Engineering Manager - Newton Abbot

At Yeo Valley, we're about more than just making great food – we're here to Nurture & Nourish People & Planet by Making Great Food the Right Way. Forever. As a co-owned business, we invest in our people, encourage growth, and believe in doing things properly.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a high-calibre professional to join our site leadership team as our Engineering Manager in Newton Abbot where we make our ice creams, desserts and custards.  In this role you will inspire and lead teams in an established, distinctive and ambitious food manufacturing company, being influential to the engineering business strategic direction and the ongoing development and execution of our site strategy, enhancing and optimising performance through the development of high performing teams whilst supporting and nurturing our cultural journey.

We encourage you to bring your whole self to work; we value diversity and believe that everyone can make a positive impact in an environment where we feel we belong and where we feel we have a future.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring our Co-Owners Health & Safety is put first.
• Influence and deliver the wider business best practices and strategies as part of the Group Engineering Leadership Team.
• Contributing to the shaping of the site vision as part of the senior management team (SMT) providing an integrated strategic plan which incorporates all dimensions of people, plant and process development.
• Provide visionary leadership for the Engineering Team whilst developing a High Performing Team through Apprenticeships and Personal Development Plans that build skills, capabilities and contribution within a culture of engagement and empowerment.
• Identify and Lead Capital Investment Projects and Budgets for the site that deliver sustainable manufacturing capability and performance.
• Drive and develop continuous improvement of plant performance, processes and ways of working that support and enable a High Performing Workplace alongside delivering site performance against KPIs and Objectives.
• Negotiate and optimise service contracts aligned with value adding operational budgetary control and improvements.