Are you an experienced electrically biased engineer who enjoys leading from the front rather than sitting behind a desk?
Our client, one of the UK's best-known food manufacturers, is looking for a hands-on Lead Engineer to take ownership of an engineering shift within their high-volume manufacturing site in Nottingham. This is an opportunity to combine your technical expertise with leadership responsibility, driving reliability, mentoring engineers and making a real impact on production performance.
The Role Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, you'll lead the engineering team on shift while remaining hands-on with maintenance activities. Responsibilities include: Leading and motivating a team of engineers Coordinating planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdowns Fault finding across electrical, mechanical and control systems Driving equipment reliability and continuous improvement Supporting production to maximise plant performance Ensuring the highest standards of Health & Safety, Food Safety and GMP Coaching and developing engineers within your team The role combines technical expertise with leadership and plays a key part in maintaining site performance.
Essential Completed a recognised engineering apprenticeship (time served) Electrically biased engineer with good mechanical competence Experience with control engineering and fault finding Minimum 2–3 years' experience leading or supervising an engineering team At least 5 years' experience within FMCG manufacturing Desirable HNC/HND in Engineering Food manufacturing experience HACCP Level 2 Continuous Improvement / Lean experience
What's on offer? Up to £60,000 basic salary (depending on skills and experience) Paid
