Site Engineering Manager in Cockermouth

Site Engineering Manager
Cockermouth
About James Walker
James Walker is part of the James Walker Group of Companies, who are a successful global Industrial organisation supplying high performance sealing products and solutions. With state-of-the-art material technology skills, the James Walker Strategic Business Unit (SBU) of the James Walker Group specialises in the provision of sealing solutions (elastomers, polymers, composites, engineering plastics, high nickel alloys).
Our worldwide group of companies has operations, sales and service entities across Europe, Middle East, India, Australia, New Zealand, SE Asia, South Africa and North and South America
Your Role
Lead and manage the engineering and maintenance function across the site, ensuring the safe, reliable and efficient operation of manufacturing equipment, plant, utilities and site infrastructure.
The Site Engineering Manager will be responsible for developing the engineering team, delivering effective maintenance strategies, improving equipment reliability, managing engineering projects and controlling maintenance expenditure.
The successful candidate must have proven engineering leadership experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment. An electrical engineering background is strongly preferred, although candidates with a strong mechanical or multidisciplinary engineering background and proven leadership capability will also be considered.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Leadership and Team Management
· Lead, motivate and develop the site engineering and maintenance team.
· Establish clear objectives, responsibilities and performance expectations.
· Build a proactive, accountable and safety-focused engineering culture.
· Develop team capability through tr...