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Major Recruitment is currently recruiting for a Lead Engineer to join our client's engineering team in Leeds. Established in 1827, our client boasts a remarkable history in the food industry, combining tradition with a commitment to cutting-edge practices. As a family-run business, they have cultivated a supportive and collaborative work culture, making this an ideal opportunity for those who value both innovation and heritage.

The role includes responsibility for overseeing Planned Maintenance, Breakdowns, and Size changes for production equipment, while providing guidance and supervision.

What's in it for you?

Holiday purchase scheme
Permanent position
Great working hours - Monday to Friday, 6am - 2pm (40 hours).
£41,340 per annum, increasing to £43,000 per annum after 6 months
Canteen Facilities
Christmas raffle
Comprehensive PPE provided
Training for career progression
Free parkingThere is a requirement to provide a "hands-on" Lead Engineer to drive improvements to our current production efficiencies, maintenance, and improvement programs to significantly reduce our manufacturing costs. The role will implement and share a program of opportunities including best practices, team development, personal development, and supporting the Group Engineering strategy. Also, a key requirement is to drive improvements in our site H&S through effective management, training & discipline of your teams and contractors across the site. Strong ability to manage, drive, and focus the engineers to provide suitable maintenance support at all times is a prerequisite in this expanding autonomous role.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead a team of engineers to maintain on-site equipment, both reactive & preventative, to reduce downtime on equipment.
Drive the engineering team to improve and better the current maintenance planning & execution system.
Support, planning & execution of annual overhauls.
Review downtime data and key priorities to focus engineering support.
Develop stores and spare parts stock requirements for your area of responsibility.
Implement a "root cause to manage failure" system - support Engineering Manager to roll out to teams.
Lead shift handover meetings and shift reports.
Deliver team briefs and business reports.
Provide stand-in support for Site Engineering Manager.
Lead external audit visits through the breakdown procedure & guidance of Planned Maintenance.
Hands-on engineering breakdown support.
Support the engineering budget through delivering cost-effective maintenance.
Drive Capital improvement programs through exposing opportunities, cost/benefit analysis reports, requests for cash, and implementation.
H&S Champion always ensuring safe working of your team & others.
Contractor management & Permit issue management.
Ensure brand integrity is maintained at all times according to business policies and procedures.

Additional Responsibilities:

To ensure that all work is carried out in a safe manner in compliance with the company's Health & Safety Policy and Procedures and to work safely with other employees.
To protect the health, safety, and welfare of yourself and others at all times through demonstrating the lead for H&S on site.
To take an active role in continuously developing your skills and knowledge through self-development activities and/or through attending Company organized training and development opportunities.
To ensure that the Company is professionally represented at all times, both inside and outside the business.
To respond to ad hoc requests and/or take an active role in specific projects as directed by your line manager.
To undertake any other reasonable duties as may from time to time be required by the Company.

Responsibility for Staff/Equipment/Budget:

Interaction with site contractors
Engineering Budget Support
Engineering KPIs

Key Performance Indicators/Key Result Areas:

Manufacturing efficiency targets.
Planned Maintenance adherence & targets.
Hazard reports.
Mean Time To Failure (MTTF).
Mean Time to Repair (MTTR).
Root Cause Analysis reports completed.
Capital project submissions & implementation.
Improvement proposals with clear cost benefit analysis.
Team Development.If you are interested in this position, please apply by uploading an up-to-date CV showcasing your experience.

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