Senior Engineering Manager

The Senior Engineering Manager leads engineering and maintenance asset management in a food manufacturing environment. The role is focused on maintaining company assets through a total preventive maintenance system, ensuring operational availability, meeting agreed standards and budgets, and providing the engineering skills and guidance needed across departments.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain a total preventive maintenance system to keep plant and equipment available when required by the business.
• Ensure engineering assets remain in optimal condition and meet agreed operating standards, budgets, and management performance targets.
• Plan adequate engineering skills, labour, and guidance across departments to meet operational requirements.
• Lead multi-skilled engineering teams and maintain strong people-management and stakeholder relationships.
• Drive continuous improvement activities, including Lean practices and Total Productive Maintenance.
• Manage engineering budgets and cost control while maintaining strong safety leadership and risk management.

Requirements and Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or an HND/HNC in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering to UK standards.
• At least seven years of engineering management experience in a similar role within the food industry.
• Proven team leadership and people management experience with a multi-skilled workforce.
• Strong knowledge of food manufacturing processes, engineering plant, equipment, and control systems, including automated equipment.
• Experience in Lean, Total Productive Maintenance, budget management, and cost control.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, decision-making, and risk management skills.

Skills and Competencies

The position requires strategic maintenance planning, technical understanding of manufacturing assets, leadership of diverse engineering teams, and the ability to balance reliability, safety, service, and cost. Continuous improvement and proactive risk management are central to the role.

Employment Details

Company: Almarai. Location: Rabigh, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia. Employment type: Full Time. Salary details and an application closing date were not specified in the available listing details.

This is a senior full-time engineering leadership role based in Rabigh. It is suited to an experienced food-industry engineering manager who can maintain operational readiness and lead long-term asset improvement.