Engineering Manager

Nine Twenty Engineering & Manufacturing × BioMar | Continued Partnership

Engineering Manager

BioMar | Grangemouth | Permanent | Reporting to Operations Director

Monday – Friday | 37.5 hrs/week

Permanent Role

About the Business

A Global Leader with a Purpose-Driven Mission

BioMar are a global leader within the aquaculture industry, recognised for their innovation, sustainability and high-performance feed solutions. Operating across 16 sites worldwide, they are a business that genuinely invests in their people, their plant, and their future.

Their Grangemouth facility is a complex, fast-paced manufacturing environment where engineering plays a critical role in maintaining performance and driving improvement. This is a site that demands technical excellence, strong leadership and a genuine commitment to getting things right - and it rewards those qualities in kind.

Nine Twenty Engineering & Manufacturing are proud to be supporting BioMar on this appointment as part of our ongoing partnership. If you want to work for a brand you can be proud of, in a role that will genuinely challenge and develop you, this is it.

The Opportunity

A Strategic Role with Real Scope

Reporting directly into the Operations Director and working in close partnership with manufacturing operations, this is a senior leadership role for someone who wants to make their mark. You will take full ownership of the engineering and maintenance function at Grangemouth, leading a skilled team and driving the reliability, safety and continuous improvement agenda across the site.

This isn't a role for someone who wants to manage from behind a desk. You will be present, visible and hands-on - a mentor to your team, a trusted partner to operations and a credible voice in strategic conversations at senior level.

You will manage a CapEx and Engineering budget and lead a 5-year engineering plan, run planned shutdowns, manage contractors and specialist service providers, and take responsibility for CMMS management and global spares and inventory strategy.

As part of BioMar's global network, you'll also have the opportunity to share experiences, best practice and learnings with engineering teams across their 16 international sites - a genuine career differentiator.

What You'll Be Doing

Leadership & People

Lead, develop and mentor your engineering team. Build a high-performance culture rooted in safety, accountability and continuous improvement. Be the leader people trust and want to follow.

Reliability & Maintenance

Own the maintenance strategy - preventative, predictive and reactive. Drive root cause analysis, reduce unplanned downtime and ensure plant availability meets production demands.

Capital Projects & CI

Develop and manage a 5-year engineering plan. Lead CapEx projects from concept to completion, drive lean and CI initiatives, and champion energy efficiency and sustainability improvements.

Shutdowns & Contractors

Plan and manage all planned shutdown activities. Procure and manage contractors, ensuring safe systems of work, quality delivery and value for money throughout.

CMMS & Inventory

Take ownership of the CMMS system, asset care structures and critical spares strategy. Support global inventory management across the BioMar network.

Compliance & H&S

Ensure full compliance with DSEAR, ATEX/COMPEX, H&S legislation and all regulatory requirements. Be a safety leader in the truest sense - through example, not just process.

Are You This Person?

You are calm, controlled and measured - someone who leads with confidence without creating noise. You bring structure and organisation to everything you do, and you command respect through your actions, your knowledge and your integrity.

You are a mentor at heart. You understand that your team's success is your success, and you invest in developing the people around you. You are collaborative, open and approachable - the kind of Engineering Manager that people are glad to work for.

You will live and breathe this role. You'll be proud to carry the BioMar name and represent everything the business stands for in terms of quality, sustainability and high performance. You arrive each day with a reliability mindset and leave each day knowing the plant is in better shape than when you started.

Experience & Background:

Proven engineering management experience within a complex manufacturing environment - FMCG, process, chemical, paper, food production or similar industries are strongly considered

Multi-skilled engineering background - given the complexity of the BioMar plant, breadth of technical knowledge across mechanical and electrical disciplines is essential

A strong reliability mindset - you understand predictive and preventative maintenance strategy and know how to shift a culture from reactive to proactive

Experience leading planned shutdowns and managing external contractors

Budget management experience - CapEx and operational engineering budgets

CMMS management experience and confidence working with asset care systems

COMPEX/ATEX background is ideal - if you don't hold this qualification, you must be open to training and certification as part of the role

Excellent communicator and collaborator - comfortable at senior level and equally credible on the shop floor

A people developer who understands that leadership is about growing others, not just directing them

What BioMar Offers:

Benefits & Rewards

BioMar offer an excellent career path and the opportunity to be part of both an engaged onsite team and a truly global organisation. Alongside that, they provide a market-leading benefits package:

Generous Pension12% employer contribution pension scheme

Life Assurance Up to 8x salary coverage

Private Health Care Private healthcare and employee cash plan

Salary Sacrifice Schemes EV, cycle to work and tech scheme

Enhanced Parental Leave Family-friendly enhanced leave policy

33 Days Holiday Generous annual leave entitlement

Employee Engagement Annual events and employee discount platform

Be part of a 16-site international network with real progression

Apply now or contact Caroline Strachan:

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