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Site Engineering Lead
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- Full-time
- Engineering
- Bakery
- Continuous improvement
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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- Full-time
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- Bachelor's degree
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Electrical Engineering Manager
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- Engineering
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- Employee assistance programme
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- Full-time
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- Microsoft Office
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- Annual leave
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Site Engineering Lead

Finsbury Food Group -
East Kilbride

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Job details

Full-time

Benefits

Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Employee discount
Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Referral programme

Qualifications

Succession planning
Stakeholder liaison
Engineering
Performance management
Continuous improvement
Team management
Operational strategy development
Training & development
Communication skills

Full job description

Location: Johnstone’s Food Service, East Kilbride
Shift: Days Monday to Friday

We have an opportunity for an experienced Site Engineering Lead to join the Engineering and Site Senior Leadership team at our highly automated Johnstone’s bakery site, which forms part of the 10 sites currently within the Finsbury Food Group.
This is a fantastic chance to join one of the UK’s largest bakery businesses, who provides some of the top branded products along with outstanding prospects for growth and development. At Finsbury Food Group, we are passionate about investing in our teams; supporting your career to meet its full potential and thrive in our growing group of bakeries. We have an extremely strong investment profile. And continually look for ways to enhance our processes through innovation. This role is ideal for an experienced Engineering Leader looking to join a community of high calibre engineering leaders to deliver demonstrable gains in asset and people excellence. You will be a key leader in the delivery of capital investment in a thriving FMCG business.
The Site Engineering Lead will lead the engineering department on site to deliver the departmental and site strategies. Maximising OEE through robust leadership of the Engineering shift teams will be crucial to success, so strong leadership and team development capability are essential. This role acts as the most senior engineering position on site and so will be required to be credible presenting to and influencing senior stakeholders.
To be successful in this role, the candidate will have worked in a similar engineering leadership position within a fast-paced manufacturing sector. They will have demonstratable experience of leading and developing teams, change management and strong financial and performance success. Good stakeholder management and clear communication skills are essential as this is a fast-paced role with a need for adaptability, influencing and perseverance to drive sustained improvements.
This is what you’ll actually do!
You’ll take full ownership of the engineering function on site, leading the delivery of the engineering strategy and driving measurable improvements in performance.
Representing the site in a community of over ten bakeries sharing best practices in all aspects of asset excellence, delivering across our full balanced scorecard, with strong focus on Safety and Compliance at the forefront of everything you and your team do.
Another key focus will be maximising OEE through strong leadership of the engineering teams, ensuring high standards of reliability, responsiveness, and continuous improvement. You’ll build capability across the team by developing talent, strengthening succession pipelines, and embedding a high-performance culture.
You’ll lead from the front in setting behavioural standards, championing the company’s values and Operational Excellence programme. Using both internal best practice and external insights, you’ll identify and implement opportunities to improve efficiency, automation, and overall site performance.
Alongside this, you’ll manage engineering budgets and resources effectively, ensuring robust financial control, optimised spare parts management, and delivery against key performance targets. As the senior engineering lead on site, you’ll also play a key role in influencing stakeholders and contributing to wider business strategy.
Ideally this is you!

Degree or HND qualified in Engineering (or equivalent FMCG manufacturing experience)
Proven experience leading and developing engineering teams in a fast-paced environment
Strong track record of driving performance improvement and leading change
Experience with automation and/or mechatronics within manufacturing
Confident communicator with strong stakeholder management skills
Highly organised with strong project management and problem-solving ability
Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on operational delivery
Proactive, solutions-focused, and committed to continuous improvement
Demonstrates strong leadership, accountability, and collaboration
Open to new ideas and committed to implementing best practice
Strong IT skills, including Excel and data analysis
Professional, decisive, and confident working in a fast-paced environment

What’s in it for you?

A very competitive salary to!
Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
Death in Service Benefit
Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – T&C’s dependent)
Employee Recognition Awards
Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!

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