Engineering Team Leader in Wednesbury

Engineering Team Leader Location: Wednesbury Salary: Up to £55,000 Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off - Days & Nights Industry: Food Manufacturing / FMCG An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Engineering Team Leader to join a busy food manufacturing operation in Wednesbury. This is a hands-on leadership position where you will manage a small, multi-skilled engineering team while remaining actively involved in engineering and maintenance activities across the site. The successful candidate will have a strong multi-skilled engineering background, ideally gained within a food manufacturing or FMCG environment, together with previous experience leading or supervising engineers. The Role Reporting to the Engineering Shift Manager, you will be responsible for leading a small team of multi-disciplined engineers and ensuring effective maintenance support across the operation. You will take a proactive approach to engineering, helping to maximise plant availability, improve OEE and ensure planned maintenance activities are completed to a high standard. Key Responsibilities Lead and manage a small team of multi-skilled engineers. Provide hands-on engineering support alongside the team. Allocate engineering tasks and ensure daily work schedules are completed. Drive a proactive approach to preventative and planned maintenance. Support the achievement of plant OEE and PPM targets. Diagnose and rectify complex electrical and mechanical faults. Interpret and work from electrical and mechanical circuit drawings. Fault-find on industrial control systems, inverters and PLCs. Work with pneumatic and automated systems. Ensure maintenance activities are completed safely and efficiently. Support the development of Risk Assessments and Method Statements. Promote a strong health and safety culture within the engineering team. Ensure engineering activities comply with relevant site procedures and legislation. Maintain high standards of food hygiene and good manufacturing practice. Use the site's CMMS to record and manage maintenance activities. Support engineering cover during busy periods and holiday requirements. Investigate engineering issues and contribute towards continuous improvement. The Ideal Candidate The successful Engineering Team Leader will ideally have: Time-served engineering background. Proven experience as a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer within food manufacturing, FMCG or a similar production environment. Previous experience leading, supervising or managing a small engineering team. Strong mechanical and electrical fault-finding ability. Recognised electrical engineering qualification, ideally HNC level or equivalent. 18th Edition qualification. Experience working with PLCs, inverters and industrial control systems. Ability to fault-find using complex electrical drawings. Experience with pneumatics and automated production equipment. Previous experience using a CMMS. Good understanding of maintenance planning and PPM. Good computer literacy. Strong organisational and planning skills. Ability to make quick and accurate decisions in a fast-paced production environment. Good understanding of health and safety requirements within an engineering environment. Awareness of HACCP, PUWER, LOLER and COSHH. Excellent communication and teamwork skills. Self-motivated, organised and able to work on your own initiative. Flexible approach to working within a 24/7 manufacturing environment. Desirable Experience Previous experience within food manufacturing, particularly high-care or food processing environments. Previous experience leading an engineering team. Welding and fabrication skills. Health & Safety qualifications. Experience carrying out electrical testing and inspection. Experience with SCADA, access control, CCTV or machine-specific control systems. What's on Offer? Salary of up to £55,000 4 on 4 off shift pattern - days and nights Permanent position Opportunity to lead and develop an engineering team Hands-on role within a busy manufacturing environment Opportunity to contribute to engineering improvement and site performance If you are an experienced Multi-Skilled Engineer looking to take the next step into an Engineering Team Leader position, or an existing Engineering Supervisor/Team Leader looking for a new challenge, we'd be keen to hear from you. Apply today for a confidential discussion