UK - Software Engineering Manager in Low Fulney - CV-Library

We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China positions the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 18,500 colleagues operate from 44 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of over 2,900 products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China.

UK Software Engineering Manager – Bakkavor

Monday to Friday Days 8.30am-17.00pm (flex as per business needs)

Located : Bakkavor Spalding – with travel to UK Bakkavor sites

Salary : up to £70,000 depending on experience Plus £8,400 car allowance

Benefits : Annual Bonus incentive up to 20% of salary, Company Pension Scheme, Private Healthcare, Life Insurance Cover, Bakkavor Benefits, Bakkavor MyReward, Bakkavor My Bargains, 25 Days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays.

Excellent opportunities to develop and progress across Bakkavor UK and the wider Bakkavor Group

The Company

We're the biggest name you've never heard of. You've probably eaten our food - you just didn't realise it. We make innovative fresh products, with around 18,500 colleagues working across the UK, US and China. We’re the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers (including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose). We’re ambitious. We’re full of ideas. And we’re ready for more people who share our values and passion for quality to join us. 

The Role

This is an exciting new opportunity for a UK Software Engineering Manager to manage, lead, develop and optimise Engineering Software Systems across the Bakkavor Group and across our Bakkavor UK sites to optimise the UK estate.

You will own and deliver the Bakkavor engineering software strategy by ensuring software management strategies are identified and embedded across the estate. Your role will require you to support UK sites to deliver, maintain and manage software systems.

You will be required to use advanced production and processing techniques and project management skills to deliver new projects on time, to budget and at the required quality.

You will compile and provide a full set of documentation for the scope of works and prepare CEPs to support capital developments across the estate.

Working with multifunctional teams, you will lead technical engineering performance reviews and continuous improvement activities.

Duties and accountabilities;

To lead the auditing of the software systems installed across the Bakkavor estate.
To lead and develop a site support and rapid response strategy.
To lead the development of software updates and the creation of a software library.
Lead the creation of software strategies to meet organisational goals.
Take an active role in the Engineering Strategy Pillar.
Develop the estate strategy to identify intervention and mitigation options for the failure of assets. For example, obsolescence replacement programmes, standardisation, spare part management, change in operation.
Support an effective impact and contingency plan for software systems and/or service failures. Lead consultation with subject matter experts.
Develop and present reports, for example, performance reports, asset management plans, reports to sector and certifying bodies.
Support the management and selection of external suppliers, the setting of objectives for suppliers and performance measurement of suppliers within the context of the organisation’s asset management approach.
Review and challenge the sign-off of any new engineering systems requirements from capital projects.  

Skills / Experience;

Experience in Siemens, Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi and ethernet IP.
Experienced Software engineer with leadership knowledge
PLC, HMI, motion and communication interface proficiency.
Knowledge or experience CMMS experience, Agility preferred (Desirable).
Project Management  

Please click ‘APPLY NOW’ to be considered for this fantastic, exciting and new opportunity at Bakkavor.

Proud to be Bakkavor
We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team