Title:  Engineering Manager

Head of Engineering

Salary: Circa £85,000 depending on experience, plus benefits listed below

Function: Supply Chain
Location: Manchester
Contract: Permanent

Latest Closing date: 13th May 2024. Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so don’t delay!

HEINEKEN UK is the nation’s  leading pub, cider and beer company and the name behind a host of brilliant brands, from Inch’s to Birra Moretti and many more.

Are you looking for your next chapter? At HEINEKEN UK, we make great beers and ciders, however also offer exciting and dynamic careers. Take a look at our open roles to find out if we’ve got the opportunity for you. We’re looking for people to help us evolve for the future. 

If you’re ready to brew a better career, apply today.

What are we looking for?
Our Head of Engineering is a pivotal role at our brewery, as we continue to raise the bar to meet global HEINEKEN standards where TPM (Total Productive Management) and continuous improvement are fundamental. This fantastic and varied role reports directly to the Site Director as part of the site Leadership Team and has responsibility to provide operational leadership across the utilities team as well as providing Engineering leadership across the entire site.

We expect supportive leadership over control, and you will use your coaching and mentoring experience to create innovative ways to support your team to thrive and work more productively and effectively.

This role will focus on continuous improvement without compromising quality in three key target areas; safety and compliance, preventative maintenance and influencing loss reduction through cross function teams and deploying a strategy that encourages ownership across engineering and operations. 

To put it simply we are looking for an experienced leader with recognised qualifications, however, what is more, important to us is your operational leadership and people management skills and experience with similar complexity and size.

On top of being passionate about your job and demonstrating your can-do attitude and fine problem solving skills, you’ll ideally have the following:

• Experience in Utilities in an FMCG environment
• Experience in delivering CAPEX projects
• Relevant Engineering qualifications and skills
• Positive and safety-focused outlook with a continuous improvement mindset (e.g. Lean, ManEx, TPM, Six Sigma)
• Previous experience managing a large budget
• Proven servant leadership skills with examples of developing and coaching a high performing team
• Experience in leading change programmes demonstrating technical and management abilities

Our benefits:

As part of the team, along with your salary you’ll also receive;

• 15% flexible benefits (can be taken as cash, benefits, or a mix of both)
• an annual bonus.
• Company funded Private Medical Healthcare,
• double matched pension (up to 10%),
• 35 days holiday
• A monthly case of our delicious ciders and beers!
• Comprehensive Opportunities to develop.

You’ll also get the opportunity to get involved with one of our colleague networks where groups of colleagues from all over the business work together to ensure we’re always working towards being a diverse and inclusive company.

The application

If you like what you’ve read and want to explore this opportunity further, please apply before the closing date listed at the top of the advert.

Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so don’t delay!

If you need any adjustments made to support your application, for example if you require information in different formats, or if you have any accessibility issues, then we’re more than happy to review our processes – please feel free to get in touch with us as recruitment@heineken.co.uk.

In all likelihood the ideal candidate for this role won’t meet every single requirement in this advert, in fact we all need the opportunity to grow and develop in role.  We understand some applicants are less likely to apply to jobs unless they feel they meet every single qualification. The team at HEINEKEN would encourage you to submit an application if the advert has peaked your interest rather than ruling yourself out based on any self-limiting beliefs. You never know, you may be exactly what we’re looking for!

Who We Are:

We’ve 150 years of brewing history and are proud of this legacy. Yet we’re sure our best days are ahead of us. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play as we dream big, set bold ambitions and push the boundaries. We support colleagues on this journey with development opportunities and unique experiences to help them reach their full potential.

Apply today to discover Your Future, Untapped.