Engineering Team Leader

Keeping a busy food manufacturing site running safely and reliably takes more than fixing faults when they happen. As an Engineering Team Leader, you’ll take ownership of maintenance performance, guide skilled engineers on the floor and make sure problems are solved properly rather than repeatedly patched up.

Salary of £52,000 pa

• A hands-on leadership position with real influence over site reliability, maintenance standards and operational performance.
• The opportunity to lead, coach and develop skilled engineers while remaining closely involved with day-to-day technical challenges.
• Involvement in improvement projects aligned with the organisation’s long-term manufacturing strategy.
• The chance to drive continuous improvement, asset reliability and root-cause problem solving across a busy production environment.
• Exposure to a broad range of electrical and mechanical equipment, systems and site infrastructure.
• The opportunity to influence safety, sustainability, energy efficiency and engineering best practice across the operation.

• Coordinate planned and reactive maintenance, deploying resources effectively to maximise equipment availability and meet operational priorities.
• Coach, develop and support engineers on the floor, completing performance reviews, identifying training requirements and maintaining the skills needed across the operation.
• Lead fault finding and root-cause problem solving across electrical and mechanical equipment, helping eliminate recurring failures and improve asset performance.
• Maintain high standards across health and safety, food safety, GMP, animal welfare, environmental compliance and contractor activity.
• Use the CMMS effectively to manage maintenance activity, support asset care, improve system content and ensure work is completed and recorded correctly.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and factory projects, using operational KPIs, maintenance data and cross-functional communication to identify and deliver sustainable improvements.

• An industry-recognised qualification with a strong electrical or multi-skilled electrical bias.
• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding capability, including the ability to diagnose circuit drawings.
• Previous supervisory or management experience within an FMCG environment is desirable, alongside experience improving maintenance or operational performance.
• Knowledge of CMMS systems, legal compliance and safe maintenance practices; exposure to effluent treatment plants or poultry processing would be advantageous.
• Demonstrable experience of continuous improvement, resource prioritisation and working effectively with stakeholders across manufacturing operations.