Kepak is a global food company serving international retailers and food service household names with prime cuts of meat, on-trend food concepts and ready-for-market convenience foods.
Kepak St. Merryn in Merthyr Tydfil has combined beef and lamb processing and packing facilities. We offer beef and lamb products ranging from retail ready cuts for butchers’ counters to branded packaged meat, all as part of our service; raised on open pastures, sourced from local farmers and hand-selected by our master butchers, we produce beef and lamb products with integrity and unmatched quality assurance.
We are looking for an experienced Engineering Supervisor for our Retail Packing department to Manage a team of Multiskilled Engineerson a shift rotation - ensuring they maintain continuous production and improve efficiencies safely through effectively implementing preventative maintenance schedules and responding in a timely manner to breakdown repairs. You will also be responsible for ensuring continuous improvement methodologies are applied that improves the operational function.
Responsibilities:
- To ensure supervision and safe operating procedures for engineers and visiting contractors
- To maintain Health & Safety rules and regulations
- To identify potential hazards/risks to the Health & Safety Manager/responsible person upon discovery
- To ensure all PPM schedules are completed and developed using predictive and diagnostic maintenance techniques
- To Initiate improvement plans in a pragmatic and proactive manner
- To ensure the Engineering department in achieving its budget targets through the efficient use of materials and replacement parts
- To follow the correct accounting/authorisation process when ordering replacement parts
- Maintain and improve standards of hygiene and housekeeping in all areas of the factory including the engineering office and workshop.
- To effectively manage the Shift Engineers - planning work, addressing performance issues, T/A and implementation of training plans
- Manage the day to day issues and ensure any assistance from OEM’s is escalated.
- To undertake emergency breakdown repairs in a timely and efficient way on all CPM production equipment and assist across all site engineering issues when required.
Other Duties
- Provide technical and behavioral coaching to peers, apprentices, and front-line production colleagues
- Be the technical resource for projects and technical specification’s
- Transfer best practice to further the development and performance of the engineering function.
- To be aware of and adhere to all Company policies and procedures.
Requirements
Essential:
- Multi-skilled apprenticeship
- Electrical/Mechanical qualification, HNC
- FMCG experience
- PC and PLC competent
- Significant Trouble shooting and fault-finding diagnostics and resolution experience
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate team skills with a positive attitude and professional approach
Desirable:
- Domestic wiring experience
- Boiler / Steam experience
- PLC program structure and operational awareness
- Continuous improvement & lean experience
Benefits
- Company Pension
- Training and development
- Employee Discount Platform - All Kepak employees are entitled to access to the WrkIt platform, which offers significant discounts and cashback with hundreds of brands.
- Refer a Friend Scheme - Get up to £500 for successfully referring a friend or family member to Kepak Group.
- Bike to Work Scheme - You can buy a bike and safety equipment through a salary sacrifice scheme which reduces your taxable income – meaning you pay less tax!
- Subsidised Canteen - Our on site canteen is serving multiple hot food options during the day
- Free Car Parking - Our Kepak site has a dedicated staff car parking facility which is free to use for all of our colleagues.
- Long Service Awards - We recognise, acknowledge and award the dedication and valuable contribution of long serving employees
- GroceryAid Employee Assistance Program - Providing emotional, practical and financial support for all Kepak colleagues.
If you have a proven experience in managing a team of Multiskilled Engineers and thrive in a fast paced and high performing environment we are waiting to hear from you!
