Engineering Manager

Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family
At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private health scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Experience annual pay reviews
• Profit related pay
• Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities

The Opportunity
We're looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to join our Melton Foods team. This is a pivotal leadership role where you'll shape and drive engineering strategy, ensuring our bakery runs safely, efficiently, and with a focus on continuous improvement.

As Engineering Manager, you'll lead the entire Engineering function for your site, covering both bakery maintenance and site services, as well as capital projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership across engineering, asset care, and site services as well as be a duty holder for our Aylesbury bakery.
• Deliver robust maintenance and capital plans to support operational performance and growth.
• Champion a culture of health, safety and food safety compliance.
• Manage and develop your engineering teams, ensuring colleagues are skilled, motivated, and set up for success.
• Drive continuous improvement in reliability, cost control, and sustainability.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to support business performance and long-term success.

The Ideal Candidate
We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -

• Degree/HND (or equivalent) in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Multi site leadership experience
• IOSH/NEBOSH certification (essential).
• Experience in asset management, maintenance planning, and delivering capital projects.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to manage budgets effectively.
• A proactive, collaborative style with the ability to engage and inspire teams.

We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.

Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member - you'll be an integral part of our thriving family.
Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us
We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK's best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

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