Site Engineering Excellence & Change Manager

• Job Role: Site Engineering Excellence & Change Manager

• Senior site engineering leadership appointment

• Job Reward £70k - £80k Target Plus £6,600 Car and Package

• Up to £100k package including Bonus potential

• Site Leadership role – onsite

• Location: Shropshire

• Client: Category Global Market leader in FMCG manufacturing

• Contract Type: Permanent

• Location: ONSITE, not hybrid, you can't deliver this job from home…you are a highly visible senior engineering leader setting the pace and strategy on a large complex manufacturing site

Reporting to the UK Group Head of Engineering, dotted line into the Site Supply Director, of a large site with multiple manufacturing plants, you are the Site Engineering Excellence & Change Manager.

This challenge and it is a challenge! Will offer YOU a genuine opportunity to lead engineering change, reliability, process utilities on-site site, factory, and maintenance activities to progress YOUR career within a growing, progressive manufacturing business.

Leading the engineering technical change agenda for the Site, including all the maintenance activities to improve line performance, using World Class Manufacturing (WCM) principles – TPM

Change management, leadership and stakeholder engagement are the key challenges

Drive engineering performance improvements, lead projects, manage multi-million-pound budgets and lead your teams to strive for world-class engineering & Maintenance excellence

Responsible for setting the engineering strategy, leading engineering activities, maximising production through maintenance of site assets

Key Responsibilities – Site Engineering Excellence & Change Manager

• Ensure engineering resources (people/headcount) and technical skill set is maximised

• Develop autonomous maintenance programmes – subject matter expert in maintenance systems

• Continuous improvement and reengineering in everything you do – support and lead organisational change programme

• Develop with the factory management, to ensure that the productive capacity of the plant is optimised and improved for the ever-changing needs of the business

• You will create, implement, and manage the engineering maintenance strategy

• Monitor operational efficiency of all plant and equipment, identifying areas of under-performance or opportunity and implementing plans to deliver improvement

• and implement an engineering maintenance strategy

• Develop engineering skills through a structured people development programme.

• Integrate engineers and line operators into ‘one team', maximising the engineering structure through autonomous maintenance techniques

Qualifications and Requirements – Site Engineering Excellence & Change Manager

• Experience in delivering major cultural and leadership – change-oriented and flexible lean-orientated approach

• Experience in leading technical frontline maintenance, services, and project teams

• Track record of using advanced manufacturing techniques (E.g. WCM/TPM/Lean)

• HNC/HND within an engineering discipline minimum

• Background in engineering management within a time-sensitive, 24/7 complex manufacturing

• A confident leader, decision maker and influencer

• Track record of delivering continuous improvement and engineering performance

• You will set the standard, vision, pace and strategy on a large complex site.

• Engineering leadership at a senior level in a manufacturing environment – open on industry, as long as its manufacturing or automated complex consumer supply chain

• You are a strategic influencer, leader and decision-maker with the head space to develop into more senior roles in the UK functions.

What we can offer – Site Engineering Excellence & Change Manager

•A Highly Competitive salary

World-class Global company!

• Company bonus scheme – up to 25%

• A Company Car or Allowance

• Share Save cash plan

• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

•Awesome Pension scheme

•Career progression opportunities

For more information on this role, please contact Mike Butler on or send a copy of your CV to

Candidates who are currently a Site Engineering manager, Head of Engineering Site Chief Engineer, Head of Engineering Senior Engineer, Technical Manager, Chief Engineer, Production Engineering Manager, or Senior Engineer, may be suitable for this position.

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