Engineering Team Leader

at  Bakkavor

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Understand the site daily priorities / plans, direct and motivate their engineering shift team as required
• Manage the engineering team (including contractors) to ensure delivery of scheduled work and reactive work so that plant availability is optimised and manage technical specifications for ingredients, products, processes & packaging
• Implement agreed training & development plans to meet engineering & production needs. Comply with statutory & Bakkavor Health & Safety requirement, ensures reports work in a safe manner. This will include ownership of dynamic risk assessment process
• Ensure engineering downtime is minimised, accurately logged, and monitor the repair time. Liaise with planning and operations team to allow for PPM to be completed in a timely manner
• Communicating, report and update Production Shift Managers, Senior Production / Engineering Managers and relevant Production Team Leaders regarding current breakdown status, impact and lead time to resolution
• Ensure all stock is logged in and out of the stores area highlighting any stock issues to the engineering team manager
• To maintain standards of hygiene and good housekeeping appropriate to a quality food manufacturer. GMP standard of workshops and engineers tool boxes is maintained at a high level
• Be the Engineering point of contact during & out of hours
• Respond to and prioritise the shift to resolve line running issues
• Carry out all other ad-hoc Management requests as consistent with the role

A fantastic opportunity for an Engineering Team Leader has arisen to join the team at our Bo’ness site. You will be responsible for the management, prioritisation & allocation of ad-hoc reactive engineering tasks and ensuring that planned tasks are carried out to the correct standards. Our Bo’ness site employs over 1,000 people and produces food-to-go salads and salad accompaniments to a number of customers. It is located 3.5 miles from Linlithgow and 8 miles to Falkirk.