Site Engineering Manager

Site Engineering Manager Aspatria, Cumbria About Us First Milk is awholly Britishfarmer-owned dairy co-operative with a vision to create value for members by delivering long-term prosperity in the form of success, profitability, security, and well-being. Owned by the family farms that supply us with milk and invest capital in the business, we produce award-winning cheddar, regional cheeses, and dairy ingredients, as well as marketing fresh raw milk to many other UK dairy processors.

We work together as one team, with a relentless focus on regenerative farming and quality, to deliver competitive total returns to our farmer members. We put customers at the heart of our business, creating value through strong, long-term partnerships. We are now looking for a Site Engineering Manager to join us at our Lake District Creamery on a full-time, permanent basis.

The Benefits - Salary up to £69,000 per annum - Bonus - Life insurance - 34 days holiday including public Bank Holidays - Pension This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced engineering manager to join our established, forward-thinking organisation at a time of continued investment and growth. Youllstep into a leadership role with the autonomy to shape and develop ahigh-calibre engineering team, strengthening your leadershipprofileand positioning yourself for continued progression at a senior level.

In return,youllbe supported with modern technologies, well-maintained assets, and the backing to implement improvements properly, allowing you to deliver results, stay technically current, and do your best work without compromise.

The Role As our Site Engineering Manager, you will lead the site engineering function at our Lake District Creamery to ensure people, plant, and processesoperatesafely, efficiently and in line with business objectives. You will oversee all engineering activity across electrical,mechanical and technical disciplines, ensuring compliance with food safety, quality, health & safety, environmental and legal standards. This includes managing capital projects, budgets, PPM systems,stockholdingand ISO, BRC and SHE compliance.

Managing and developing the engineering team, you will create a positive and high-performing culture, supporting recruitment, training and performance management while ensuring capability is built for the future. Additionally, you will:

- Oversee contractor controls, projectdeliveryand site compliance - Monitor and report against agreed site KPIs
-Identify operational risks and efficiency opportunities at the earliest stage - Drive efficiency, minimise downtime andidentifycost-reduction and improvement opportunities About You To be considered as a Site Engineering Manager, you will need:

- A minimum of five years experience in engineering management within the food industry, although candidates with closely related experience in a similarly fast-paced, clean environment will also be considered - Project management knowledge and experience

- Experience of coaching and mentoring individuals and teams

- Experience of performance management of plant and equipment

- Experience of performance management of people - A good general level of education, preferably to HNC/HND standard in food technology, mechanicalengineeringor equivalent Other organisations may call this role Engineering Lead, Engineering Operations Manager,or Engineering Manager. We are a certified B Corp who welcome applications from everyone. So, if you want to make a lasting impact as a Site Engineering Manager, please apply via the button shown.

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