Engineering Manager

Job Summary 

Exceptional Engineering Manager required to join our site leadership team here at Florette!

We have an opportunity for a proven leader to join our team on a permanent basis, leading our engineering agenda and joining us on our journey to take our engineering department from good to great! 

You'll be a strategic, people focused manager with excellent leadership and communication skills. Working in collaboration with our senior management team you’ll ensure KPI delivery and oversee the continuous improvement of the department. You’ll be responsible for two direct reports, with their wider teams of a further 15 colleagues. You’ll have experience of creating effective tracking systems to ensure business KPI’s are met and will be apt at developing data systems to drive improvement activities. You’ll be responsible for the technical elements of our safety agenda, for the facilities management of our site and will have budgetary control.

We’re fostering an environment that supports, encourages and empowers our engineers to develop their skills and working practices. Your previous experience of developing a team, combined with your passion and enthusiasm will contribute to their continued growth whilst continuing to cultivate an inclusive and dynamic working environment. 

The role works cross functionally to ensure the site leadership strategic goals are delivered in the short, medium and long term. As such, you’ll have demonstrable experience of successfully project managing multiple activities whilst maintaining a fixed eye on the future of the site and department. This role represents an excellent opportunity for an experienced, expert Engineering Manager to develop their career within a leader in the Fresh Produce industry. 

About Us 

Florette is one of three UK food manufacturing factories owned by the French co-operative group, Agrial. Agrial has operations across 18 regions, with 280 farming outlets and 5 different divisions, which comprise Beverage, Dairy, Meat, Fresh Produce & Agricultural operations; it’s not just about lettuce! As well as the 3 factories we also have a farming operation – Agrial Fresh Farms. All UK sites operate under the name of Agrial Fresh Produce Limited and fall under Agrial's vegetable division. 

The business is more recognisable in the UK by its Florette salad brand and we are now one of the UK’s leading producers in the industry. Under the Florette brand, our site processes and distributes pre-packed, ready to eat fresh salad bags to well-known retailers in the UK. We have a recipe for success through our EPIC values and working together as one team. 

Main Responsibilities 

• Support the sites H&S agenda and support the H&S manager to ensure site is compliant against all relevant health and safety legislation.
• Work in conjunction with Facilities manager and Maintenance Manager to ensure all Engineering Health and Safety documentation and procedures from an engineering prospective across the site are adhered to and all the relevant documentation is up to date.
• Develop process and procedures within the department. Ensure department follows site policies and procedures and maintain department compliance records. Represent the department in all external audits.
• Lead and manage the wider engineering team to deliver people and site performance. 
• Support the team with major issues, ensuring factory is brought back into service in a timely manner, and company procedures are followed.
• Develop the sites engineering strategy. Lead the implementation of all maintenance activities across site to deliver agreed levels of performance.
• Develop departments budget, ensuring correct level of resource is available to ensure departmental targets are met and site efficiencies are maintained at the required level. Manage and control expenditure within agreed targets.

Skills and Experience Required 

• Previous experience in Engineering Management in FMCG high care/risk chilled or frozen food environment making customer branded product for the major multiples
• Qualifications:   Engineering Degree.
• Computer literate, especially Excel with ability to interrogate data from systems.
• Project Management skills.

What You Will Get In Return  

A salary package DOE, inclusion in our leadership annual bonus scheme and a range of employee benefits you’d expect from a market leading business, including:

• Life Assurance - four times your basic salary paid to your nominated beneficiary.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme: providing a Remote GP service along with a 24/7 helpline for financial, legal, medical and life issues.
• A flexible & competitive annual leave entitlement that increases with service and offers an option to purchase additional holiday.
• Personalised training and development.
• Employee discounts and salary finance schemes. 
• Recognition awards, and annual company volunteering days

Next Steps 

It’s an exciting time to join our business! We’re looking for positive and innovative people to join our professional team. If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, and want a new challenge we would love for you to join us on our journey!  

Please apply directly or alternatively contact Liza Crane, Recruitment Officer for a totally confidential discussion.  
 
Note to recruitment agencies: this role is being handled by the company HR team and no agency contact is required. 

Agrial Fresh Produce reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

We are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all of our staff. That’s why we’ve taken the Mental Health at Work Commitment and are currently delivering a programme of activities to ensure that everyone can have open and honest conversations about their wellbeing in the workplace and feel supported. We encourage applications from persons with experience of poor mental health and are committed to supporting our employees to fulfil their potential and perform at their best in work.

Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd is an Equal Opportunities employer. In addition, as part of Responsible Recruitment, Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd believes in the Employer Pay Principle. No worker should pay for a job – the costs of recruitment should be borne not by the worker but by the employer.