Engineering Manager

Pilgrim's Europe , Linton, are seeking to recruit an experienced Engineering Manager . Within this role you will manage all aspects of the engineering function to ensuring all aspects of operations are operating effectively and efficiently to maintain optimum efficiency.

Within this role you will :

• Oversee and coordinate planned preventative maintenance
• Support the team with breakdowns if required
• Actively seek improvement opportunities and implement those improvements where possible to further develop the efficiency and productivity of the business.
• Budget and contractor management
• Ensure continuous development of the team
• The job holder will be expected to lead by example their team advocacy and support of all elements of the Pilgrim’s Quality and Food Safety Contract. This will involve active participation in, and promotion of Q&FS cultural improvement programmes and day to day support of the Q&FS agenda through the provision of suitable and sufficient levels of resource.
• The job holder is responsible for actively encouraging all staff to immediately report any quality or food safety issues, assign reward for doing so (using the STAR Award process) and must be seen to take visible action and give feedback to the reportee on actions taken to address the raised issue.
• The job holder will be required to support the site food safety and quality management systems through active engagement in the site HACCP & TACCP teams, internal and external audit programmes and the proactive use of the QUOR system. The site will be maintained as “audit ready” at all times and the job holder is responsible for conducting regular shop floor spot checks on quality and food safety standards in all areas.
• The job holder shall attend the necessary OPEX tier meetings and send a deputy in their place when they cannot attend. They shall be involved in achieving the clauses in the departmental pillar books and the management pillar books. They shall be proactive in supporting the site’s OPEX plans and actions. They shall be part of the site ‘hot houses’ as required.

For more information please apply .

Pilgrim's Pride Limited is a division of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, our business is part of the second largest food company in the world, whose team farm, process, prepare, package and deliver fresh, frozen and value-added food products for sale in more than 100 countries.

We are proud to partner with more than 1,000 UK farmers who share our belief in the highest standards on animal welfare, efficiency, and quality. Our own farming operation is 100% RSPCA Higher Welfare, making us the largest producer of higher welfare pork globally, delivering 25% of pig meat to UK consumers.