About the role

You will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team while planning, designing, and overseeing engineering projects. Additionally, you will maintain a hands-on approach to ensure factory operations and productivity are maximized.

What they look for

Engineering management Leadership Coaching Mentoring Strategic planning Project management Maintenance strategy FMCG Manufacturing Food industry Process improvement Reliability engineering Team management Operational management

Requirements

The role requires previous experience leading an engineering department within a food, FMCG, or manufacturing environment. You must possess strong leadership skills, a strategic mindset, and expertise in maintenance strategy and process reliability.

Benefits

Competitive annual leave Pension schemes Health checks Digital GP consultations Nutritional advice Everyday savings Cashback Free on-site parking

Full description

Job Title Engineering Manager | Location Glasgow

As our next Engineering Manager, you’ll be required to be assertive and determined to implement positive change, whilst being confident and comfortable making difficult decisions leading the engineering team. The successful candidate will have a strategic thought process to aid the growth and development of the Engineering team.

To excel in this role, you'll need to be a proven leader capable of coaching and mentoring the existing team. You’ll be responsible for managing a multidisciplinary engineering team as well as planning, designing, and overseeing engineering projects, and ensuring the factory is operational with a hands-on approach.

In this role, you will need to maximize productivity within the factory and the team, constantly being tested in a fast-paced and challenging environment.

As an Engineering Manager, you will be an approachable, and influential person who thrives on the challenges this role and environment brings.

The Key Requirements...

• Previous experience in leading an engineering department in a Food/ FMCG/ manufacturing/factory environment

• Driving reliability and good processes

• Maintenance strategy in conjunction with tactical investment

We’ll provide you with opportunities to learn new skills, grow and develop and we aim to provide our colleagues with a job for life! We have many long-serving colleagues, some with over 30 years' experience with us. This opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys working in a collaborative and friendly team environment.

Benefits baked in

All colleagues can choose from a wide range of benefits, here’s a top crust taster of what we offer:

• Competitive annual leave and flexibility where possible for a healthy work-life balance and recharge your batteries.

• Three levels of pension schemes to suit your needs.

• Aviva DigiCare+ Workplace App includes annual health checks, digital GP consultations, nutritional advice, and much more.

• Hovis Choice benefits platform for everyday savings, cashback and much more.

• Free on-site parking.

At Hovis, we believe in embracing diversity and creating a welcoming workplace for everyone. Whether you're applying for a job or already part of our team, we promise to treat you with fairness, respect, and dignity. You will be valued and included here at Hovis. Does this sound like the right environment for you? If so, we would love to hear from you.

To find out more about Hovis please visit our website and social media channels hovis.co.uk