Engineering Team leader

Overview

The main purpose of the Team Leader is to lead, direct and support the team of engineers, to ensure the production departments run to their maximum efficiency. The successful candidate should have experience in an engineering discipline and knowledge of planned maintenance scheduling.

Who we are

apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.

Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.

Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.

Responsibilities

• To lead, direct and support the team of engineers, to ensure the production departments run to their maximum efficiency. On both meals and pie sites.
• Ensure adherence to rules, procedures & standards in regards to managing your team.
• Identify & facilitate ways for team members to develop.
• Deliver team briefings & clearly communicate performance.
• Ensure clear lines of communication.
• To ensure all documents are completed (as appropriate to the area) and due diligence/traceability documentation is fully completed.
• Ensure departmental hygiene standards are in-line with external and internal audits and requirements.
• Adhere to company colour coding: i.e. clothing and equipment policies.
• Continuous improvement of technical and hygiene standards.
• Ensure compliance with business H&S policies & ensure accurate H&S records.
• Actively participate in departmental risk assessments to eliminate accidents, ensure all accidents are reported & investigated thoroughly & create a safety awareness culture.
• Help the business be environmentally friendly by keeping waste to a minimum, ensuring waste is segregated appropriately and seeking ways to reduce the companies’ carbon footprint.
• To actively drive reductions in customer complaints performance by focusing on achieving it right first time.

Qualifications

Essential

• Good standards of English and Math’s
• Basic computer skills in word and excel
• Knowledge of planned maintenance scheduling
• 3 years minimum experience in the engineering discipline

Desirable

• Level 3 Food Safety
• IOSH Managing Safety, Behavioral Safety
• Knowledge of apetito policies and procedures

Company Benefits

• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
• Subsidised canteen
• Free parking
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

Our Values

As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.

We are driven by a passion for service and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer.Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future.

We embrace inclusion, empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Our commitment to making a real difference extends to customers, communities, and staff and we're on a mission to build an inclusive workplace where everyone reaches their full potential.