Senior Site Engineering Manager

Site Engineering Manager
Permanent
Hybrid
The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. Reporting to the Head of operations , this role will have responsibility for proactively planning, controlling and coordinating all aspects of the Engineering function to ensure optimum equipment performance efficiency as part of the overall sites performance measures. All practices must be implemented and operate within Health, Safety & Environmental legislation and site policies and procedures as appropriate.
Whilst the role is site based, it forms part of a business which recognises the need for change with major growth ambitions and as part of which is highly likely to expand both in the UK and overseas. The role will need to be flexible and provide support as required to capitalise on whatever opportunities arise.
To coordinate the Engineering function to help the site achieve optimal operational efficiency at lowest cost through the delivery of targets against the strategic objectives of the Group Supply function:

Quality
Safety, Quality, Hygiene
Undertake duties in a responsible manner giving due consideration to Safety, Environmental & Quality procedures, which form part of the Integrated Management System.
Embrace a culture of safe behavior and contractor health and safety within the production and engineering areas
Asset Management
Develop efficient and effective asset care programs to champion availability across both sites, standardising the asset care approach with the drive to ensure effective maintenance systems, in line with the Group PMS Roadmap & the Maturity Matrix site development tool.
Develop the asset care strategy for both sites around the Princes interpretation of the JIPM model involving AM, PRM and EEM.
To drive the transition from reactive to proactive with targets of 80% of Engineering work planned in advance, 20% of engineering time on C.Ensuring cost of maintenance and maintaining assets is transparent and known.
Development SAP PM and other systems to drive planning and control and focussed improvements.
Create, implement and manage both maintenance and capital expenditure budgets for the Canning plants, utilising Princes methodology and Group support to achieve the plants and business requirements.
Develop effective materials management with optimized levels of spares and stock accuracy and service levels and known cost of asset spares.
Manage the engineering stores so that Princes Group guidelines are adhered and that the supplier base is regularly reviewed to provide most cost effective service
Review stock levels to apply the most cost effective solution with no impact on the Factory`s KPI`s
Work within Group KPI framework to drive continuous improvement in working capital management.
Manage site facilities, ensure that statutory compliance is adhered and performance standards are at such that best practice is applied for the environmental impact and continuity of supply
Work within a site services KPI framework to drive performance standards of Water, Air, Gas, Electricity and Steam.
Electrical Management

Ensure electrical standards are at a minimum compliant with current relevant legislation and the Princes group standards
Work closely and have a good working relationship with the Group Electrical Manager who will support with the complete compliance programme.
Manufacturing Engineering Management

Drive Performance efficiency as part of OEE
Manufacturing Systems Engineering Management

Performance management systems
Quality systems development
Energy monitoring development
This role will have responsibility for planning and executing the Capital plan for their respective site / sites. Working with Head of Operations, Group Engineering and the Site Leadership teams to manage the implementation of capital projects from initial concept, capital expenditure paper creation through to successful conclusion and sign-off, including:
Installation and commissioning.
Training and performance trials.
Ensure compliance with Group Engineering standards, legislation and best practice with regard to health & safety and CDM regulations at all times.
Assist with the development and implementation of Group Engineering standards for the business and ensure compliance at all times.
Raise and approving where applicable, capital purchase orders and authorise the payment of invoices through SAP, ensuring that project costs are managed within agreed budgets.
Promote and drive 5S and GMP, drive RCA, and other continuous improvement tools to identify areas for improvement and establish targets to ensure that the productive capability of the plant is optimized and improved for the needs of the business.
Systematically review performance, identifying and implementing opportunities to improve equipment reliability and efficiency using the tools available. Develop and manage agreed projects and ensure completion to time and budget, ensuring minimal disruption to the production units.
Evoke a proactive approach to change and improvements in the performance of the sites.
To challenge the status quo, driving a culture of best practice and continuous improvement that focuses on elimination of waste in all forms.
Ensure that the engineering workforce is appropriately recruited, trained and managed to be able effectively and safely to deliver their tasks and ensuring the stability and continuity of this workforce consistent with the long-term needs of the factory. This includes where appropriate managing and developing team members in line with Princes guidelines on performance management.
Challenge work practices and processes to achieve improved operational performance.
Manages, develops and motivates the engineering teams ensuring they have the appropriate skills, knowledge and experience necessary to carry out engineering projects effectively.
Develop a culture of ownership within the team for the on-going development of the facilities.
Apply defined best practice in all engineering and maintenance matters. Develop and apply own specialist technical skills in support of factory KPI`s.
Ensure that all engineering team leaders and technicians have full understanding of the fundamentals of the production processes at the factory and that new technology and management procedures are introduced in a manner that improves the cost base and competitive position of the factory.
Graduate or of Graduate calibre, ideally with a further engineering qualification, hands-on experience with a demonstrable track record of success.
Operated and familiar with implementation of the principles of World Class Manufacturing environments / Continuous Improvement methodologies.
Track record of leadership in the planning and subsequent implementation of capital investment in production facilities.
Experience of delivering results against financial targets, service levels and safety standards.
Good working knowledge of operating systems such as SAP, AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project.
Experience of operating utilities plant and project management
Practical electrical engineering experience including legislation - Preferable
Previous experience of control engineering preferable
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