Engineering Manager | THG Manufacturing Tywyn

About THG

We’re a fast-moving, global technology group that specializes in taking brands direct to consumers. We’re home to a portfolio of leading brands and sites including Myprotein, ESPA, LOOKFANTASTIC, and Cult Beauty, all of which are powered by our fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, THG Ingenuity. We handle everything in-house, including technology, content creation, e-commerce, marketing, manufacturing, new product development, and logistics. This comprehensive approach ensures we can fully realize our vision and maintain our leadership in a rapidly evolving global industry.

About Operations

The Operations division is at the heart of our customers’ experience here at THG. We manufacture a wide range of sports nutrition and cosmetic consumer goods that we then dispatch to our customers in over 200 countries worldwide from our purpose-built, innovative manufacturing and distribution centres.

About Engineering Manager

THG Engineering managers are responsible for the availability of assets throughout our operations. Driving a consistent culture of safety and quality, you will deliver the manufacturing engineering strategy by developing competence within the team while also adopting the latest technologies to promote best practice. You will work collaboratively with other sites, sharing ideas and experiences to ensure that we continue to grow and develop the THG Engineering globally.

Responsibilities

• Promote health and safety awareness for all personnel inclusive of contractors, compliance with all THG policies and guidelines and ensure appropriate risk assessments and working systems are in place.
• Ensure all relevant Statutory Compliance is current, recorded, updated and maintained for the site.
• Ensure all Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) is completed safely, cost-effectively, on time and to a satisfactory standard.
• Create and manage Engineering budgets for the site, both capital and operational.
• Provide a service that ensures all mechanical and electrical equipment is running to its optimum performance and that all departmental SLA’s and KPI’s are met; manage and react in a timely manner to equipment outages.
• Maximize availability of all mechanical and electrical equipment through continuous improvement and improve equipment efficiencies and reduce costs through methodologies such as RCM, CBM, life cycle analysis, FMEA etc.
• Ensure adequate resources, equipment and competent people are in place to meet operational needs; including scheduling of shift patterns for the team and purchasing equipment so that spare levels are met and maintained.
• Represent the Engineering department in all site and Group meetings.
• Develop weekly and monthly reports, metrics and performance of the site and team.
• Performance management of all Engineering team members for the site.
• Recruit personnel; create training and development plans for team, including Apprentices and Graduates.
• Ensure waste management and environmental policies are applied to ensure minimal impact on the local environment and compliance with environmental legislation.

Role Requirements

• Engineering Degree or HND/NVQ4 in a relevant Engineering discipline or served a full engineering indentured apprenticeship.
• Minimum 5 years site Engineering, Facilities Management and leadership experience.
• Excellent communication skills, will challenge in a positive manner and promote collaboration.
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving techniques.
• Autonomy and self-drive to deliver and succeed.
• Continuous Improvement and Innovation, prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge and experience of PPM strategy, improvement techniques and tools.
• Lean and TPM awareness.
• IOSH managing safely or higher.
• SSOW and risk assessment experience.
• Experience of permit and contractor control.
• PUWER & COSHH management experience would be beneficial.
• Experience of PSSR & LOLER would be beneficial.
• Experience working in an ISO 55001 facility would be beneficial.

THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability. THG is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.