Lead Engineer

Job Title: Lead Engineer

Location: Bolton

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: 4 on 4 off, working 6 - 6 or 7 - 7

Salary: Up to £60,000

Are you a talented Lead Engineer with a knack for electrical equipment? Do you thrive in a supportive yet fast-paced environment?

The Recipe

As a Lead Engineer, you'll direct the daily activities of the shift teams engaged in breakdown and preventative maintenance for the plant, maximizing plant reliability, performance, product quality, and safety.

The Role

You'll ensure the plant is safe to operate and maintain, and personnel conform to health and safety legislation, policies, and standards. You will lead the engineering team to support day-to-day operations by delivering planned and reactive maintenance to achieve engineering KPIs. You'll work within the framework of a business-led engineering reliability strategy with the effective use of SAP PM, and maintain equipment in line with relevant food safety legislation.

In addition, you will support the recruitment, motivation, and development of an engineering team to ensure they achieve the goals and targets agreed in their role profiles and performance review meetings.

Essential Ingredients

• Structured and practical engineering training (e.g., apprenticeship/HNC/degree).
• Knowledge and experience of maintenance in an FMCG environment.
• Health & Safety/Food Safety systems and legislation knowledge (e.g., PUWER, IOSH) to ensure a safe working environment.
• IT and PC knowledge, capable of using widespread functions within relevant software (including Office and SAP).
• Communication skills to develop effective, long-term relationships with key people.
• Coaching and mentoring skills, taking responsibility for the training and coaching of others.
• Influencing and negotiating skills, maintaining attention when speaking to groups, negotiating successful deals, and developing persuasive arguments.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, anticipating problems and identifying appropriate solutions.
• Project management techniques to create effective plans with milestones, identify areas of risk, and monitor progress.
• Timely decision-making, considering wider risks and implications.
• Understanding of the cost base to improve profitability and developing and monitoring the engineering budget.
• Leadership skills to inspire others, deal effectively with performance issues, and create a sense of trust in the team.

Extra Dough

At last and by no means least, you will want to know what your bread's worth.

• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share).
• Opportunity to purchase up to an extra week's annual leave.
• Award-winning pension scheme with company contributions.
• Life assurance.
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website.
• Continued investment in your personal development.
• Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy and a confidential helpline.

We respect and value differences. We strive to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other unique aspect are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do.