Saint-Gobain Glass Looking for Engineering Supervisor at Balne , North Humberside Full Time

Supervising Shift Engineer – Saint Gobain Glass Solutions – Eggborough, East Yorkshire

At Saint-Gobain people matter to us, and we try to show that every day. As part of this, our aim is to create an enterprising and innovative working environment, where you have the opportunity to learn new skills, and develop your career. Did you know we have been awarded top UK & Global Employer 5 Years Running!?

Saint-Gobain Glass, part of the Saint-Gobain Group, is Europe’s leading manufacturer of flat glass for the UK market. The vision of the business is to be the reference for innovation and service in the glass market, achieved by putting the customer at the heart of everything it does to offer unrivalled products and services. This is an exciting time for our Eggborough facility after a recent significant investment in new technology that will assure the future of the site and of glass manufacturing in the UK.

We are seeking a supervising Shift Engineer with an electrical bias to support the ongoing maintenance, repair, improvement, and development of site plant and services while supervising a team of 2 Engineers. You and your team will be working through scheduled maintenance, responding to breakdowns, conducting installation works, performing continuous improvement activities and contributing to site projects.

We are seeking an accomplished Shift Engineer able to allocate work to and supervise others. You will be contributing to the development of your team and ensuring safe working practices while working in a “hands on” capacity.

Some of the key duties include:

• Ensuring the safety of you and your team, managing the application of safe working practices and organising safety training where required. Managing permits to work and safe systems of work.
• The daily organising and allocation of work duties for you and your team, ensuring resource is fully utilised.
• Ensuring the delivery of required preventative maintenance schedules and managing responses to equipment failures and breakdowns.
• Supervising, supporting, coaching, and mentoring a team of 2 multi-skilled Engineers.
• Support the continuous improvement programme (World Class Manufacturing) onsite using relevant tools and techniques. (Full WCM training will be provided).
• With your team supporting site project and installation work as required.

What kind of person are we looking for?

• A multi-skilled Engineer with an electrical skills bias. An apprentice trained Electrical Engineer would be great however all routes of qualification will be considered.
• Some knowledge of PLC and instrumentation equipment would be an advantage however you will be supported by a site C&I specialist.
• Proven experience within a manufacturing environment working to TPM principles.
• Evidence of working knowledge and experience in the application of safe working practices to include risk assessments, method statements, permits to work, isolation, LOTO, and similar.
• Previous supervisory experience would be a distinct advantage. We will consider applications from talented Shift Engineers looking to take the next step.
• Experience in supporting and applying continuous improvement methodology in a manufacturing environment would be great. We do know Engineers are natural problem solvers and we are happy to provide formal training in this area.

About Us

‘Making the world a better home’ – Saint-Gobain’s purpose, we have a history spanning more than 350 years and have a responsibility to address the major challenged faced by humanity. We are on a journey to make the world a beautiful and sustainable place to live and have pledged to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050!

Flexible packages designed for you!

We know employees value different things more than others. As well as a great range of standard benefits we understand circumstances in life also change so flexibility through these changes is important. We give employees the ability to change and alter their package to match their needs. This flexibility is self-administered through our on-line employee hub called bubble! (Winner! UK & Ireland ‘Best Flexible Benefits Plan’ award at the Employee Benefits Awards 2020)

Explore the Saint-Gobain website to discover more about the way in which we design packages that are flexible our colleagues and include: owning Company shares, to staff discounts and support helplines.

An evolving world! / The future of tomorrow

Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland is home to some of the best known and respected companies in the construction sector including Jewson, British Gypsum, Isover, Celotex, and Artex. We manufacture and distribute materials and solutions, which are key ingredients in the wellbeing of each of us and the future of all.

We are an equal opportunities employer, we embrace diversity and are on a mission to make our organisation inclusive and accessible to all, we believe that working in a diverse business can be more enjoyable, teams can be more innovative, and make better decisions. We already employ many fantastic people from diverse backgrounds, but we still want to do more.

We want to be a business that you’ll be proud to work for; one that is committed to improving people’s daily life, being responsible, doing the right thing, and to preserving the environment by embedding sustainability in all our businesses.

Apply Now to complete our quick application process and be a part of our future!