Engineering Manager in Wakefield

You're an Engineering Manager who understands manufacturing processes. You drive your teams to ensure that production needs are supported and keep downtime to a minimum. You'll keep the "machine" well-oiled and be the link between maintenance and production.   BENEFITS: · 10% STIP bonus. · Car allowance £7,700 p.a. · Private medical cover. · 7% Employer pension contribution. COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Hull, Leeds, Sheffield, Doncaster, Scunthorpe, York, Beverley, Wakefield   Why should you apply?· With a recent investment of £5.5m on a new production line, comes new machinery, equipment and maintenance challenges which need new SOP's, maintenance procedures, and schedules implementing. · Get involved in multi disciplines and processes, all of which have their own challenges. · Be an integral part of the SLT within a 50 strong workforce in a £25m turnover operation. A specialist site within our multinational business.   JOB DESCRIPTION: Engineering Manager, Engineering Lead, Engineering Director - Manufacturer of specialist products   This position is to replace our retiring Engineering Manager, it's of vital importance to our business and one which the senior leadership team are right behind. We will back you and your team to keep the machinery and equipment in continual service to support production.   KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Engineering Manager, Engineering Lead, Engineering Director - Manufacturer of specialist products   Reporting to the Plant Manager, you'll manage your engineering team consisting of 4 Maintenance Engineers, 2 Process Engineers, a Controls Engineer, Facilities Engineer, and a Toolmaker to maintain and develop our extrusion-based machinery.   Your key tasks will include: · Develop new SOPs for an incoming new production line and future projects. · Review current procedures maintenance schedules. · Monitor and manage reliability, downtime, and breakdowns. · Manage, coach, and develop a team of 9. · Liaise and interact with departments throughout production to work towards common goals.   PERSON SPECIFICATION: Engineering Manager, Engineering Lead, Engineering Director - Manufacturer of specialist products   You'll be the person that we want to embrace the challenge of moving the engineering department forward. Someone who can lead and manage not only your direct reports, but forge and maintain relationships in the wider business to support production.   You'll be able to demonstrate: · Understanding of the manufacturing process, experience in extrusion and specialist materials would be a real advantage (resin, foam, film, surface protection, medical film polymers). · Experience of leading a team with a result driven approach. Someone who can mentor and develop people to their full potential. · A firm understanding of GMP · Experience of "Clean Room Environment" a particular advantage.   THE COMPANY:   As a global business (100+ countries and c7,500 employees) our products are used every day across the world. We are focused on best-in-class innovation, design, and manufacturing to assist our customers in their most complex challenges. This site produces products through extrusion for a wide range of applications for our clients in medical, food, filtration and automotive and continues to go from strength to strength.   It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Engineering Manager, Engineering Lead, Engineering Director, Manufacturing, Extrusion, Converting, Slicing, Slitting, Polymers, Resins, Specialist Materials, Textiles, Medical Materials, Food, Medical, Filtration, Medical Film, Automotive, Clean Room.   INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.   Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.   REF: JN17717, Wallace Hind Selection