Engineering Supervisor

Protea Recruitment works exclusively with a food manufacturer based in East Lothian. With a massive investment in the business, they now require an experienced engineer with manufacturing experience to join their team.

Engineer - Site Engineering Supervisor

Salary/Rate £48k to £55k

Location: Edinburgh 

Shift: Day Shift Mon-Fri

The Engineering Supervisor's purpose is to provide efficient and effective maintenance to both sites.

Responsible for the Engineer, providing Leadership, Supervision, Guidance, and support to the Engineer (regular one-on-ones, performance management, development, and return-to-work interviews).   

The Engineering Supervisor will also be responsible for continuous improvement and leading the department towards improving manufacturing efficiencies.

Main Activities and Responsibilities

• Line management of the engineer.
• Attend meetings and effectively report work progress to the Senior Management Team.
• Day-to-day delivery of maintenance support to both sites
• Sustainable corrective actions when faults occur
• Responsible for site PAT testing and Calibration of site equipment
• Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) tasks for both sites
• Maintain a stock of spares against PPM’s, building in supplier lead times
• Update, maintain and replenish critical spare stock
• Update and maintain asset register
• Organise and run the shutdown for both sites
• Identify ways to increase the manufacturing process's safety, efficiency, and profitability.
• Update and maintain all health and safety documentation, such as risk assessments, training records, and training requirements for the Maintenance Department.
• Active member of the Health and Safety Team & Senior Management Team
• Ensure an escalation process is always put in place to provide mechanical and electrical cover.
• Control the activities of required sub-contractors with the Maintenance Shutdown Planner.
• This should include control of RAMS procedures and permits for work

Qualifications & Experience

• Recognised Engineering Qualification or completed apprenticeship (ideally electrical bias).
• Health and safety qualifications or proven experience.
• Food Safety and Quality Qualification (Desirable)
• Operational experience, ideally within the food manufacturing industry
• IT Literate (MS Packages, IT systems).
• Excellent Attention to detail.
• Good time management.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to cope with changing priorities at sometimes short notice
• Good communication skills.

How to Apply:

Please apply or call Matt for more details.

Lead consultant for this vacancy: Matt Steedman

Due diligence:

**Protea Recruitment has authorised our client to advertise and recruit on their behalf.

If you have not heard from one of our consultants within five working days from submission, you have not met the criteria of this vacancy set by our client and are unsuccessful in moving to the next stage.

My client unfortunately does not offer sponsorship for this position.