Engineering Manager

ASR Group is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico. In the European Union, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England, Portugal. ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize. The company’s brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle’s® and Sidul®.

POSITION SCOPE

The scope of the Packing & Warehouse Maintenance Manager is to manage a team to optimise the packing, storage and shipping operations, in order to improve safety, quality, hygiene, OEE, training, supply chain delivery and team working. The role has a team size of 25 42 positions with between 9 and 13 direct reports which includes apprentices and provides cover to 3 5 core areas with multiple stock-keeping units and changeovers.

POSITION STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND KEY DELIVERABLES

• Safety, Hygiene, Environment - Improving performance against agreed targets
• Achieving / reducing budgets and developing and supporting cost reduction initiatives
• Continuous improvement leading to increased OEE
• Fragmented overhaul opportunities created to reduce non-productive operational time
• 2-3 year reliability programme that drives energy and efficiency improvments
• Scoping and delivery of a digitalistion programme for Packing & Warehouse activities
• Supporting the capital investment programme for the Thames site
• Create 2 year maintenance and overhaul plans for pakcing lines in line with OEM recommendations
• Material waste and sugar loss control and reduction
• Improvement in team skill level via training & development
• Employee engagement
• Meeting customer expectations and achievement of Quality targets ensuring that all internal and external audit criteria are met
• Elimination of repetitive faults, restrictions and waste leading to suggestions for Capital spend and the delivery of resulting projects

DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages a team responsible for packing and warehouse optimisation and improvements
• Provides cover for the Packing Operations Manager and also the Packing Area Managers when required
• Manage the safe systems of work used within packing and warehouse to ensure all work is carried out to site standards
• Manages performance of each team member through clear communication of role expectations, regular performance appraisal, addressing shortfalls and recognising good performance

• Develops and implement employee training and development plans, ensuring succession plans are in place for key roles
• Develops and manages a graduate development programme for packing engineering graduates and engineering apprentices
• Lead development and improvement of the Preventitive Maintenance programs

• Contributes to Creates and owns manages budgets (e.g. labour, materials, training, CI)
• Provides guidance and support for department CI activities, including data display, improvement models and activities, and provides consistent centralised training service to each area
• Contributes to / assists in implementation of CI project activities to improve area operations (safety, quality, efficiency, change-over, waste and energy reductions)
• Liaises with internal customers (i.e. Operations Planning, Sales & Marketing) to ensure timely and accurate communications for regular and major planned works.
• Develops detailed understanding of area operations and key department interfaces in order to drive efficiency improvements
• Managing budgets with an approximate value of £3m
• Develops and manages maintenance plans associated to the AGV fleet

ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES)

• Ideal candidate will have an Leadership based engineering background looking for people-management role
• Flexible management style working (facilitative through to directive)

• Proven leadership skills – able to motivate, provide vision and to be able to set clear expectations of acceptable standards
• Excellent communication – able to persuade & influence, hold team briefings, make effective cases for resource allocation (including minor Capital Expenditure)
• Strong numerical and analytical skills
• Logical thinker with strong problem-solving skills
• Good planning & prioritising skills
• IT aptitude & data processing skills
• Ability to quickly gain technical understanding to ensure safe and efficient working practices

ESSENTIAL WORK EXPERIENCES

• Strong experience of Continuous Improvement, TPM & SMED techniques & ability to practically apply these to packing
• Proven track record of managing and improving technical teams
• Project management experience from concept to full life cycle
• FMCG & Packing time served experience

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Degree qualification (or equivalent) in related discipline

At Tate & Lyle Sugars, the group's values are the cornerstone of our success.

Leadership - our goal is to be the leader in every arena in which we compete. Teamwork - our strength is magnified when we work together. Integrity - honesty and trust are the foundation of our success.Service - we know that the people and communities in which we operate are crucial partners to our success. Sustainability - the member companies of ASR Group are committed to sustainable agricultural and business practices.