Engineering Team Leader

Company Description

We are FBC UK, Fox's Burton's Companies! ……And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).

FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company.

We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We are proud manufacturing partners to some of the biggest UK retailers and household names. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Isle of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset and our HQ in St Pauls. Together, we employ circa 4,000 amazing colleagues across all our locations.

Whilst we know that we have delicious products we also know that that the key ingredient to our success is our people, and the passion we have for our brands. You could be the jammy to our dodger, party ring to our Fox’s or the choc-chip to our Maryland?! We knead people with innovative ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the commitment to drive FBC UK to success.

We are committed to building an inclusive workforce that feels empowered to build a fulfilling and successful career. By embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) we create a supportive environment for people to thrive and strive to have more positive impact.

We understand that having formal and on-the-job learning opportunities is key to our colleagues’ professional and personal growth. We are committed to providing an environment where everyone can learn from each other and grow through a variety of learning experiences.

Our colleagues make our business special. With strong community values, we believe FBC UK is a more prosperous and fun place to work when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, entrepreneurial and supporting each other whilst meeting our business goals.

About the Role

The purpose of the Engineering Team Leader in Livingston is to:

• To closely work with the operations team to foster an “one team” working environment across their shift.
• To manage the shift engineering team to provide support to deliver daily targets and ensuring the overall site KPI’s are achieved.
• To manage a shift engineering team including all HR tasks such as return to work, 1to1’s and disciplinary if required.
• To identify and work to close skills gaps within their team.
• To ensure their team works in a safe and productive manner.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the shift engineering team to continuously improve plant reliability whilst meeting the requirements of a complex, high volume. production site
• Support embedding site principles within Engineering team as part of the Livingston Improvement Strategy
• Support, motivate, develop, and coach the team. Recognise and reward performance and drive robust individual training plans.
• Assist team to work towards maximum plant and equipment efficiency so downtime is minimised.
• Ensure completion of planned maintenance documents / CMMS input.
• Work closely with production staff to achieve daily targets.

Who we are looking for

• HND or above qualification in electrical/mechanical.
• CI qualified to at least Lean sigma green belt level.
• Safety qualified to minimum IOSH managing safely.
• Proven experience of leading managing an engineering team, in ideally a FMCG environment to improve overall site performance.
• Use of continuous improvement tools and techniques, in particular TPM
• Proven track record of developing engineering teams
• Experience of working in a unionised environment
• Ability to think strategically to enhance site/cultural performance.
• Excellent knowledge of CMMS
• Technical competence
• Excellent Problem solving
• Excellent Leadership skills
• Influencing skills

Diversity Statement

FBC UK is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at FBC UK. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.