Engineering Manager - FMCG Manufacturing

Location: melbourne
Job Type: permanent
Salary: $160000 - $220000 per annum
Contact: Scott Logan
About the company
This is a large global food manufacturing business with muitple sites in Victoria, whose products are broadly consumed through both QSR and retail channels. Over the last couple of years they have been on an improvement and modernisation agenda after having acquired production sites which needed to be brought up to standard. Still very much in progress, there is substantial opportunity to drive site profitability by optimising maintenance and reliability, planning and executing capital investment to ensure improvements and returns are realised, and driving change management and leadership across multiple sites.

About the role
This is a multi-site Engineering Manager role with a primary focus on opeartions, and maintenance and reliability - the position also owns capital investment but the model is to utilise external suppliers, and there are two strong project managers who report to this role. Insofar as maintenance, you'll have a team of trades, a planner and scheduler, and a reliability engineer. There's a healthy multi-million dollar budget which is being continued into the new financial year, and there's a BAU capital agenda which includes general site capital, vision system upgrades, packaging format changes, new process integrations, automation, and some utilities and services. The business has implemented a lot of systems and process in the last couple of years that are still works in progress, one such being the CMMS implementation and the change in how maintenance is planned and conducted - there's room for improvement with adherence to plan, spares and stores, and with respect to reliability programs. Key to this role is the ability to interpret local business objectives and translate into a 5 year plan which is clear, actionable, and measurable, and supported by your strong change management skills and people leadership.

About you
You're likely in an Engineering Manager role right now with accountability for at least one FMCG site, with a strong maintenance background and at least some capital projects experience.
  • Engineering degree preferable, or trades background
  • Experience managing both maintenance and capital projects
  • Background in FMCG (food, beverage, dairy)
  • Has managed budgets in the millions, good commercial acumen

Why apply?
This role is a great balance between a big company and a small company, with a strong and positive culture, that has invested in their sites, and genuinely wants to drive improvement. It is a great opportunity for a single site leader to step up to multi-site, or a great opportunity for a strong maintenance and reliability manager to step up to engineering manager. We're open to considering people who are well-established at this level, or people looking to take the next step.

How to apply
Click on the APPLY button, email me at scottl@sde.com.au, or call me for a comnfidential discussion on 0431 557 927.

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