Engineering Manager

Are you a hands-on Engineering Manager ready to lead a stable Food manufacturing site

This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of the engineering function at a well-established, forward-thinking business that values teamwork, reliability, and continuous improvement.

 Engineering Manager

Location: Wells Next the sea

Salary: £65,000 + Benefits

Permanent, full-time contract. 

Engineering Manager Key Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and motivate a team of engineers and contractors to deliver safe, reliable performance.
• Oversee all maintenance activities, ensuring compliance with health, safety and environmental standards.
• Implement and manage preventative, predictive and reactive maintenance strategies to minimise downtime.
• Drive continuous improvement and equipment reliability through data, KPIs and root cause analysis.
• Manage budgets, projects and contractors to deliver cost-effective results.

Skills & Experience Required as an Engineering Manager:

• Time-served apprenticeship and strong background in mechanical or electrical engineering.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams in a manufacturing or FMCG environment.
• Solid understanding of planned and preventative maintenance systems.
• Track record of improving OEE, reliability and reducing unplanned downtime.
• Confident communicator with strong leadership, problem-solving and organisational skills.

This role would be suitable for a Maintenance Manager, Engineering Manager , or Engineering Lead looking for a new opportunity in Hertfordshire and easily commutable from Bishop's Stortford, Harlow, Braintree, Hertford and Saffron Walden.

If this Engineering Manager role sounds like a role that would match your skills and experience, we would love to hear from you and look forward to discussing your application in more detail.

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