Engineering Manager

A rare opportunity for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the transformation of the engineering function within a highly automated, process-based manufacturing plant.

Reporting to the Plant Director, whilst working closely with the Group Engineering Director, you will improve plant reliability, develop the engineering team and move the site from reactive maintenance towards a disciplined, planned and preventive maintenance culture.

This is a high-impact leadership role offering the investment, autonomy and senior-level support to deliver lasting change.

Key responsibilities of Engineering Manager:

• Lead, stabilise and develop a large engineering maintenance team
• Improve plant reliability, availability and operational performance
• Embed planned and preventive maintenance, TPM and reliability best practice
• Drive CMMS implementation, data quality and routine operational use
• Lead root cause investigations and eliminate recurring failures
• Improve maintenance planning, engineering stores and critical-spares availability
• Manage engineering expenditure, maintenance budgets and CAPEX projects
• Strengthen project governance, performance reporting and accountability
• Work closely with operations, central engineering and equipment suppliers
• Drive engineering compliance, safety and continuous improvement

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