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Job Title: Engineering Manager Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK Contract and Shift details: Permanent – Monday – Friday 37.5hrs per week (Flexibility is needed) Join our dynamic team as an Engineering Manager and lead the charge in maintaining and enhancing our engineering-based systems.
At ABN we value innovation, reliability, and teamwork.
With a focus on high-volume manufacturing in the animal feed industry, we are seeking an experienced and hands-on Engineering Manager to oversee the seamless operation of our engineering department.
Responsibilities: Ensure compliance and maintenance of engineering-based systems.
Oversee spares and consumable stock management.
Ensure all equipment is maintained as per the agreed Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedule and asset care program.
Financial control and responsibility – Labour, R&R budget, HS&E and buildings and maintenance Lead a team of engineers & provide hands-on guidance and support.
Promoting best practice and right first time with the team offering positive leadership and continued development Ensure the sites meet compliance with all relevant Legislation & Statutory Inspections Working closely with our operations Manager contribute to the budget plan for the financial year and maintain control of spend (by month).
Contribute to overall budget plan and CAPEX submissions presenting any budget deviation requirements, proposing solutions for potential savings or process optimisation plans as well as looking at ways to improve overall site performance.
This is a great opportunity for someone that is looking for a management position but still likes to be hands on the tools and utilise your experience.
We have lots of opportunity for improvements but alongside a varied workload you will have the support of a great team and onsite management.
About you: Multiskilled Engineer Preferable HND/HNC, BTEC or NVQ Engineering qualification mechanical or electrical Previous experience in high-volume manufacturing / heavy industrial manufacturing Familiarity with ISO standards Exposure to CI or Lean methodologies.
Proven Communication skills: Ability to engage and motivate teams and individuals with previous line management experience.
Ability to support 24 hours on call (via a rota system) Location For this role you will be based at our Bury St Edmunds Site.
About the Company Rewarding your passion When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it.
From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.
About us We're AB Agri part of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we're passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry.
What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that's because of great people like you.
People with different life experiences who share common values.
Together we're building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture.
As a Disability Confident employer, we're committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.
Application Notes We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we'd love to hear from you.
We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes.
When you do, we'll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve.
This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel.
You can choose not to answer these questions and this won't affect your application.
Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.
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