Job Description

Job Location: EDINBURGH

Company Description

We are FBC UK, Fox's Burton's Companies!...And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).

FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company.

We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Ilse of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset. We also have offices for our supporting services in St Albans, Liverpool and Moreton. Together, we employ circa 4,000 amazing employees across all our locations.

We are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming the number two biscuit manufacturer worldwide.

We are proud to be part of the Ferrero enlarged family: such a fantastic and successful business. The Ferrero Group operates in more than 50 countries, with products sold in over 170 countries, represented by almost 38.000 employees worldwide, and a consolidated turnover of EUR12.7 billion (2020-21).

Along with our fantastic brand portfolio, we also have long-term agreements to manufacture several sweet & savoury snacks across Mars, Jacobs, and LU branded products. In addition, we are proud to be a strategic partner for many retailer-branded products.

Our employees make our business special. With strong family values, we believe FBC UK is a more prosperous and fun place to work with when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, entrepreneurial and supporting each whilst meeting our business goals.

And don't forget... work hard but play harder!

About the Role

To provide an effective planned engineering service to our customers though solid controls and innovation in the areas of planned maintenance, stores, and facilities at a sustainable cost, increasing uptime to agreed levels

Main Responsibilities

Budget Control of both R&R and labour. You have a legal obligation to be responsible for all employees, contractors and visitors to your department. This would include the provision of safe systems of work, risk assessments, issuing permits and maintenance of a safe workplace with these matters being reviewed/ amended on an appropriate timescale and in line with changes in legislation. To be part of the engineering management team responsible for operational decision-making and key performance indicators. (KPI) Coordinate activities of Eng. planning, facilities, stores and web changes and maintenance Coordinate the activities of the team under his/her control and to ensure adequate training and development is provided. To motivate the team to ensure objectives are fully understood and to monitor, praise and encourage subordinates in meeting these objectives. To operate, through the engineering planner, a Maintenance Management programme directed towards optimising plant availability. Control, monitor and review the maintenance, calibration, external service, repair of all production plant and equipment, within the maintenance schedules. Ensure production work requests are prioritised and executed in an efficient manner (above 75% completion weekly). Working with all departments to ensure the effective deployment of the maintenance resource. To maintain the site infrastructure, through the Facilities manager to an acceptable and audit ready standard. To manage sufficient stocks, through the Stores manager, of engineering spares to allow maintenance and servicing to be undertaken in accordance with the manufacture recommendation and planned maintenance requirements. To manage web purchase and plan to ensure good web condition and standards are met. To develop and manage the IT systems for maintenance / production reporting with a plan to hand over production systems. To develop the maintenance planning system towards a world class system. To develop a stores plan and system towards a world class system. To review and liaise with suppliers about all contracts to seek better service, price and / or standards. In conjunction with the HR Department, work at resolving all grievances quickly and as near to the point of origin as possible, to avoid formal action. Responsible for the ensuring engineering plan, stores management and facilities are working towards world class standards. Prioritise engineering weekend and web technician resource to minimize site down time.

Who we are looking for

Relevant Engineering Qualification Degree / Time Served

Ability to always encourage good employee relations and communication

Experience of implementing new procedures and practices to improve information communication

Ability to rapidly re-organise according to constantly changing circumstances

Ability to work under own initiative

Ability to work under pressure and with difficult teams

Experience in a fast-paced production environment

Knowledge of planned maintenance systems (Shire)

Detailed knowledge of using & developing MS Office products, particularly Excel

FMCG background (preferably food industry)

Previous experience of leading teams of 10 or more

Diversity Statement

FBC UK is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at FBC UK. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.