Engineering Programme Manager

Why Greencore?

You may not have heard of us, but we're sure you've tried our products. We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,000 colleagues across 16 world-class manufacturing sites and 18 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals.

What You'll Be Doing

We are currently looking for an Engineering Programme Manager who will be responsible for leading engineering projects across our Northampton, Kiveton and Manton Wood sites.

At Northampton, we operate one of the most impressive facilities in Europe, based across a campus of 5 manufacturing units, and we have a team of around 2,000 colleagues making high quality premium products every day. We are the sole supplier of sandwiches, wraps, rolls and sushi for Marks & Spencer. Our site in Kiveton employs over 600 and is the UK's largest quiche bakery, producing more than 42 million quiche each year along with a wide range of ready meals and soups and Manton Wood produces sandwiches and wraps for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Co-op, Asda, Morrisons, Boots, Aldi and Lidl.

As the Engineering Programme Manager, you will have 5 direct reports - 2 Engineering Project Managers and 3 Project Engineers. You will be responsible for delivery on-site and you will be managing the budget across all three sites, overseeing 100+ projects of varying sizes.

Your other responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

* Apply governance across the cluster capital programme ensuring that the Capital management process is understood, deployed, and executed in line with the businesses Capital management policy

* Partnering with the Site General Manager's and Operations Director to raise the cluster capital plan and then monitor and control capital investment spending to ensure cash flow is both aligned with agreed budgets and appropriately distributed across the life cycle of the project

* Oversee the delivery of multi-site or large strategic projects to ensure the delivery of agreed return on the capital investment objectives

* Proactively manage end-to-end project or change implementation within well-defined timelines and budgets, covering all facets of implementation, ensuring that project objectives are achieved

What We're Looking For

As our Engineering Programme Manager, you will be confident managing a team and will be able to draw on your experience of overseeing multiple sites.

You will also have:

* Previous evidence of performing highly complex work activities covering engineering, technical, financial, health, safety, and quality aspects

* A subject matter expert to advise the group (Mech, Elec, Civil, Automation, CDM, DSEAR ect)

* An understanding of relevant technologies and practices in an FMCG environment

* Ability to communicate effectively at all levels to both technical and non-technical audiences

* Demonstrable experience of working with a robust project and programme methodology/best practice

* Experience with a recognised project delivery method such as PMI/PRINCE2

* Familiarity with technologies: Data Centre Hosting, Managed Infrastructure Services, ERP Implementation, BI Implementation to look for alignment and efficiencies with local manufacturing requirements

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.