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SDUK's brands include the Nations favourite cheese brand Cathedral City plus other well-known butter & spreads (Clover, Country Life, Vitalite, Utterly Butterly, Wensleydae), functional ingredients and dairy free products.
We are looking for a Maintenance Shift Supervisor to join our Wensleydale Engineering team to work across both of our Manufacturing sites (Hawes & Kirkby Malzeard). In this role, you will cover the maintenance of our state-of-the-art cheesemaking equipment. Work as part of a close knit engineering team, you will be responsible for the supervision of maintenance to site equipment and infrastructure, steam, air water and effluent.
As the supervisor of the Engineering team, you will Champion safety and promote a culture of passion and integrity, in line with Saputos core company values. The position reports into the Group Engineering Manager for Wensleydale.
YOULL MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT MATTER BY
- Working with internal customers and stakeholders in delivering the agreed production and maintenance plans. Ensuring work is delivered safetly, to the right food safety and quality standards, whilst adhering to environmental and sustainable policies.
- Managing people, plant and process issues with the support of the Engineering manager.
- Actively supporting cross functional continuous improvement, carrying out root cause analysis, development of planned activity and ensuring all key meetings have an engineering presence.
- Driving all Site and Engineering KPIs daily. Ensuring targets are met for; safety and statutory compliance, resource utilization, planned maintenance compliance and behavioural safety.
- Supporting Operations Shift Manager in prioritizing issues and best utilizing equipment availability to drive OEE performance.
- Assisting in developing the engineering team through people development and mentoring.
YOURE BEST SUITED FOR THE ROLE IF YOU ARE
- Experienced in leading/overseeing an engineering team in a manufacturing site.
- Engineering qualification: apprentice trained with HNC/Degree qualification.
- Formal Safety qualification preferred but not essential (NEBOSH / IOSH).
- Skilled at communicating at all levels.
- Experienced interpreting data by using CMMS and MIS.
- Have excellent fault finding (electrical, mechanical and automation) and problems solving skills.
WE SUPPORT AND CARE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES BY PROVIDING YOU WITH
- Bonus scheme up to 5%
- Opportunities for progression within the UK and overseas
- Health cash plan - claim money back towards essential healthcare such as dental, eye care etc.
- Access to Thrive 24-hours a day - a leading and NHS clinically approved app which focuses on general wellbeing
- Life assurance up to 4 x contractual pay
- Discounted branded products
- 25 holidays + 8 bank holidays
- My Staff Shop - access to exclusive benefits, free advice and savings -providing great discounts from thousands of the UKs largest retailers & service providers.
For additional information on our benefits please go to uk.saputo.com/en/carees/employee-benefits
We support employment equity. Saputo strives to embed diversity and inclusion in its operations and invites candidates from all horizons to join our team.
To enable you to bring your best we will ensure you are provided with any physical or non-physical adjustments to support your participation in the job application and interview process.
Agencies - Thank you for your interest in working with Saputo Dairy UK. We have a PSL who will be supporting us if needed. We do not pay fees or acknowledge any CVs supplied to Saputo Dairy UK unless you have been briefed on the role by a member of the Talent Acquisition Team.
