Reporting to the Refinery APU Lead you will support the delivery of the Refinery's performance objectives within Quality, Environment, Safety & Health (QESH); cost management; technical budget delivery; engineering reliability and compliance; continuous improvement, housekeeping, capability, and team development. The role is integral to ensuring optimal daily performance whilst continuing to drive improvement activity.,

• Safety leadership: developing a culture leading to zero lost time injuries and the delivery of all elements aligned with business goals.
• Develop a people plan in your area with clear focus on leading, coaching and motivating a flexible and capable team who embody the British Sugar values and leadership model.
• Provide day to day operational support to Shift Performance Manager as well as direct line reports & wider Refinery members to enable the achievement of objectives and delivery of operational plan.
• Support the Refinery APU Lead, work collaboratively with Water Treatment Process Lead and other members of the Refinery Leadership team in delivering the S&OP plan.
• Support capability across the Refinery in line with the site's Factory of the Future plan.
• Provide line leadership to a team of Process Technicians and Support Technicians.
• Analyse factory performance data and recommend appropriate remedial action to ensure continuous optimisation of throughput, energy, extraction, process chemicals and product quality
• Work in partnership with other Area Process Leads and technical support functions across the sites to ensure best practice is identified, captured, shared, and implemented across the business.
• Working closely with relevant stakeholders, drive forward automation and improvement plans for the Refinery, ensuring our metrics embed the continuous improvement journey to support our factory of the future ambition.
• Capability to develop a clear commercial understanding to drive performance.
• Deputise for the Refinery APU Lead and support financial governance within budget requirements.
  
  Experience of successfully leading high performing technical manufacturing teams.
• Proven record of effective problem solving/fault diagnosis.
• Continuous improvement mindset with a manufacturing excellence focus.
• Budget and cost management experience.
• Good communication/coaching/influence skills.
• Strong IT skills - particularly MS Excel.
• Ability to organise and prioritise.
• Works on own initiative and ability to work as part of a team.
We are committed to creating an environment where all our people are treated with respect and given the opportunities to succeed. We want British Sugar to be a great, inclusive place to work for everyone.

£60,499 to £74,109 per annum