Engineering Leader, Food Processing & Maintenance

Sofina Foods Europe; Tullamore; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Sofina Foods is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and coordinate engineering and maintenance across our pork processing site in Ireland, ensuring equipment and facilities meet high standards of performance, reliability, and safety.

You will collaborate with production, technical teams and external suppliers to reduce downtime, supervise planned shutdowns, and drive continuous improvement while overseeing calibration schedules and reporting KPIs to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• IOSH and NEBOSH certifications relevant to food manufacturing.
• Strong supervisory experience in a production environment.
• Experience with maintenance systems and quality systems in a food plant.

Responsibilities

• Lead planned shutdowns.
• Develop and implement engineering standards and procedures.
• Represent the department in cross-functional meetings.
• Provide on‑call support.
• Manage, mentor, and develop the engineering and maintenance team to drive operational excellence across the site.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Root cause analysis

Maintenance planning

Education

IOSH

NEBOSH

Full modern apprenticeship

Job description

Sofina Foods is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and coordinate engineering and maintenance across our pork processing site in Ireland, ensuring equipment and facilities meet high standards of performance, reliability, and safety.

You will collaborate with production, technical teams and external suppliers to reduce downtime, supervise planned shutdowns, and drive continuous improvement while overseeing calibration schedules and reporting KPIs to senior leadership.