You will be supporting the project engineering team to deliver improvements to equipment and operations. You will be working on a variety of projects that add value to the business and can make huge difference in every aspect of it, being given responsibility to drive business improvement.
You will predominantly be working on leading and managing Capital Expenditure projects, such as introducing or upgrading equipment on site, building alterations and M&E projects. As well as this, you will be involved in energy saving and other sustainability biased projects.
This role involves a balance of spending time in the factory – speaking to the team and evaluating current operations, as well as working in the office - holding discussions across departments, developing project specifications and business cases.
For this role, you will have experience of leading food or pharmaceutical biased projects from conception to completion, including scoping with data analysis, project and financial management, equipment specification, installation and commissioning. You will interact with teams from across the business including Health & Safety, Manufacturing, Distribution and Technical. There is excellent further personal development potential, in order to grow your career as the company grows.
Who We Are
apetito is the UK’s leading supplier of food to the health and social care sectors. Servicing over 400 hospitals, 450 care homes and thousands more through our work with Local Authorities, we produce delicious, nutritious and sustainable meals for people at home or in care. Through our food we look to ‘make a real difference’to all our customers, up and down the country.
Our Values
Established in 1958, as a family-owned business, as a family-owned business, our values sit at the very heart of what we do. We are proud to be a business that makes a real difference, committed to producing great food to be proud of. We have developed a range of products designed to enhance health and wellbeing for all our customers. We are proud supporters of British food and farming and focus on using the best ethical and sustainable produce.
We are driven by a passion for service, dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people, offering healthy and delicious meals to customers across the UK.
Ethical & Sustainable
As a business which operates within food manufacturing, we believe we have an obligation to make a positive contribution on society.
We are a member of The UK’s Plastics Pact , an initiative looking to transform the plastic packaging industry in the UK. We have recently launched our circular supply chain initiative through our Collect and Recycle scheme. We now collect used trays directly from our customers and return them to our packaging supplier, to produce new, directly recycled trays. This closed-loop initiative is the first of its kind in the world.
We have also made a commitment to our employees – we’re recognised as an accredited Living Wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation . Joining an elite group of FTSE 100 companies and public sector organisations
Overview
The Role and Team
You will be supporting the project engineering team to deliver improvements to equipment and operations. You will be working on a variety of projects that add value to the business and can make huge difference in every aspect of it, being given responsibility to drive business improvement.
You will predominantly be working on leading and managing Capital Expenditure projects, such as introducing or upgrading equipment on site, building alterations and M&E projects. As well as this, you will be involved in energy saving and other sustainability biased projects.
This role involves a balance of spending time in the factory – speaking to the team and evaluating current operations, as well as working in the office - holding discussions across departments, developing project specifications and business cases.
For this role, you will have experience of leading food or pharmaceutical biased projects from conception to completion, including scoping with data analysis, project and financial management, equipment specification, installation and commissioning. You will interact with teams from across the business including Health & Safety, Manufacturing, Distribution and Technical. There is excellent further personal development potential, in order to grow your career as the company grows.
Who We Are
apetito is the UK’s leading supplier of food to the health and social care sectors. Servicing over 400 hospitals, 450 care homes and thousands more through our work with Local Authorities, we produce delicious, nutritious and sustainable meals for people at home or in care. Through our food we look to ‘make a real difference’to all our customers, up and down the country.
Our Values
Established in 1958, as a family-owned business, as a family-owned business, our values sit at the very heart of what we do. We are proud to be a business that makes a real difference, committed to producing great food to be proud of. We have developed a range of products designed to enhance health and wellbeing for all our customers. We are proud supporters of British food and farming and focus on using the best ethical and sustainable produce.
We are driven by a passion for service, dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people, offering healthy and delicious meals to customers across the UK.
Ethical & Sustainable
As a business which operates within food manufacturing, we believe we have an obligation to make a positive contribution on society.
We are a member of The UK’s Plastics Pact , an initiative looking to transform the plastic packaging industry in the UK. We have recently launched our circular supply chain initiative through our Collect and Recycle scheme. We now collect used trays directly from our customers and return them to our packaging supplier, to produce new, directly recycled trays. This closed-loop initiative is the first of its kind in the world.
We have also made a commitment to our employees – we’re recognised as an accredited Living Wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation . Joining an elite group of FTSE 100 companies and public sector organisations
ResponsibilitiesReporting to the Project Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for:
Qualifications and experience
You will have excellent communication and project management skills. You will be KPI focused, based on safety, quality, productivity, cost and delivery.
Essential
Desirable:
Personal Qualities