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Engineering Manager

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Job title: Engineering Manager
Location: Brimsdown, Enfield, UK (Site based role)
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As an Engineering Manager, you’ll contribute to JM’s mission as a world leader in sustainable technology, transforming energy and reducing carbon emissions for a cleaner, brighter future.
The Role:
The Engineering Manager leads the engineering and self-delivery capital projects on the site and is the single point of accountability for maintenance and technical engineering. Partnering with the PGMS & JM Engineering and Projects group, the Engineering Manager provides support to the site to ensure that day to day maintenance support is provided and long term engineering strategy.
The Engineering Manager leads deployment of engineering objectives for the site, including capital investment programme, compliance & standards; line performance improvement; organisational standards & capability; and sustainability. The Engineering Manager must assign, lead, and develop engineering and projects capability at a site level to deliver capability and succession planning. The Engineering Manager ensures that the business has a strong engineering team that can lead early-stage investment planning and assure engineering and capital projects competence across the site.
The role leads the site Process Safety technical function and will ensure the continual reduction of risk in the operation of our processes. The job holder will play a key role in assessment of tolerable risk and will ensure that the senior leadership are appropriately informed of the current risks within the operating field.
Responsibilities:
- Actively lead and promote a positive safety culture across engineering and capital projects
- Ensure all work is carried out safely through the application of JM EHS and sustainability policy
- Lead delivery of diverse engineering operational improvements in line performance, compliance & standards
- Deliver Engineering Excellence programme for the site and ensure cost efficiency is delivered through LEAN methodologies.
- Lead major manufacturing problem resolution typically associated with supply interruptions and/or marketed product action, applying root cause analysis, design of experiments, and CAPA effectiveness trending
- Lead the site-based capital programme, including pre-gate assurance of projects below the threshold requiring group project assurance
- Active contribution to the wider JM Engineering team, participating in development and implementation of engineering strategy in support of the business
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Reports to:
- Site Manager
Direct Reports:
- Maintenance Manager
- Capex Manager
- Capex EHS Lead
- Process Safety Engineer
- Compliance Engineer
Key Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field of equivalent experience (advanced degree preferred), together with Membership of recognised engineering institution.
- Proven knowledge and experience of capital projects and operations within highly regulated and high hazard industries.
- An inspirational safety leader and partner for the EHS function, with experience of leading significant safety improvement in a project environment.
- Delivery focused & a self-starter, having a track record of achieving challenging goals within business-critical timescales while working under pressure.
- Courage to question or challenge issues and collaborate with stakeholders to drive towards resolution.
- Able to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical, senior level audiences.
Even if you only match some of the skills, we’d love to hear from you to discuss further!
What We Offer:
- We make sure salaries are fair, competitive and aligned to individual roles, experience and responsibilities.
- We are also supportive of hybrid and flexible working and where applicable, offer life, medical and other benefits that support our employees’ financial and physical wellbeing, such as:
- Retirement savings
- Share plans
- Saving accounts
- House saving funds
- Life and disability insurance
- Commuter allowances and loans
- Medical plans / health assessments
- Fitness discounts
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At JM, inclusivity is central to our values. We create an environment where everyone can thrive, embracing diverse perspectives to tackle challenges and ensure all colleagues feel valued and connected.


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Application Information:
Closing date for applications: This job advertisement will be posted for a minimum of 2 weeks, early application is advised.
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