Engineering Manager

My client a leading specialist within the food industry is looking to recruit an Engineering Manager to join a successful team based at their site in Leicestershire.

Reporting to the General Manager you will be responsible for the direction, coordination, planning, organisation, control, integration and completion of engineering projects.

The role:

* Manage a multidisciplinary department
* To manage and coordinate the site’s engineering resource
* To control expenditures within limitations of Engineering Budget
* Drive the Engineering department to develop an environment of sustainable improvement utilising best practice Continuous Improvement tools and techniques.
* Lead the Engineering function to ensure the engineering resource work together to achieve and exceed functional and business targets.
* Implementing and maintaining excellent operational systems such as TPM.
* Responsible for managing quantifiable data, i.e. OEE, Planned Maintenance, Engineering Budget.
* Leading change management process in line with company strategy and customer demands.

The successful candidate:

* An engineering qualification
* At least 5 years working within a similar role
* You will have excellent leadership, communication and motivational skills
* Budget Management experience
* FMCG experience is essential preferably bakery experience
* PLC and electrical drive experience
* Project experience
* Mechanical and electrical experience
* Experience in managing across a multidisciplinary department