Head of Engineering - East Riding of Yorkshire

Head of Engineering

Location: East Riding of Yorkshire.

Salary: c£75k – £85k w/ Car Allowance & Bonus.

We have an excellent opportunity available for an experienced Head of Engineering to make a difference and drive performance on a heavily invested food manufacturing site.

Your next mission…

• You’ll be working in a high performing team, alongside peers always trying to reach the next level and drive excellence in everything they do.
• You’ll be reporting to the Head of Site with a dotted line into the Engineering Director and will have exposure to internal senior stakeholders on a weekly basis.
• The delivery of reliability improvements will be your primary responsibility as well as driving cultural change within the Engineering team, supporting overall cultural transformation that is needed.
• Champion the use of new technologies and innovations within the Engineering scope.
• Drive OEE increase via reduction of Unplanned Losses.
• Build and deploy best in class maintenance strategies for key assets groups.
• Ensure the site moves into as high as possible compliance levels.

About you…

• A proven track record as a Head of Engineering / Engineering Manager in a Food manufacturing environment.
• Educated to a degree level in a relevant Engineering discipline or equivalent.
• Experience of reducing downtime, improving OEE, improving machine reliability.
• Experience of driving change through employee engagement.
• Evidence of strong leadership in your current and previous roles.
• Experienced in continuous improvement and able to create an environment where team members consistently push for improved team performance and productivity.

What will you get?

• A company that is committed to personal development and who will challenge you to be the best.
• A business that works with charitable organisations, gives back to the community and is serious about sustainability.
• An excellent remuneration and benefits package.

To apply for this role, please send a copy of your CV quoting ref EH15362 to our retained consultant hannah.mcgrail@silven.co.uk or for a confidential discussion, please call on 0161 832 7463.