IPS is the largest co-packer in the UK, working with some of the best-known food brands to provide cost-effective and innovative co-packing, co-filling and co-manufacturing solutions.

We are currently recruiting for an Engineering Supervisor on a full time, permanent basis, covering our St Helens depot.

Shifts: Monday to Friday

06:00-14:00 / 14:00-22:00 / 22:00-06:00 rotating

• Uphold, develop and deliver robust Asset care through professional maintenance
•  Ensure a robust site health and safety system is in place and has meaningful outputs (Audits, Near Misses and Risk Assessments)
•  Review downtime data and key priorities to focus engineering support
•  Conduct RCA on machinery failures and put 100 year fix in place
•  Review current PPMs and align with manufacturers recommendations through the use of a CMMS (Shire)
•  Support and develop stores and spare parts/ critical spares stock requirements for asset care and also control booking out of spares
• Manage engineering T&A through company procedures and policies.
• Through KPI’s maintain and improve engineering health and safety performance
• Improve, uphold and sustain workshop GMP standards. Be audit ready
• Own tool box audits
• Lead shift hand over meetings and shift reports
• Plan and execute shutdown maintenance requirements over a 7 day calendar
• Deliver team briefs and business reports on a weekly / monthly basis
• Ensure time and attendance of engineers is upheld
• Conduct investigations when applicable
• Provide stand-in support for Engineering Manager where applicable
• Hands on engineering breakdown support required
• Support the engineering budget through delivering cost effective maintenance
• Drive Capital improvement programs through exposing opportunities, cost / benefit analysis reports, requests for cash and implementation.
• H&S Champion
• Identify skill gaps and develop training plan for the engineers
• Ensure that shifts are adequately manned at all times
• Support apprentice development
• Legislative Compliance & Audit Compliance duties
• Develop standard setting manuals for all equipment available for all

• Formal engineering qualification HNC and above.
• Working knowledge of TPM methodology
• Demonstrable PLC skills (Mitsubishi, Allen Bradley)
• Experience in delivering change management within an engineering environment
• Demonstrable skills working with Flow Wrappers, Multihead Weighers, Printing Systems, Powder Transfer Systems, Rotary Pot Sealers, Augers, Checkweighers and Metal Detectors
• Experience of working in food and FMCG environment.
• Ability to work accurately and methodically in all task’s
• IOSH / NEBOSH qualification
• Good numeracy and IT skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Demonstrable problem solving skills
• Ability to effectively plan and organise engineering team workloads to maximise productivity
• Experienced with working to tight customer deadlines
• Flexible approach to duties and tasks

In return, we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Great staff facilities
• Hospital, dental and optical benefits
• Internal training and development and MANY MORE!

When our staff have passion for what they do they work with more care and attention which is reflected to our clients, Click APPLY NOW to #JoinOurWinningTeam and begin your career today