Mid Green occupationEngineering and manufacturing
Food and drink advanced engineer - Mechanical Engineers
Deliver efficient, effective and high performance food and drink production processes and systems.
Summary
Food and Drink Advanced Engineers deliver efficient, effective and high performance food and drink production processes and systems, many of which are specific to the industry. Combining engineering competence with an understanding of the principles of food safety, science and technology their focus is on developing and designing improved production systems, which are safe to operate and environmentally sustainable. They use advanced production and processing techniques and project management skills to deliver new projects on time, to budget and at the required quality. Food and Drink Advanced Engineers have roles across food and drink organisations, from infrastructure, asset care, production management and process development and work closely with a range of other engineers, functions and managers in their own company and interact with external equipment and ingredient providers. They contribute to business strategy and performance as leaders of teams. Food and Drink Advanced Engineers have core knowledge, skills and behaviours and specialist knowledge and skills in one discipline: mechanical, automation or production engineering.
Typical job titles include
- Food and Drink Factory Engineering Manager | Food and Drink Group Engineering Manager | Food and Drink Manufacturing Engineering Manager | Food and Drink Process Engineering Manager | Food and Drink Project Engineering Manager | Food and Drink Reliability Manager
Knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSBs)
K1:
How future product and process design and commissioning is impacted by legislative, regulatory and ethical requirements, including hygiene and food safety, employee health & safety law and environmental considerations
K2:
How to lead and nurture others to articulate reliability optimisation strategies, prevent failures through effective maintenance techniques and develop life cycle plans for key assets
K3:
Systems approach adopted, both in equipment design and optimisation
K4:
Techniques and tools to research, analyse, interpret and evaluate information and concepts; how to utilise ideas from existing systems and new applications to improve or change processes
K5:
Principles and practices of hygienic design and cleaning systems appropriate to a food and drink environment
K6:
The role and impact of food and drink engineering within the wider business context, needs of internal and external stakeholders and the wider legal, environmental, technical and economic environment
K7:
Financial aspects required to justify, develop and commission new process or equipment
K8:
Strategic leadership, project management techniques, theory and practice required to deliver change processes within a food and drink environment
K9:
Inter-relationships between food ingredients, product and packaging materials and their effects on food safety, quality and performance of food processing and packaging design and improvement
K10:
The range of mechanical principles that underpin the design and operation of mechanical engineering systems
K11:
Tribology and its application to food processing equipment
K12:
The use of computer modeling and simulation techniques to predict the behavior of engineering-based technologies
K13:
Computer aided design (Finite Element Analysis)
Technical Educational Products
- ST0529: Food and drink advanced engineer (integrated degree) - Mechanical Engineers (Level 6) Approved for delivery
- Reference:
- OCC0529B
- Status:
Approved occupation
- Average (median) salary:
- £43,137 per year
- SOC 2020 code:
- 2122 Mechanical engineers
- SOC 2020 sub unit groups:
- 2122/99 Mechanical engineers n.e.c.
- 2122/03 Mechanical design engineers
S1:
Demonstrate the ability to evaluate new techniques or technologies, and to recognise if these have value within their own food and drink environment
S2:
Apply appropriate theoretical and practical methods to design, develop and commission engineering solutions within a food and drink environment
S3:
Align engineering developments with wider business considerations including finance, commercial management, product innovation and sustainability
S4:
Define, articulate and justify the business case for food and drink engineering investment
S5:
Implement preventative and condition based maintenance procedures using a range of reliability strategies across engineering, use technical risk assessments to improve reliability, maintainability and availability
S6:
Use problem solving techniques and Continuous Improvement techniques to deliver change and improvement programmes in a food and drink process designed to advance business performance
S7:
Drive business environmental objectives through engineering solutions which advance and protect the business and industry reputation
S8:
Effectively research a number of different approaches to identify the right solution
S9:
Network across factories and suppliers to identify best practice
S10:
Lead, motivate and influence people within a project management matrix; articulating organisational purpose and values to create an inclusive, high performance work culture
S11:
Exchange information and provide advice to technical and non-technical colleagues
S12:
Design mechanical systems, analyse the performance of components, mechanisms and systems
S13:
Conduct failure risk investigations and apply Reliability engineering techniques to prevent or reduce the likelihood or frequency of failures
Technical Educational Products
- ST0529: Food and drink advanced engineer (integrated degree) - Mechanical Engineers (Level 6) Approved for delivery
- Reference:
- OCC0529B
- Status:
- Approved occupation
- Average (median) salary:
- £43,137 per year
- SOC 2020 code:
- 2122 Mechanical engineers
- SOC 2020 sub unit groups:
- 2122/99 Mechanical engineers n.e.c.
- 2122/03 Mechanical design engineers
B1:
Leadership in safe working: takes a disciplined and responsible approach to avoid risk through application of technical skills, exercises management and mitigation strategies
B2:
Ownership of work: takes responsibility for recommending the implementation of new practices, ensuring integrity of processes and raising site standards
B3:
Pride in work: embraces new ways of thinking and encourages others to do the same, displays a positive mind set demonstrated by willingness to learn, displays proactive approach and ability to act on their own initiative
B4:
Self-development: always gives their best, sets themselves challenging targets, confident decision maker, has ambition to continuously improve self
B5:
Integrity and respect: leads by example, acts as a role model and motivates others through actions and behaviour, shows respect for others and provides time and support
B6:
Leadership: committed to lead, manage and coach others effectively; works well with different functions and operations
B7:
Problem solving: willingness to take on new problems; maintains quality of thinking and creativity under pressure
B8:
Responsiveness to change: flexible to changing working environment and demands; resilient under pressure
B9:
Company/industry perspective: demonstrates curiosity to foster new ways of thinking and working; seeks out opportunities to drive forward change and improvements for the business
Technical Educational Products
- ST0529: Food and drink advanced engineer (integrated degree) - Mechanical Engineers (Level 6) Approved for delivery
- Reference:
- OCC0529B
- Status:
- Approved occupation
- Average (median) salary:
- £43,137 per year
- SOC 2020 code:
- 2122 Mechanical engineers
- SOC 2020 sub unit groups:
- 2122/99 Mechanical engineers n.e.c.
- 2122/03 Mechanical design engineers
