Engineering Supervisor

JOB OBJECTIVE

As Engineering Supervisor, you are fully in charge of all engineering operations in the factory (when on shift). You will drive safety, quality, delivery, productivity, compliance and regulatory requirements and cost improvements that will add value to the site.

As Engineering Supervisor, you will carefully balance the need to motivate the team with the need to implementmanagement decisions and initiatives, not all of which will be popular. You will be a valuable support 3 Process Engineers in achieve uptime in their respective areas. You will lead a team of skilled engineers and

apprentices for the purpose of optimising the day to day and running of all production departments within the business. As engineering Supervisor, you will lead the Re-active side of the business and support any gaps in your shift when team members are sick or on annual leave. You will represent the Management team when you are the most senior engineer on site including evening, nights and weekends.

As Engineering Supervisor you will work closely and collaboratively with the Production, Health & Safety and Quality functions and other support functions across the business to ensure the production element of the supply chain is always optimised You will also be responsible and fully accountable for all day to day, week to week engineering KPI, targets and plans with in engineering as laid out to you by your manager.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Performance

1. Drive Lean /Continuous Improvement /Optimisation initiatives - using lean tools including A3 problem solving.

2. Liaise with Internal stakeholders, External Engineering Personnel and Third-party service providers.

3. Supporting the Head of Engineering manager to deliver the asset management strategy including

implementation & asset life-cycle-management of all our process equipment.

4. Lead and improve the “day to day” and long-term improvement of our CMMS system ensuring timely

completion of engineering PMs scheduled work tasks, keeping on top of workload and backlog.

5. Support the People development plan on all equipment – by assisting the process engineers to

develop training strategy for the engineering team members and support and deliver these

development plans.

6. Achieve agreed engineering KPI’s, including increasing uptime, minimising downtime and other

targets.

7. Ensure facilities are always fit for purpose.

8. Forward planning with Production to ensure the timely completion of preventative maintenance

schedules.

9. Ensure spare parts are ordered and available when needed.

10. Input and contribute constructively, all known views, to the Head of Engineering, from a safety and

wellbeing compliance perspective and all process, product and people flow on all investment related

items and engage collaboratively cross functionally, on a smooth handover, of new processes into

production.

11. Ensure committed savings are achieved in a timely manner and any obstacles in doing so escalated.

Cost

1. Support the handover of all capital investment projects, and delivery of all savings associated with

materials, labor, yield and productivity.

2. Optimise labour within the engineering team

Quality

1. Support the Quality team, jointly lead the delivery of a real GMP culture in production.

2. Ensure timely follow up on associated audits.

3. Ensure the quality of our assets are maintained above-required levels.

4. Ensure that agreed internal and external customer satisfaction targets are me

5. Support the handover of all capital investment projects, and delivery of all savings associated with

materials, labor, yield and productivity.

6. Optimise labour within the engineering tea

Compliance

1. Ensure Business systems are utilised such as HRIS, ITS and others.

2. Surpass minimum quality standards and measures

3. Achieve environmental targets

4. Achieve health and safety targets

5. Comply with relevant HR policies and procedures

6. Comply with company reporting needs

7. Proactively identify and correct risks

People & Culture

1. Lead your team and behave in a manner that supports and demonstrates Company values

2. Openness: open-minded and enquiring, hungry for 'better.'

3. Challenge: continuously challenging the 'status quo' in a drive for continuous improvement

4. Sense of Urgency: proactively seeking and delivering on the change needed – being a visible 'catalyst'

of change

5. Lead and Set the standards of what is & what is not acceptable in Manor Farm – across all aspects of

the business in the processing facility.

6. A proactive communicator (2-way) across all functions & levels within the business

7. Engage proactively with Scandi Standard peers to share and get best practice on processing related

matters.

8. Work collaboratively and support other functions in processing to achieve overall company goals &

objectives.

9. Provide timely, informal and formal feedback to all staff.

10. Resolve conflicts informally where possible before escalating

11. Manage staff absences in line with company policies.

12. Ensure that accidents are managed in line with company policies.

13. Create and manage developmental plans for direct reports.

REQUIRMENTS

Experience

3-5 years experience in working in FMCG environment

Experience in the Live Food Operations sector (Desirable)

Education

Recognised Trade electrical / Mechanical

Degree or higher in relevant 3rd level, engineering (Desirable)

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

Competencies

1. Create a climate in which people want to do their best as part of a cohesive, cooperative group effort.

2. Promote a confident and positive can-do attitude through honesty and professionalism in all

interactions.

3. Build and maintain relationships with others at all levels to develop mutually beneficial outcomes while

using diplomacy, tact, and interpersonal skills to support others in reaching consensus.

4. Effectively convey information and expresses thoughts and facts in a manner that will constructively

persuade, convince, and influence others.

5. Demonstrate effective use of listening and questioning skills while displaying openness to other

people's ideas and thoughts.

6. Effectively, fairly, and transparently manages all people, financial, and business resources in line with

company values, goals, policies, and procedures.