Engineering Manager in St Helens

Knauf stands for opportunity. We know that opportunity looks different to each person, and we are proud that we see opportunity in everyone. This exciting role within Knauf Insulation in the Engineering Team could be the perfect next opportunity for you to build a unique career, in a values-led culture with a clear purpose of making tomorrow a home for all of us. We are a global manufacturer of construction materials and within our Group, our 41,500 team members in 90 countries across 300 sites provide a huge opportunity for anyone with ambition and energy. We value everyone's contribution equally and we ask that you bring your whole self to work, to enrich the business further, as together we achieve more in a safe and inclusive environment.

As our Engineering Manager you will provide leadership for the site’s engineering team, creating a collaborative and safety first culture, underpinned by the Knauf Values. You will deploy agreed business objectives through engaging and facilitative leadership ensuring best utilisation of all plant resources.

What you’ll be doing…

• Ensure safety first at all times and have influence in all interactions to maintain a safety focus throughout engineering.
• Respect the Knauf values: Commitment, Entrepreneurship, Partnership and Menschlichkeit and apply them in your daily work.
• Provide clear and engaging leadership to allow the engineering team to reach their full potential by investing in training, development and wellbeing.
• Champion a CI culture and support the teams with knowledge of CI tools, techniques and ways of working.
• Communicate a clear engineering strategy and provide expert guidance to the wider plant team.
• Deliver necessary project and CAPEX investment projects through supporting the project engineering team.
• Manage the R&M budget to ensure costs are controlled effectively and opportunities for savings can be identified.
• Implement a clear structured approach to problem solving, using the appropriate tool for the scenario (5 Why, 8D, DMAIC etc).
• Manage the stores operation to ensure availability of identified critical equipment and a proactive approach to spare part management.
• Champion the use of OSIPi and a data driven approach in all decision making.
• Support the implementation where possible of the Knauf must win battles.
• Engage with the wider KI engineering teams to deliver best practice.
• Develop a close relationship with all teams to support the attainment of the stated business objectives and targets.

What we’d love for you to have:

• Strong and facilitative leadership.
• Clear drive for improvement, proactive and desire to learn new skills.
• Understanding of the fundamental principles of Continuous Improvement.
• Proven experience in a continuous manufacturing environment.
• Degree educated in a relevant discipline advantageous.
• Knowledge of CI Framework tools and techniques (LEAN, SIX SIGMA) desirable.
• Ability to challenge the status quo and not accept opinion as fact.
• Good communication and influencing skills.
• Knowledge of SAP – desirable.

We’ll provide:

• Enhanced Holiday Pay – 33 days including bank holidays plus the opportunity to purchase more.
• 16 weeks Company Sick Pay after 3 months of service.
• Group Income Protection.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption packages.
• Life Assurance – 4 x annual salary.
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme.
• Staff Bonus Scheme.
• Career Progression Routes.
• Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured.
• Westfield Health Cash Plan.
• Perkbox.
• Access to Costco Membership.
• Wickes Employee Purchase Scheme.
• On site Gyms.
• Wellbeing Initiatives and Mental Health First Aiders.
• Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• On site Car Charging Points.

Knauf Insulation welcomes applications from everyone and is committed to treating everyone equally, regardless of: age; sex; disability; ethnicity; gender identity; religion/belief; sexual orientation; marriage/civil partnership or pregnancy/maternity. In particular, we encourage applications from people from a minority background or from demographics that are underrepresented in the manufacturing industry. We are a Disability Confident Leader (Level 1) and take care to ensure good EDI (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion) practices in all our operations. If you are invited to an interview, a member of our team will be in touch via email to enquire about any access requirements or reasonable adjustments that we can make for your interview.