Engineering Manager

Job description

Thistle Seafoods is one of the largest family owned manufacturers of quality seafood products in Europe. We supply outstanding products at every price point to leading retail and food service customers within the UK, Europe, USA, Canada and Australia. Our Head Office is based in Peterhead in the North-East of Scotland, and our second site based in Uddingston in the outskirts of Glasgow.

Thistle Seafoods has a fast-paced, challenging, and inclusive working environment. Employees work extremely hard and take great pride in the work they do. We believe in providing all staff with the opportunity to develop and progress and we actively encourage internal promotion.

The Role

The Engineering Manager will work alongside and report into the Chief Engineer. A key element of this role is to ensure the efficient running of the production facility, whilst managing engineering projects and ensuring timelines are adhered to.

Key Responsibilities

• Working closely with the Chief Engineer and other members of the senior engineering management team and supporting and assisting them as and when required.
• Liaising with the production department to maximise production, equipment availability and minimise downtime, with a hands-on approach and leading by example.
• Helping to ensure that all equipment is maintained and is in good working order.
• Ensuring engineering solutions are put in place to permanently fix breakdowns/failures and that the root cause is identified and addressed.
• Maintaining records.
• Aiding with maintenance of all appropriate accreditations.
• Managing and controlling projects from conception through to production.
• Managing multiple facets of projects simultaneously.
• Ensuring all facets projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Creating, requesting, and analysing quote and tender submissions.
• Supervising external suppliers and contractors within all site activities and operations to make daily production and maintenance requirements of the factory.
• Managing change requests.
• Investigating problems and/or complaints.
• Assisting with the specification and design of new machinery.
• Coordinating and managing all external Mechanical Handling Equipment (MHE) and enabling work suppliers.
• Overseeing the technical delivery of any new equipment installed on site.
• Providing technical support to the production department and to customers.
• Supporting the sites continuous improvement activities.

Desirable Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Formal engineering qualification to at least City and Guilds level, ONC/HNC level or equivalent or extensive experience working as an engineer in a manufacturing environment.
• A sound knowledge of continuous improvement techniques such as root causes analysis, machinery reliability, maintenance etc.
• Extensive project management experience.
• Knowledge and experience of the machinery in a modern processing plant is essential.
• Management experience is essential.
• Previous experience of food processing equipment is essential.
• Experience of working within a FMCG is essential.

If you would like to be considered for this excellent opportunity, then please upload your CV to this job post.

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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Uddingston

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

09-02-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English