Skills

Communication Problem Solving Go Project Management

Job Specifications

Location: Lees of Scotland

Shift: Monday to Friday 6.00am-2.30pm / 11.30am-8.00pm

Salary: Competitive

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Operations team in the role of Engineering Shift Manager at our Lees site as part of Finsbury Food Group.  

Lees stands out for its ability to create confections that are more than just sweets – they’re edible nostalgia. Our iconic snowballs, teacakes, and meringues have woven themselves into the fabric of Scottish culture, becoming go-to treats for both everyday indulgence and celebratory moments.

As an Engineering Shift Manager, you will be responsible for managing engineering resources to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of the company’s planned preventative maintenance programme. This includes responding to equipment faults and failures with the appropriate level of urgency, while ensuring the correct use of the Computerised Maintenance Management System (Mainsaver) to record all activities. Reporting to the Engineering Site Lead, you will support on-line fault finding and practical problem solving, as well as contribute to ongoing Continuous Improvement initiatives.

This is what you’ll actually do!

In this role, you will oversee the week-ahead and day-to-day planned preventative maintenance schedules to maximise reliability across the site. You will evaluate in-day breakdowns and work requests, assigning priority and appropriate resources to ensure Production Downtime remains at or below 2%. Working collaboratively across the Engineering function, you will communicate priorities clearly and ensure effective escalation and reporting of issues through the company MARA system.

A key part of the role involves ensuring the correct application of safety standards and promoting safe working behaviours during all maintenance activities. You will be accountable for the quality of all Maintenance and Repair work delivered and for ensuring that all shift activity is accurately captured in the company’s CMMS (Mainsaver). Additionally, you will identify opportunities for continuous improvement and support CI projects to enhance operational performance.

You will also manage a team of Direct Reports, driving efficient and effective performance while ensuring that skills and competencies remain current and aligned with role requirements. This includes supporting development and succession planning. Finally, you will be responsible for ensuring that all engineering areas are maintained to the highest standards, in line with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), and for ensuring that your team consistently adheres to these standards.

There is also a requirement to work 60 hours of maintenance time (10 Saturdays per year 6.00am-12.00pm).

Ideally this is you!

Essential

Apprentice Trained and Qualified Multi-skilled engineer with recognised Mechanical / Electrical Engineering qualification. City & Guilds minimum.
Proven track record of Front-Line Management within an FMCG environment.
Thorough understanding of PPM techniques
Strong desire to develop and coach team performance.
Working knowledge of Legislative standards within the FMCG environment.
High level of numeracy and ability to analyse and interpret data.
Proactive approach to Problem solving.
Ability to identify and implement Process improvements.
Possess articulate, confident verbal communication skills.

Desirable

Manufacturing systems experience.
Project Management skills.
Management of financial budgets
Experience of lean/continuous improvement type environment
Ability to produce detailed Engineering and Process Risk assessments.

What’s in it for you!

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
Death in Service Benefit
Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – T&C’s dependent)
Employee Recognition Awards· Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!

About the Company

At Finsbury, we produce a wide range of cakes, bread and bakery snacks for the main UK supermarkets own labels, and for leading high-street restaurant chains, hotels and pubs. We also make celebration cakes under licence for many well-known brands such as Disney and Thornton's, and are a leading maker of speciality breads such as Cranks and Vogels. We do all this from 8 bakery businesses all over the UK, trading under various different names on 8 sites. Our bread division produces fresh and frozen rolls, hot cross buns, muf... Know more