Engineering - Engineer Shift Manager

Overview

3 Redwood Cres, East Kilbride, Glasgow G74 5PA, UK

Job Description

Location: East Kilbride, Glasgow

Shift: Monday to Friday

Salary: Competitive + Benefits & Car Allowance

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Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards, and build long-term relationships with major multiple retailers and the foodservice channel. Our Johnstones factory in East Kilbride operates around the clock, five days a week, producing 30 million quality products annually.

Johnstone\’s creates irresistible single-serve traybakes that perfectly complement that mid-morning coffee or afternoon tea break. The renowned caramel shortbread has become a staple in coffee shops nationwide, delighting customers with its perfect balance of buttery shortbread, creamy caramel, and rich chocolate.

3 Redwood Cres, East Kilbride, Glasgow G74 5PA, UK

Responsibilities

• Management of Engineering resources to ensure effective and efficient delivery of the company\’s planned preventative maintenance scheme as well as responding to equipment faults and failures with the appropriate level of priority and ensuring the correct use of the Computerised Maintenance Management System (Mainsaver) to capture all activity. Reporting to the Engineering Maintenance Manager, the Engineering Shift Manager must be able to support on-line fault finding and practical problem solving as well as the support of operations.
• Effective management of week-ahead and day-to-day planned preventative maintenance schedules.
• Evaluate in-day breakdown and work requests and assign priority and appropriate resource to ensure Production Downtime is kept to 2% or below.
• Work cross-functionally and across the Engineering team with appropriate communication to ensure priorities are understood and delivered and that there is effective escalation and reporting of issues through the MARA system.
• Ensure the correct application of safety standards and safe behaviours during the execution of maintenance activity.
• Assure the quality of delivered Maintenance & Repair activities.
• Ensure all shift activity is captured in the CMMS (Mainsaver). Identify continuous improvement opportunities and involvement in CI projects.
• Management of Direct Reports driving efficient and effective delivery of their roles, ensuring skills and competence are current and relevant, and development as part of succession planning.
• Ensure all engineering areas are maintained to the highest standards in line with GMP standards and that reports adhere to those standards.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Apprentice Trained and Qualified Multi-skilled engineer with recognised Mechanical / Electrical Engineering qualification. City & Guilds minimum.
• Proven track record of Front-Line Management within an FMCG environment.
• Thorough understanding of PPM techniques.
• Strong desire to develop and coach team performance.
• Working knowledge of Legislative standards within the FMCG environment.
• High level of numeracy and ability to analyse and interpret data.
• Proactive approach to problem solving.
• Ability to identify and implement process improvements.
• Manufacturing systems experience.
• Management of financial budgets.
• Experience of Lean/continuous improvement environment.
• Ability to produce detailed Engineering and Process Risk assessments.

Personal Attributes

• Possess articulate, confident verbal communication skills.
• Be able to make decisions and take responsibility for them.
• Be able to self-manage and work flexibly with high positive energy levels.

Peers

• Area Managers, Engineers, Operations, Technical.

Delegated Authority for Holiday Cover

• Designated deputies from their teams as part of their development.

What\’s in it for you?

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
• Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
• Company shop available at sites (heavily discounted, yummy products!)
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – t&cs dependent)
• Employee Recognition Awards Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
• An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!

3 Redwood Cres, East Kilbride, Glasgow G74 5PA, UK