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Engineering Manager, Chief engineer, Head of engineering

Employer
Silven Recruitment Limited
Location
Cambridgeshire
Salary
65-70k plus Car Allowance, Bonus, Pension, Relocation
Closing date
15 Feb 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Engineering
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Engineering Manager, Chief engineer, Head of engineering


Posted by: Silven
Job Title: Engineering Manager, Chief engineer, Head of engineering
Location: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Lincolnshire
Salary: 65-70k plus Car Allowance, Bonus, Pension, Relocation

Our client is a hugely successful food manufacturer who is part of a global business. With sustained growth and continued extensive investment in this state of the art factory this is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate Engineering Manager to join this high performing team.


Candidate:

  • We are looking for a highly experienced Head of Engineeringwho has led large teams in a World Class Manufacturing Environment. You will have delivered results through Lean Manufacturing in a fast paced demanding production environment.
  • You will have strong commercial skills, having the proven ability to manage and develop multi-million pound budgets and ensuring that capital programmes deliver results and cost savings.
  • You will be a credible senior team player who is a natural communicator with excellent interpersonal skills. As Head of Engineering you will have excellent influencing skills and the ability to work in a multi-functional team environment and at board level.
  • You will have exceptional people management skills coupled with excellent coaching ability. Proven track record in managing performance through their people


Role:
Reporting to the Site Director, you will work as part of the senior management team on this flagship site. With a team of 3 direct reports and 30 indirect, you will lead a key function on this very large, highly automated site. You will develop your team, through coaching and mentoring. Developing skills and ensuring a well-structured and motivated Engineering team is in place, to build a positive performance culture.

  • You will responsible for building the annual investment plan, the implementation of the revenue expenditure programme as well as managing the Capex for the site.
  • You will continually review all aspects of the Engineering Function, guaranteeing sustained engineering performance and delivering world class internal customer service.
  • As Head of Engineering, you will share, guide and develop engineering practices, promoting and implementing technical standards through your senior team to develop a world class Engineering platform
  • As part of your role you will manage, motivate and lead the Engineering team. As an intrinsic part of this you will be supporting the development and evolution of a Safety Culture within the department. Ensuring that practices are kept up to date with current and proposed legislation regarding Engineering Safety Statutes and Codes of Practice


To apply for this exciting role, please send a copy of your CV quoting ref RS4462 or for a confidential discussion, please call me Rebecca Sanders on 0161 832 7463.
 

 

 

 

 

Company

The Silven team is full of passionate, committed and personable people, who have built their careers recruiting into their specialist markets.

We’ve developed many long standing client and candidate relationships along the way; mainly because we delight in helping companies to realise their plans and in assisting candidates to advance their careers.

If you are a client or candidate seeking advice and a service based on experience and knowledge of your market, we’d love to hear from you. Contacting us could be the best thing you do today.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0845 0036872
Location
Clarence House
4 Clarence Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M2 4DW
GB

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