Engineering Team Leader

2 weeks ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Jack Link's Protein Snacks Full time

Company Description

Jack Link’s NZ is the No. 1 Jerky brand world worldwide. We manufacture high quality meat snacks supplying both local and export markets.

**Position**: Team Leader - Engineers

**Report to**: Engineering Manager

**Welcome to Our Team**

Are you ready to join a dynamic and passionate team? We're excited to invite you to be a part of our family as a Team Leader for Engineers At our company, we believe in fostering a culture of excellence and innovation while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, and efficiency.

**Job Description**:
**_
Your Purpose:_**

As a Team Leader, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring that our plant and equipment operate at their best, all while promoting a safe and efficient working environment in line with Good Manufacturing Practice principles. Your mission will be to lead a talented team, facilitate communication between production and engineering, and drive continuous improvements to meet our production service, quality, and cost targets.

**_ What You'll Be Doing:_**
- Collaborating with the Chief Engineer to prepare the yearly department budget.
- Being the go-to person for managing our Engineering maintenance team, including coordinating daily work schedules, vacations, and sick days.
- Keeping an eye on the need for additional resources and acting proactively.
- Celebrating completed work while conducting evaluations of your amazing team members.
- Leading the charge in organizing engaging training sessions for the team.
- Hosting lively team meetings where we share information and address organizational matters.
- Providing direct supervision, timely communication, and unwavering support to your dedicated team members.
- Skillfully assigning and updating task priorities to minimize equipment downtimes and reduce material waste.
- Leading the way in scheduling and executing maintenance work orders to meet our site and maintenance objectives.
- Regularly reviewing preventive and predictive maintenance programs in collaboration with our fantastic engineering and production teams.
- Setting up and monitoring programs for critical equipment analysis and condition monitoring techniques.
- Managing maintenance processes and related improvements to ensure our production equipment runs reliably and complies with industry standards.
- Making invaluable recommendations to enhance our department's performance and efficiency, based on downtime cause reports.
- Assisting our production group in tackling technical challenges and operational issues.
- Conducting routine checks to ensure our manufacturing equipment operates safely and in line with Jack Links' top-notch safety and quality policies.
- Actively participating in our Business As Usual (BAU) delivery and monitoring efforts.
- Being on the ball when it comes to escalating problems and incidents to the head of the Department.
- Collaborating with our Health & Safety team to ensure that all tasks follow robust risk assessments and safe work practices.
- Nurturing and upholding our safety-first culture to ensure the well-being and productivity of our incredible associates on your designated shift.
- Maintaining a food-safe environment by diligently enforcing safety, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and processing and packaging procedures.

**_ What You Bring to the Table:_**
- Previous experience in a leadership role (at least 5 years), demonstrating your ability to lead a team to greatness.
- A relevant trade qualification that showcases your expertise.
- A remarkable track record with 10+ years of experience in the Engineering field.
- Previous experience in food manufacturing highly desirable.
- Proactive and confident work style with a desire to roll up your sleeves and get involved.

**_ Your Superpowers:_**
- Strong Instrumentation control knowledge
- Able to identify and solve problems
- Able to work as part of a team
- Able to work under pressure
- Good understanding of multi-cultural workforce
- The ability to analyze and process high volumes of data and documentation on a daily basis
- Good Microsoft skills
- The flexibility to adapt to changing schedules and work hours.

**_ In return, we offer the following benefits:_**
- Competitive salary
- Free on-site carparking
- Company life insurance & serious care health insurance for you and your family (children under 19 years of age)
- Conditional salary bonus
- Job security - we operated all the way through lockdowns
- A supportive team and an inclusive environment to work in
- Staff discounts on our Meat Snack Products

Additional Information
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