Group Deputy Engineering Manager
Salary: £63,000 + Pension + Paid Overtime
Working Days: Monday to Friday, 8am – 5pm
Location: Wrexham
Reference: Jo7252/LW
An excellent opportunity has arisen with one of the UK’s instantly recognisable FMCG manufacturers, a leading manufacturer specialising in food manufacturing. Benefiting from continuous improvements to all the manufacturing processes the group will generate further expansion of this already rapidly growing organisation, which has been established for over 35 years with an international presence.
Role & Responsibilities
As a group deputy engineering manager you will be directly contributing to this vision through your core tasks and responsibilities, which will include, but are not limited to:
- Ensuring there is a safe environment for those who work in, or visit, any of our manufacturing facilities.
- Developing and leading a team of shift engineers, giving them the opportunities to be their best through appraisal, mentoring and performance management.
- Through effective direction of the team, delivery of proactive, planned‑preventative maintenance to ensure our existing equipment is able to meet capacity demand and efficiency targets.
- Through effective direction of the team, efficient reactive maintenance to ensure minimal machine downtime.
- Identifying and delivering against opportunities to implement changes and continuous improvement to maximise plant efficiencies and energy optimisation.
- Managing contractor performance whilst on site to ensure the most effective and efficient fix.
- Supporting the introduction of new equipment to our market‑leading production facilities as part of our continued drive for innovation.
- Managing the workload and capacity of the team resource.
- Building effective relationships and communicating clearly with stakeholders, managing expectations where required.
- Continuous professional development through industry specific training.
- Working with our technical team to ensure audit readiness at all times.
- Working jointly alongside our projects engineering team.
Qualifications & Attributes
To be a successful Deputy Engineering Manager you will need to demonstrate the following skills, qualifications and attributes:
- Demonstrable experience within a similar people and stakeholder management role.
- Time‑served multi‑skilled engineer as this role will require hands‑on support where required.
- Great communicator.
- A true problem‑solver in all areas.
There is a huge amount of training on offer, so the successful candidate will be in line to broaden their skills considerably.
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