Engineering Manager
- Recruiter
- Hovis
- Location
- Wellingborough
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 15 Aug 2022
- Closes
- 19 Aug 2022
- Sectors
- Engineering
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each with the delivery of around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo.
We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill and 3 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breath and embed Quality, Accountability and Trust into their ways of working.
A great opportunity has arisen at Hovis for an Engineering Manager to lead the site engineering team to effectively deliver a world-class Engineering service and ensure the efficient production of Safe and Legal Food.
The Engineering Manager will enable Hovis to deliver on its vision of delivering the best quality product every day, enabling growth in a sustainable way and creating superior value for its stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
To lead the site engineering team to effectively deliver a world-class Engineering service and ensure the efficient production of Safe and Legal Food.
To ensure the best possible resolution is achieved to those issues experienced, to meet the reliability requirements of the Bakery production schedules.
To lead the Engineering team in providing essential maintenance operations, whilst maintaining Health & Safety and Food Safety Standards, abiding by GMP and food handling hygiene standards to provide maximum manufacturing efficiency of the site.
Drives a quality culture at all times and in all activities. Takes appropriate action where standards are not acceptable. Ensuring all PPM activities are completed at the highest standard possible and in a timely manner. Actively participating with key stakeholders to continue to drive the best product quality.
Lead and develop an environment of continuous improvement with a safety focus.
Ensure accurate reporting processes are maintained and completed as per the standard requirements
Lead engineering continuous improvement programmes to optimise volumes and capacity requirements
Monitors departmental KPI s and gives daily feedback to their teams on performance and proactively identifies what needs to be addressed to achieve site targets.
Ideal Experiences / Qualifications / Capabilities:
Food/Drink Industry experience
Leadership and people management skills - experience of managing teams in an FMCG environment
Experience in managing change programmes in a supply chain environment
Action-oriented and energetic
Drive for results - can push self and others to deliver outstanding results
Experience of working effectively in a Trade Union environment.
Desirable:
BRC & third party audit exposure
Food hygiene level 3
IOSH managing safely
HACCP level 2
Electrical Duty Holder
CDM and Project training
Six sigma
Experience of working in a bakery and Knowledge of basic baking techniques
Why work for us & benefits
At Hovis we like to look after our colleagues, so we provide a variety of benefits in addition to their salaries. The benefits we provide at Hovis are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to family life over and above their salaries
Colleague benefits are chosen to suit the individual needs of the people receiving them, so they can choose what they d like to receive
Our benefits scheme is called Hovis Choice, which offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes our Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving
We offer enhanced annual leave and maternity/paternity leave, and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance
We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition scheme
We offer three levels of pensions.
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We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill and 3 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breath and embed Quality, Accountability and Trust into their ways of working.
A great opportunity has arisen at Hovis for an Engineering Manager to lead the site engineering team to effectively deliver a world-class Engineering service and ensure the efficient production of Safe and Legal Food.
The Engineering Manager will enable Hovis to deliver on its vision of delivering the best quality product every day, enabling growth in a sustainable way and creating superior value for its stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
To lead the site engineering team to effectively deliver a world-class Engineering service and ensure the efficient production of Safe and Legal Food.
To ensure the best possible resolution is achieved to those issues experienced, to meet the reliability requirements of the Bakery production schedules.
To lead the Engineering team in providing essential maintenance operations, whilst maintaining Health & Safety and Food Safety Standards, abiding by GMP and food handling hygiene standards to provide maximum manufacturing efficiency of the site.
Drives a quality culture at all times and in all activities. Takes appropriate action where standards are not acceptable. Ensuring all PPM activities are completed at the highest standard possible and in a timely manner. Actively participating with key stakeholders to continue to drive the best product quality.
Lead and develop an environment of continuous improvement with a safety focus.
Ensure accurate reporting processes are maintained and completed as per the standard requirements
Lead engineering continuous improvement programmes to optimise volumes and capacity requirements
Monitors departmental KPI s and gives daily feedback to their teams on performance and proactively identifies what needs to be addressed to achieve site targets.
Ideal Experiences / Qualifications / Capabilities:
Food/Drink Industry experience
Leadership and people management skills - experience of managing teams in an FMCG environment
Experience in managing change programmes in a supply chain environment
Action-oriented and energetic
Drive for results - can push self and others to deliver outstanding results
Experience of working effectively in a Trade Union environment.
Desirable:
BRC & third party audit exposure
Food hygiene level 3
IOSH managing safely
HACCP level 2
Electrical Duty Holder
CDM and Project training
Six sigma
Experience of working in a bakery and Knowledge of basic baking techniques
Why work for us & benefits
At Hovis we like to look after our colleagues, so we provide a variety of benefits in addition to their salaries. The benefits we provide at Hovis are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to family life over and above their salaries
Colleague benefits are chosen to suit the individual needs of the people receiving them, so they can choose what they d like to receive
Our benefits scheme is called Hovis Choice, which offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes our Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving
We offer enhanced annual leave and maternity/paternity leave, and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance
We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition scheme
We offer three levels of pensions.
INDSP