Chief Engineer

placePeterborough descriptionPermanent business_center£70,000/year calendar_month 
Hello, My client in Peterborough is currently in need of a Chief Bread Engineer due to a growing team.

Job purpose: To be the technical authority and provide technical leadership for the company’s Bread equipment business.

 •  Overall Technical Responsibility for the bread product range
 •  * Ensure equipment is fit for purpose and class leading in terms of performance and features
 •  Ensure all bread equipment is compliant with relevant legislation
 •  Interfacing with the technical department on the design of bread equipment
 •  To be aware of and follow all company Health & Safety policies and procedures including feeding back any H&S information to management
 •  Maintenance of the bread equipment standards Travel to group and customer facilities around the world to promote, advise on and trouble shoot bread equipment.
 •  Trusted Advisor to the Sales team and Customers
 •  * Underwriting fitness of purpose for bread proposals / quotations
 •  Provide technical support for sales activities, including travelling to customer facilities around the world, as a technical advisor
 •  Actively seeking regular interaction with customers and other bodies in order to understand customers’ requirements, business drivers, trends, buying criteria and business opportunities for the company
 •  Drive the technical solutions as part of the Strategy to Win process enhancing the offer to our customers, compared to our competitors
 •  Ensuring overseas legal requirements and customer specifications are understood and considered in the proposal process
 •  Technical Risk Control
 •  Classification of risk profile for proposals and contracts, following the Risk Assessment process
 •  Outline and where necessary instigate mitigating actions where necessary
 •  Development
 •  Conceiving innovative and incremental development ideas for the bread equipment range
 •  Leading development projects for the business sector (resources responsible to others)
 •  Maintaining an awareness of technological developments which may have an application in the companies’ bread equipment
 •  Have an understanding of competitor’s equipment capabilities with a view to our equipment being equal or better
 •  Understanding industry trends and future requirements driven by product and process changes and/or regulatory changes
 •  Define new equipment types in line with the sector’s Business Development plans
 •  Identify patentable ideas and features to protect company intellectual property
 •  Be aware of and demonstrate the company values and behaviours
Candidate Profile - Experience, Skills, and Knowledge
 •  Significant experience of Industrial Bread equipment and processes deployed in the industry
 •  Capability to undertake technical analysis in order to solve problems and steer developments
 •  Prepared to travel extensively to support equipment sales, site troubleshooting, customer and competitor awareness, and equipment development strategy
 •  Good communications skills to allow effective working internally, with suppliers and with customers at all levels
Salary: £70,000

Location: Peterborough

Please respond with an up to date CV to be considered.

Kind Regards, Ethan Adams – Recruitment Team Leader
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