Engineering Manager

At Warburtons, family is at the heart of our business. Five generations' worth of expertise that goes into making our bakery products allows us to continue a tradition of baking inherited over the past 150 years. Warburtons is the largest bakery brand in the UK, but that doesn't allow us to rest on our laurels. We are pioneers of the industry and ambitious market leaders, always seeking to challenge ourselves and convention.

As the UK's No. 1 Bakery Brand we have been baking bread since 1876. Today, we are proudly a fifth-generation family, supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing a range of over 70 products including gluten and wheat free. Family and values are what makes us different, and we are a proud bunch.

The Recipe

• To lead the Engineering Team, ensuring that the plant runs efficiently, effectively and safely at all times and that opportunities for improvement are continuously identified and implemented.

Key Accountabilities and Measures

• Develop and manage the implementation of a plant maintenance and improvement programme to increase bakery efficiency and meet performance criteria.
• Identify and manage the execution of site-based projects, ensuring that the plant runs efficiently during trials and that any difficulties are quickly and effectively resolved.
• Monitor plant and equipment to ensure both comply with food safety legislation and initiate any required action in a timely manner.
• Ensure plant and personnel conform to health & safety legislation, policies and standards, initiating any required action so that the site is healthy and safe and free from accidents.
• Recruit, motivate and develop the engineering team to ensure they achieve the goals and targets agreed in their role profiles and performance review meetings.
• Identify and implement energy management and environment standards, providing data and organising projects to ensure that site targets are attained.
• Develop revenue and capital budgets and manage expenditure to ensure that budget targets are achieved.

Essential Ingredients

• Food & Drink Advanced Engineering L5 Apprenticeship or equivalent / HNC or C&G Electrical Electronic / or Mechanical qualifications; I Eng Standard Professional Accreditation.
• Collaboration and team working skills.
• Knowledge and experience of bread making process, plant & technology.
• Knowledge of HR policies and the law in relation to the employment of people.
• Knowledge and experience of management in an FMCG environment.
• H&S/Food Safety systems & legislation knowledge e.g. IOSH.
• IT knowledgeable to use widespread functions within relevant software inc. Microsoft Office, SAP and PLCs.
• Communicating skills - articulate/develops effective, long-term relationships with key people.
• Coaching and mentoring skills - takes responsibility for the training and coaching of others.
• Influencing & negotiating skills - maintains attention when speaking to groups of people/negotiates successful deals and purchases/develops persuasive arguments/demonstrates flexibility in influencing style.
• Analysing and problem solving skills - anticipates problems before they occur and takes steps to deal with them/correctly & swiftly identifies the underlying problem & finds appropriate solutions.
• Project management skills - uses project management techniques to create effective plans with time; cost; quality scope with milestones/identifies areas of risk.
• Decision making skills - makes timely decisions.