Shift Engineering Manager

Position Title: Shift Engineering Manager
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Whittlesey
Requisition ID: 35913
There's nothing beige about McCain...
Except our potatoes - and we're extremely passionate about them. When you join McCain, you'll be joining the biggest player in the frozen potato game, bringing people together around the nation for over 60 years by sharing simple, delicious planet friendly food.
We've partnered with thousands of the country's supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, hospitals, and schools to change the way people see the humble spud. It's all about elevation and creating something better. So, come and make your career at McCain Foods.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
The Shift Engineering Manager is responsible for leading and managing an Engineering shift to deliver the required departmental KPIs, those being equipment availability, operational throughput and budgetary control.
Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Technical
To be accountable for:

• Taking responsibility for engineering effectiveness across the entire plant, focusing on decision making and prompt breakdown resolution.
• Understanding production processes and consultation with Production Managers to install contingency measures to maintain operational throughput.
• In conjunction with Planners and other task providers, seek to optimise all available opportunity and shift resource to complete work assignments, looking to reduce, to an effective level down day requirements
• Managing engineering costs and taking responsibility for budget control, with emphasis on control of spares
• Supporting continuous improvement and RCA activities, utilising your team to achieve resolution

Leadership
To be accountable for:

• Managing, motivating and engaging a team to deliver a valued service to their customers, promote both individually and as a team a "can do" attitude.
• Being part of a 24/7 Engineering team, cover for other Shift Managers in times of absence and to ensure that standards are followed consistently irrespective of shift
• Managing your shift to ensure that there are always sufficient numbers and required skills to maintain the required equipment effectiveness. This includes advance planning regarding holidays and any other planned absence, and reacting and managing any short notice absence

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR...
You'll be experienced in leading an Engineering team, ideally within a food manufacturing operation, with exposure to budget management, and working knowledge of lean manufacturing principles and health, safety, and food safety. We're also looking for...

• In-depth understanding of modern maintenance techniques
• Communicating with enthusiasm
• Ability to motivate others
• Computer Skills including MS Office and Teams

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
Although we do encourage you to taste the goods you'll be pleased to know we don't pay you in chips. For working hard, you'll also get a great hourly rate and some pretty good benefits including:

• AXA Private health care
• Flexible holidays - where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
• An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
• Optional health cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• 'Chips In' Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the long-term development of McCain communities across the globe

And of course, being part of a Global business there are great opportunities to shine/thrive should you wish to relocate in the future. We have an impressive 5 year growth plan that presents development & progression opportunities for those who seek it out.
WHAT HOURS WILL I WORK?
Working 12-hour shifts, you'll be working to the following shift rota:
Week 1 - 5 days on, 4 days off
Week 2 - 5 days on, 5 days off
Week 3 - 4 days on, 5 days off
This pattern means you work 2 out of 4 weekends a month, and you only work 14 days in total, a month - this means you get more time to do what you love!
WHERE YOU'LL WORK?
You'll be based at our Whittlesey plant in Peterborough. If you've spotted our three wind turbines, then you'll know where we are! With about 350 employees on site, we're one of our largest plants across the GB business. Our Whittlesey plant is where we make our famous French Fries as well as our chilled products, such as our Shake Shake Fries.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
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Job Family: Engineering & Technical
Division: GB Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Department: B Shift Engineers
Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Wombourne
Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd