Engineering Shift Manager in Coatbridge

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Location: Lees, Scotland
Shift: Monday to Friday 6:00 am–2:30 pm / 11:30 am–8:00 pm
Salary: Competitive

Finsbury Food Group creates confectionery that goes beyond sweets, weaving iconic treats like snowballs, teacakes, and meringues into Scottish culture. This role is based at our Lees site.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering resources to ensure effective and efficient delivery of the planned preventative maintenance programme.
• Respond to equipment faults and failures with appropriate urgency, using the Computerised Maintenance Management System (Mainsaver) to record all activities.
• Support on‑line fault finding and practical problem solving, and contribute to ongoing Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• Oversee week‑ahead and day‑to‑day planned preventive maintenance schedules to maximise site reliability.
• Evaluate in‑day breakdowns and work requests, assigning priority and resources so Production Downtime remains ≤ 2 %.
• Communicate priorities clearly; ensure effective escalation and reporting of issues via the MARA system.
• Apply safety standards and promote safe working behaviours during all maintenance activities.
• Ensure all maintenance and repair work quality meets standards and that all shift activity is accurately captured in CMMS.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and support CI projects to boost operational performance.
• Manage a team of direct reports, driving performance, maintaining skills and competencies, and supporting development and succession planning.
• Maintain engineering areas to the highest standards in line with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
• Work 60 hours of maintenance time (10 Saturdays per year, 6 am–12 pm).

Essential Qualifications

• 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 problem‑solving approach.
• Ability to identify and implement process improvements.
• Articulate, confident verbal communication skills.

Desirable Qualifications

• Manufacturing systems experience.
• Project management skills.
• Management of financial budgets.
• Experience in lean/continuous improvement environment.
• Ability to produce detailed engineering and process risk assessments.

Benefits

• Enhanced maternity & paternity leave.
• Enhanced pension scheme.
• Death in service benefit.
• Free employee assistance programme (open to colleagues and families).
• Retail discounts via the Benefits Hub platform.
• Refer‑a‑friend scheme (up to £300 per referral – terms and conditions apply).
• Employee recognition awards.
• Extensive learning & development opportunities, including support for professional memberships and in‑house development courses.
• Opportunity to join a growing, specialty bakery group and make a significant impact.

Our vision is to be the leading speciality bakery group in the UK. We value talent and provide development opportunities so each team member can achieve personal and business goals.

If this sounds like you, please contact us to learn more.