Job Description

Group Engineering Director
Location: Uxbridge (Travel required)
Contract: Permanent

This is a Senior Leadership role responsible for driving the strategic direction, planning and execution of all engineering, maintenance, capital projects and process engineering and development across Pilgrim's Europe. This role ensures the reliability, efficiency and compliance of production assets while championing continuous improvement and ensuring our operations meet strict food safety, quality and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute the long-term engineering strategy aligned with our values, business growth strategy, sustainability and operational objectives.
• Provide strong leadership to the Engineering function across multiple sites ensuring shared best practices are implemented
• Oversee the development of Engineering standards, asset care programme and capital planning process
• Strategic leadership of large projects to ensure delivery on time and within budget

Team Leadership & Development

• Build, mentor and lead a high performing, highly engaged engineering and maintenance function
• Promote cross functional collaboration between Engineering, Operations, Technical, Supply Chain and H&S teams
• Ensure a consistent, fit for purpose Engi...