Engineering Manager

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Engineering Manager 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.

Knauf Insulation is proud to be part of the Knauf Group. … To learn more about the business, . Can you say ‘yes'? Do you always have the customer in mind? Do you treat your colleagues with respect? Do you enjoy leading and motivating others? Do you act with safety as a priority? As our Engineering Manager , you will provide leadership for the site's engineering resource with a “one team, one vision” approach, ensuring the business achieves best utilisation of all plant resources, in a working environment where behaviours are underpinned by the Knauf Values.

Role purpose is undertaken as part of site's Management Team, utilising all sources of functional expertise. What you'll be doing… Leadership Provide leadership in the engineering function to ensure the engineering resource at the plant work together to exceed in all applicable functional and business targets. When required, extend this leadership beyond the engineering function in the pursuit of excellence.

Understand the need to make cultural change within an established cross functional engineering team. Personnel Performance Management Ensure all direct and indirect reports are engaged in skills development in terms of technical skills, problem solving skills and Knauf Values based behavioural development. When necessary engage with HR function, either directly or indirectly via extended team leadership, to ensure all employees fulfil both the spirit and the letter of their contractual obligations.

Engineering Best Practice Maintain a close relationship with all site functions, either directly or indirectly via plant interactive measures, ensure all plant assets and equipment are capable and resourced to deliver as required. Ensure Cwmbran plant is continually improving via global benchmarking and the interaction of best practice. Recruitment Involvement in all recruitment into the engineering function, ensuring the Cwmbran site has a pool of personnel capable of meeting the future challenges in the business.

Functional Representation Provide functional representation in on-site meetings for HSE development, Knauf Values development, Management - Trades Union relations, etc., together with external Knauf networking meetings. Continuous Improvement Provide leadership, in terms of the site's production function and the site's management team, in the drive for an environment of sustainable improvement utilising best practice Continuous Improvement tools and techniques. A full role profile is available upon request from HR/Talent Acquisition.

What we'd love for you to have:
We are interested in you as a person, your attitude, behaviours and values. If you have the willingness to learn anything you need for the role that you don't already have, we'd love to speak to you. If you have any of the following – this would be an added advantage:
Degree qualified in a relevant engineering discipline, or able to demonstrate equivalent level of technical knowledge.…