Engineering Manager

Elis UK Limited • Full-time • GB • from £65k / year • 1d ago

About a career with Elis

Elis is an international multi-service provider, offering textile, hygiene, and facility services solutions. We are a leader in most of the 29 countries in which we operate, employing 52,000 professionals.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a committed and motivated Engineer to join a company that invests in training and development to provide their people with the opportunity to flourish and develop their careers!

Here at Elis, we recognise that our employees are the company’s greatest asset and our investment in our people reflects this. Elis offers a wide range of assignments and career opportunities via a multitude of diverse job roles and career gateways between functions. This vast field of possibilities gives you the opportunity to achieve your career goals.

Your Mission at Elis

You will plan, organise and co-ordinate resources to meet Production requirements, carrying out re-active, on-going and planned preventative maintenance, and ensuring that all site property, equipment and other assets are fit for purpose, in compliance with Group standards and best practices. This will include the planning and co-ordination of installations, testing, operation, maintenance and repair of facilities and equipment as per Production requirements, and the management of continuous improvement projects. You will develop, propose and agree functional budgets, monitoring, managing and controlling all activities in accordance with the agreed functional budget, and investigating and resolving any variances.

Pro-active in your approach you will work to continuously improve machine availability and effectiveness.

Operating in line with Health and Safety Standards you will be responsible for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of your team at all times, ensuring faultless compliance with the Elis Health and Safety Policy and National Legislative Requirements. This will include, ensuring that the appropriate training is completed, faultless compliance with regulations for fire and alarm systems (PAT, pressure valves, etc.), analysing results and ensuring corrective action implemented, and ensuring risk assessments/COSSH/RIDDOR, etc. are implemented and undertaken. You will also ensure that accident prevention measures are initiated as required and that PPM schedule is adhered to, escalating issues as appropriate.

What will make you stand out?

We are looking for an individual who has proven managerial experience within production, supply chain and /or service management, and proven ability to build and lead effective working teams. Educated to degree level or equivalent and/or a proven track record from a lean manufacturing/process industry, you will possess good attention to detail and the ability to analyse data and interpret the information effectively to continuously improve the department and/or team. You will possess excellent IT skills, with knowledge of ERP systems, and the ability to quickly learn technical terminology and processes. In addition, you will have experience of implementing continuous improvement programmes.

Experience of Lean (Six Sigma) methodologies is desirable.