Engineering Leadership Position

4 weeks ago


Dalton in Furness, Cumbria, United Kingdom Inspired Pet Nutrition Full time
Job Title: Engineering Leadership Position

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Leadership Position to lead our Engineering department at Inspired Pet Nutrition. This is a permanent position.



The Role:

As an Engineering Leadership Position, you will be responsible for leading and managing the engineering team, site maintenance budget, and small capex projects to deliver safe, compliant, effective, and reliable engineering operations that continually develop the site's asset base to meet near and medium-term business objectives.



The Company:

IPN is an innovative, well-established, and award-winning pet food manufacturer, now employing over 400 people across our 3 UK sites. Our family of brands include Harringtons, Wagg, Barking Heads & Meowing Heads, AATU, and a selection of partner brands that trust us to produce food on their behalf.



Key Accountabilities:


  • Provide leadership and direction to the engineering team to create a culture which ensures that people are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed, and delivering to their potential.
  • Establish engineering structures, processes, and procedures which will deliver legislative, Food Safety, and Health and Safety compliance for the site, and consistency in ways of working across all areas and verify their implementation and compliance using periodic audits.
  • Develop and manage the engineering department's budget.
  • Continuously develop and improve the site asset base through effective planning for and financial justification of the capital projects necessary to design, construct, and install manufacturing processes which improve efficiency and maintain compliance standards.
  • Drive year-on-year continuous improvements by seeking opportunities to optimise processes, tools, and techniques to deliver higher engineering standards to reduce equipment failures and increase reliability and up-time.
  • Support the energy reduction and sustainability agenda to reduce environmental impacts across the site.
  • Contribute to the site Leadership team as a functional expert and to the Engineering Leadership Team and engineering forums to ensure engineering solutions support delivery of the business plans.


Skills, Experience, and Qualifications:

Relevant degree calibre (e.g. BEng or equivalent) / Member of recognised professional body - IET/IMech E, ICT/Institute of Mechanical Engineering



NEBOSH Certified with sound knowledge of behavioural safety at a site level



Knowledge of World Class Manufacturing and Best Practice Maintenance



Proven track record of leading an Engineering department



Legionella and HACCP awareness



Experience of creating a Lean enterprise culture



Able to set, manage, and optimise maintenance budgets



Experienced in the use and operation of CMMS



Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)



Project Management, ideally with some project management certification



Able to mentor and support younger engineers with the desired career path



Reliability Management expertise (FMECA, RCM, Tribology, CBM, TPM etc)



The Offer:


  • Location: Thirsk, North Yorkshire
  • Salary: Competitive
  • 15% discretionary company bonus scheme
  • Hours: 40 hours per week - Monday to Friday
  • Pension: Employee contributions 3% / Employer contribution 8% (salary sacrifice company pension scheme)
  • Holidays: 25 days + Bank Holidays
  • Medicash Plan
  • Enhanced maternity/paternity/pawternity
  • Other Benefits: Free parking, tasty treats, free electric car charging, bring your dog to work, discounted products & free hot drinks
  • Choice of a series of non-contractual flexible benefits, including cycle to work, workplace nurseries, and dental insurance. These are offered through salary sacrifice or pay deductions.
  • Ability to purchase heavily discounted pet food.


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