Lead Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East

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.

Job Location: Newburn

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: 4 on 4 off

Salary: Up to £60,000

Are you a talented Lead Engineer with a knack for electrical equipment? Do you thrive in a supportive yet fast-paced environment?

The Recipe: As a Lead Engineer you'll direct the daily activities of the shift teams engaged on breakdown and preventative maintenance for the plant, maximising plant reliability, performance, product quality and safety.

The Role: You'll ensure plant is safe to operate and maintain and personnel conform to health and safety legislation, policies and standards, as well as leading the engineering team to support the day to day operation by delivering planned and reactive maintenance to achieve engineering KPIs. You'll work within the framework of a Business led engineering reliability strategy with the effective use of SAP PM, and maintain equipment in line with relevant food safety legislation. You will help support the recruitment, motivation and development of an engineering team to ensure they achieve the goals and targets agreed in their role profiles and performance review meetings.

Essential Ingredients:

• Structured and practical engineering training (e.g. apprenticeship/HNC/degree).
• Knowledge and experience of maintenance in an FMCG environment.
• Health & Safety/Food Safety systems and legislation knowledge e.g. PUWER, IOSH able to ensure a safe working environment.
• IT and PC knowledge is able to use widespread functions within relevant software (Inc Office and SAP).
• Communicating skills is articulate/develops effective, long-term relationships with key people.
• Coaching and mentoring skills, takes responsibility for the training and coaching of others.
• Influencing and 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 and swiftly identifies the underlying problem and finds appropriate solutions.
• Uses project management techniques to create effective plans with milestones/identifies areas of risk and plan contingency/monitors and communicates work and project progress.
• Makes timely decisions/takes account of the wider risks and implications.
• Uses an understanding of the cost base in own area to improve profitability/develops and monitors engineering budget.
• Leadership skills, inspires others to perform/uses a range of leadership styles/deals effectively with performance issues/creates a sense of trust in the team.

Extra Dough:

• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share).
• Opportunity to purchase up to an extra week's annual leave.
• Award winning pension scheme with company contributions.
• Life assurance.
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website.
• Continued investment in your personal development.
• Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service.

We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.