Head of Engineering
1 day ago
Lowestoft
🧴 Head of Engineering Location: UK (East of England) Industry: Personal Care Manufacturing 🚀 Overview We’re partnering with a well-established, fast-growing personal care manufacturer supplying global beauty brands across prestige, mass, and indie channels. This is a key leadership role responsible for driving engineering excellence, operational efficiency, and site performance across a complex, high-volume manufacturing environment. 🎯 Key Responsibilities ⚙️ Engineering & Site Performance • Lead all engineering, maintenance, and facilities activities across the site, • Drive equipment reliability, uptime, and overall plant performance, • Oversee preventative maintenance programmes and continuous improvement initiatives, • Identify and deliver process optimisation opportunities across filling, formulation, and packaging lines 🏗️ Capex & Projects • Own and execute capital investment strategy, including new equipment and line upgrades, • Lead site expansion and automation projects, • Manage external vendors, contractors, and OEM relationships, • Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to spec 📈 Continuous Improvement • Implement Lean / Six Sigma methodologies to reduce waste and improve efficiency, • Drive cost reduction and margin improvement initiatives, • Support production teams to improve throughput, yield, and quality 👥 Leadership & Collaboration • Lead, develop, and mentor a multi-disciplinary engineering team, • Partner closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and NPD teams, • Play a key role in site leadership and strategic decision-making 🧾 Compliance & Standards • Ensure compliance with GMP, health & safety, and regulatory standards, • Maintain strong documentation, audit readiness, and engineering governance 💥 Ideal Profile • Proven experience in a senior engineering leadership role within manufacturing, • Background in:, • Personal care / cosmetics, • FMCG manufacturing, • CDMO / contract manufacturing Strong expertise in: • High-speed production lines (filling, packaging, formulation), • Capex project delivery, • Lean / continuous improvement Track record of: • Improving OEE / uptime / efficiency, • Leading site transformation initiatives, • Delivering cost and performance improvements ⭐ Nice to Have • Experience in multi-site environments, • Exposure to automation / digital manufacturing, • Background working with global beauty brands or retailers 💡 Why this role • High-impact position within a growing manufacturing platform, • Opportunity to shape engineering strategy and site performance, • Strong visibility with senior leadership