Engineering Team Leader

at  Warburtons

Location: Bolton
Function: Manufacturing
Job Reference: 5178
Employment Type: Permanent / Full Time
Closing Date: 06/05/2024

ARE YOU ALREADY A LEAD ENGINEER, ENGINEERING TEAM LEADER OR A MULTI SKILLED ENGINEER AT THE TOP OF YOUR GAME?

We are looking for a Team Leader in Engineering to support a team of 2 shift based Multi-Skilled Engineers working 4 on, 4 off, days and nights.

THE RECIPE

As an Engineering Team Leader at our bakery in Bolton, you’ll support the delivery of planned and preventative maintenance. This role is a lead position in a critical area of our Engineering team, you’ll be prepared to be hands on and roll your sleeves up. You will train and coach our operations team with autonomous maintenance. Innovation, accountability, good leadership skills coupled with technical engineering knowledge is essential for the role.
Our Engineering teams are encouraged to foster new ideas and perspectives whilst driving change at a pace; we’re looking for you to make a personal impact, have passion and inspire a team whilst recognising successes and rewarding that along the way.
We are proud of our safety record and our Engineers lead by example in all that they do; quality and safety are the values we live by and we’re looking to find that passion in you.

ABOUT US

As ‘the UK’s No. 1 Bakery Brand’ we have been baking bread since 1876. Today, we are proudly a fifth-generation family, with the introduction of the sixth generation, supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing a range of over 70 products including gluten and wheat free. Family and values are what makes us different, and we are a proud bunch, join us and you too could be proud to be Warburtons.
We respect and value difference. We look 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 aspect which makes them unique, 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.

You’ll manage, develop and engage a small team of 2 Multi Skilled Engineers to drive the effectiveness of the engineering team in reducing downtime and increasing productivity. You’ll ensure daily preventative maintenance activities are completed to a high standard, breakdowns are resolved quickly and efficiently to maximise plant reliability, performance, product quality and safety. You will take the lead on more complex maintenance tasks, ensure required parts are available and be responsible for a detailed handover to the next shift team. As part of your role, you’ll also lead the short interval control meetings with our production team.

• Ensure plant is safe to operate and maintain and personnel conform to health and safety legislation, policies and standards
• Lead an engineering team to support the day-to-day operation by delivering planned and reactive maintenance to achieve engineering KPIs.
• Work within the framework of a Business led engineering reliability strategy
• Effective use of SAP PM
• Maintain equipment in line with relevant food safety legislation.
• 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.