Head of Engineering

Requisition Number

3292BR

The Role

The Head of Engineering will take accountability for all aspects of equipment, maintenance and safe operation of maintenance tasks and environmental issues at the Cluster. You will be the key link between the Managers of department of the cluster to leverage Engineering expertise to deliver the departments agreed food, people and site safety, maintenance priorities and innovative projects. You will represent Engineering as a value adding, ‘role model’ function inside and outside of the site and take accountability for the delivery of Engineering people within the cluster.

Company Information

Sofina Foods is more than just a food company. It’s a place where you can grow your career, learn new skills, and make a positive impact on the world.

With a wide range of meat and seafood products that delight consumers worldwide, Sofina Foods is always looking for talented and passionate people to join its team of over 13,000 employees across 40 sites in Canada and Europe, including Young’s Seafood and Karro Food Group.

At Sofina Foods, you will be part of a culture that values innovation, quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. You will also have the opportunity to work with diverse and delicious products that are sourced responsibly and sustainably from over 50 different protein sources from 5 continents.

Sofina Foods has a 25 year history of excellence in the food industry and provides over 500 million meals for the global market every year.

Our vision is to be the most successful food company in the worldIf you are looking for a rewarding and exciting career in the food sector, Sofina Foods is the place for you.

Key Accountabilities

To exercise diligence and independent judgement to promote transparent, values-led and professional management of the site.

Develop, implement and maintain an engineering strategy that is effective, efficient, to budget, well-managed, flexible and able to adapt to changing production circumstances.

Management of lean and CI activities within the Engineering Function.

Ensuring standards and procedures are in place and regularly updated to govern all site engineering activities including aspects of new asset realisation, safe working practises, management of contractors and assessment of competencies within the teams.

To act as a professional and trusted advisor to the Head of Operations and site Management team on all maintenance and engineering matters relating to cluster.

To utilise organisational and local MI to identify and prioritise local engineering agendas to achieve organisational engineering goals; Ensure MI is consistent, honest, open, routinely reviewed.

Undertake a planned maintenance programme with consideration to optimising production and reducing downtime • Support the integration of the engineering function into the manufacturing with a one-team mind-set

With the site management team, ensure that the productive capability of the plant is optimised and improved for the needs of the business, including the provision and use of utilities (gas, water, electricity, compressed air) while complying with environment legislation

Manage site utilities suppliers to ensure that the factory is provided with adequate, timely resources for emergency, accident, disaster or outage situation (Crisis Management)

Ensure systems for stores to minimise inventory levels and working capital

Regular constructive engagement with, and co-ordination of, the broader engineering teams (other sites, HSE Depts) to facilitate the local delivery of site engineering goals.

The application of financial rigor to all engineering activity to ensure value for money for the site.

Implement the groups engineering strategy into the cluster

To ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures and food safety legislation and guidance

Skills and Experience Required

HNC / equivalent in Electrical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering

NEBOSH Certificate qualified • Mechanical / electrical qualification or equivalent.

Level 4 Food Hygiene (or equivalent) • Advanced HACCP (or equivalent)

5+ years of Engineering leadership experience; with exposure to FMCG environments, M&S audit standards and being ‘audit ready’.

Evident confidence in presentation, communication and negotiating with professional peer groups.

Efficient in delivering objectives and key measures.

Ability to lead engineering segments of audits and ensure delegated Managers are able to lead also.

Ability to work with peers in a matrix structure to draw in external skills to achieve local goals

Track record of delivery

Ability to manage priorities and projects across a multi-site and multi-function organisation

A personal commitment to role model behaviours and to leadership and management through example

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Company Bonus Scheme

Car Allowance

Competitive Contributory Pension

Online Benefits Hub

Healthcare

Life assurance scheme

Free onsite parking

Hours of Work

Full time

Company

Sofina Foods

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