automation, mechanical, electrical etc
• Improve the site efficiency by developing and executing plans to improve maintenance, root cause analysis and developing improvement projects in line with the UMS (Unilever Manufacturing System) approach
• Support the agenda to drive down waste on site
• Strategic structure and governance to reduce breakdowns on site
• Achieve quality and food safety standards in line with the site and Unilever guidelines
• Develop and deploy a continuous learning and upskilling program for the engineering team
• Responsible for control of Engineering Stores & financial control
• Lead the recruitment strategy for the Engineering team
• Responsible for ensuring the capital budget exercise is done annually and ensure the project management is done in accordance to the business objectives
• Responsible to drive the decarbonisation agenda across factory
• Responsible for maintaining all the essential documents for the statutory and regulatory requirements and timely renewing of needed
• Responsible to driving the agenda of digital strategy for the factory in coordination with plant manager and other stakeholders
• Responsible for developing and working with suppliers vendors and contractors to deliver the engineering and project strategy following required code of business conduct

Key Performance Indicators

• Safety (Accidents and process incidents)
• Quality (Incidents and consumer complaints)
• Operational Equipment Efficiency (OEE) – Minors and Breakdowns
• Engineering Stores Cycle Count/Stock Accuracy
• Utilities Budget
• OPEX Budget (R+M & Labour)
• Asset Management – Annual Audit
• Duty Holder compliance – Electrical System, Process Safety, Noise, Asbestos

ALL ABOUT YOU

Experience Required

• FMCG – Within a Multinational
• Engineering background having both practical and applied knowledge
• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and technicians
• Experience with managing capex projects
• Track record of delivering results through their team using advanced manufacturing techniques (E.g. WCM/TPM/Lean)
• Understanding and experience of regulatory requirements

Professional Qualifications:

Professional Registration ideally CEng or as minimum IEng working toward CEng

Education Minimum HNC Preferable degree or other higher qualification.

Qualifications is Safety, Quality, Project management, CDM are desirable

Key Points of Contact:

• Local Team
• EU + UK Finance
• Site and EU Manufacturing Ex Group
• Food VP
• Marketing/Brand Managers
• Site and EU Quality/Safety Directors
• Procurement UK and EU

NOTES

About Unilever

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever | Unilever .

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