Engineering Shift Manager - Nights

Are you an experienced Engineering Shift Manager looking to join a leading food manufacturing business based in Bradford? You will have a strong engineering background within an FMCG environment, with proven experience of managing and developing an engineering team. As an Engineering Shift Manager, you will play a key role in minimising downtime, improving equipment performance, supporting the asset care programme and ensuring the engineering team delivers a safe and efficient manufacturing operation.

This is a permanent night-shift position working 42 hours per week on a 2-2-3 Panama pattern, with a competitive salary and excellent benefits.
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As an Engineering Shift Manager your role will involve:

* Lead and manage the engineering team to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the manufacturing site

* Minimise machinery downtime through proactive and predictive maintenance, effective fault finding and a swift response to breakdowns

* Ensure engineering priorities are aligned with production requirements to minimise disruption to manufacturing

* Continually identify opportunities to improve equipment performance, reliability and efficiency without compromising product quality

* Lead and support the site asset care programme, ensuring equipment is maintained to the required standards

* Take a hands-on approach to repairing, maintaining and optimising engineering assets when required

* Coordinate maintenance activities and priorities with the wider Maintenance and Engineering teams

* Engage, motivate and develop members of the engineering team, creating a positive and productive working environment

* Support training and development opportunities to improve engineering capability across the team

* Take responsibility for crisis and incident management, including accidents and near misses, ensuring appropriate investigations and corrective actions are completed

* Ensure engineering activities are carried out in line with site health, safety, environmental and food safety requirements

* Support and manage discipline and grievance processes where required

* Work collaboratively with production and operational teams to ensure engineering issues are resolved effectively

* Promote a strong continuous improvement culture across the engineering function
Hours of work:
42 hours per week
Night Shift - 18:00 - 06:00
Panama Shift Pattern - 2/2/3
You will work a combination of 2 days on, 2 days off and 3 days on, followed by 2 days off, continuing on a rotating basis.
Suitable Candidates:

* Qualified to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Engineering

* ONC Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or BTEC Level 3 in Mechanical & Electrical/Electronic Engineering would be advantageous

* Proven experience working within an engineering and fault-finding role within an FMCG environment, ideally food manufacturing

* Previous experience of managing, leading and developing an engineering team

* Strong mechanical and electrical engineering knowledge with excellent fault-finding skills

* Good understanding of HACCP principles and food manufacturing standards

* Ideally qualified to 18th Edition Wiring Regulations

* Confident making decisions and managing engineering issues in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

* Excellent communication and people management skills

* Assertive, organised and able to prioritise effectively

* A hands-on, can-do attitude with a strong work ethic
If you are interested in the above Engineering Shift Manager role, APPLY NOW via the job board.