Site Engineering Manager
Ashby de la Zouch (Home of Hula Hoops, Space Raiders, popchips and more)
Permanent


Company Overview
KP Snacks is proud to be part of the Intersnack Group. With an annual turnover of more than €3 billion, the Intersnack Group has grown and flourished to become a market leader in savoury snacks, present in over 30 countries across Europe, Australia, New Zealand and beyond, employing more than 14,000 employees and 44 factories globally (33 in Europe, 3 in Australia, 3 in New Zealand, 2 in India and 3 in Vietnam).
In the UK KP Snacks consists of c2,300 colleagues across our seven factory locations and Slough HQ. We make great tasting snack brands such as Hula Hoops, McCoy’s, Pombear, KP Nuts, Butterkist popcorn, Tyrrells and popchips.


Salary: Depending on experience 
Some of the benefits you can expect to receive:
· Bonus scheme
· Medicash Health cash plan
· Private Healthcare (dependent on Grade)
· KP Pension Plan – matching contribution stakeholder pension plan (up to 7% of salary) which also includes life assurance and income protection
· 25 days holiday
. 5-year service additional holiday
· Annual salary review
· MyGym Discounts
· Cancer Care
· Holiday Buy (buy up to an additional 5 days holiday per year)
· Career Break
· Cycle to Work
· Company Sick Pay – once eligible
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Digital GP
· Best Doctors - 2nd medical opinion
· Access to KP4ME - online benefits, discounts, prizes, competitions and information platform with access to mental, physical and financial wellbeing information and tools


The Role:
The purpose of this role is to provide strategic direction to the Engineering function within KP Ashby through strong leadership and alignment with KP’s Intersnack Work System (IWS). The IWS approach is a model of continuous improvement and one way of working, and the Engineering Manager will lead the site through the Engineering (Progressive Maintenance) and Project (Initiative Management) pillars of IWS. The delivery of the site’s capital program is critical for the role, working cross functionally with the Central Project Team and other departmental teams as required. The role also forms an integral part of the site Leadership Team supporting the General Manager in strategically important decisions and direction setting.



As Site Engineering Manager, some of your key responsibilities will include:

* Ensure all relevant Statutory Compliance is current, recorded, updated and maintained for the site
* Leads the PM and IM Pillars at site and develops master/90-day plans to address losses and build capability
* To maximise availability of all mechanical and electrical equipment through continuous improvement and improve equipment efficiencies and reduce costs through initiatives such as MP&S and BDE

* Be responsible for capital investment projects (new and ongoing) working in conjunction with site and central teams to ensure projects are delivered safely, to the correct quality, on-time and to budget
* Design and manage engineering budgets for the site, both capital and operational
* To ensure adequate resources, equipment and people, are in place to meet operational needs
* Development of an annual engineering strategy which is aligned to the site CBN and KP strategy wheel
About the Site
* Factory volume of circa 28,000ts
* Total employees at site of 764 operating 24/7
* 66 SKU’s of varying complexity

* Home of Hula Hoops, Space Raiders and Popchips