Senior Manager Of Engineering - Food/Beverage

Our client is a leading value added chilled food manufacturer who have enjoyed significant success in recent times in both domestic and international markets. With multiple manufacturing facilities they are soon to enter their next phase of investment & growth and are looking to appoint a Senior Manager of Engineering

The Role:

• Reporting directly to the Vice President Operations and a key member of the senior leadership team you will design and deliver a group wide engineering strategy for all sites and hold complete responsibility for significant investment /project budgets.
• A key element of this role will be to restructure/ future proof the group Engineering function and optimize current practices including site & equipment, people, systems and processes to increase capability.
• Will implement your plan through both dedicated projects teams and site-based engineering functions to ensure group level standards are achieved across all sites.

The Person:

• With a degree level engineering qualification, you will have a proven track record in senior engineering leadership roles within a relevant value added, ideally, chilled food manufacturing environment with the ability to lead a m multisite function and showcase your successes.
• An ambassador of CI/ LEAN/ O OPEXprocesses, you will be keen to work as part of a close knit senior team who input their expertise across all areas of business and operations to achieve results.
• Will be capable of managing multiple high value capital projects in a growth environment during a period of major growth and investment.