Installation Supervisor

Installation Supervisor - International Food Machinery

• Home-Based - UK Wide
• Circa £50,000 Basic + Paid Overtime + Travel/Site Allowances
• Substantial Additional Earning Potential
• Excellent Pension Scheme, Private Healthcare & Other Benefits

Are you an experienced mechanical installation professional who enjoys being hands-on, leading teams on site and working on machinery installation projects around the world?

This is an opportunity to join a well-established international food machinery business with an excellent reputation for designing and delivering robust, high-quality processing equipment and material handling systems.

Home-based and travelling to customer sites across the UK and internationally, you'll combine hands-on mechanical installation work with responsibility for leading and coordinating installation teams, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently and to the required standard.

The role will suit someone who enjoys international travel, working on different customer sites and seeing projects through from equipment arrival to successful installation.

Reporting to the Head of Service & Aftermarket, you will:

• Supervise and coordinate internal engineers and external contractors
• Carry out hands-on mechanical installation work on customer sites
• Lead mechanical installation activities in line with company safety procedures and project requirements
• Read and interpret engineering, assembly and layout drawings
• Work alongside electrical and other engineering teams during installation
• Identify and resolve installation and site-based engineering issues
• Work safely with cranes, lifting equipment and slinging operations
• Carry out welding and sheet metal work where required
• Complete installation reports and relevant site documentation
• Prepare and work to method statements and risk assessments
• Ensure installations remain on schedule and are completed to the required standard

You’ll ideally have practical installation experience within food processing machinery, packaging machinery, material handling systems, conveyors, special purpose machinery or other capital equipment.

You may currently be working as an Installation Supervisor, Site Supervisor, Senior Installation Engineer, Mechanical Installation Engineer or Site Installation Engineer.

You’ll need to be mechanically strong and happy remaining hands-on, while also having the confidence to lead and coordinate installations on site.

Experience with lifting and slinging, cranes, welding, sheet metal work and engineering drawings would be particularly relevant.

This is a home-based UK role, with travel to customer sites throughout the UK and internationally.

You’ll need to live within sensible travelling distance of a major UK airport with international connections and enjoy the variety that comes with working on different customer sites and overseas projects.

You’ll be joining an established international food machinery business known for delivering robust, high-quality engineered systems.

They have a long-serving engineering team, low staff turnover and a strong track record of investing in training and employee development.

• Circa £50,000 basic salary
• Paid overtime
• Travel and site allowances
• Substantial additional earning potential
• Excellent pension package
• Private healthcare