At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a skilled maintenance team and drive engineering performance in a busy manufacturing site.
- Company: Join a well-established food manufacturing business with a strong engineering focus.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career development opportunities, and only 2 weekends every 8 weeks.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with genuine opportunities for progression.
- Why this job: Take the next step in your career while remaining hands-on in engineering leadership.
- Qualifications: Experience in engineering leadership with electrical and mechanical expertise required.
The predicted salary is between 38250 - 46750 £ per year.
Rotating Days & Afternoons | Permanent 6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm | Average 40 hours per week | Only 2 weekends in every 8-week cycle
Are you an experienced Engineering Team Leader, Engineering Supervisor, Maintenance Team Leader or Senior Maintenance Engineer looking to take the next step in your career? We are recruiting for a well-established food manufacturing business looking for a hands-on Engineering Team Leader to lead a skilled maintenance team and help drive engineering performance across a busy manufacturing site. This is a strong opportunity for an experienced multi-skilled engineer with both electrical and mechanical expertise, combined with previous supervisory or team leadership experience. You will remain technically involved while taking responsibility for maintenance delivery, breakdown response, planned maintenance, site services and continuous improvement.
The Role
- Lead and support a team of multi-skilled maintenance engineers
- Ensure engineering activities are completed safely and efficiently
- Coordinate planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance
- Respond to breakdowns and support effective fault diagnosis
- Carry out electrical and mechanical fault finding
- Support production equipment and PLC-controlled machinery
- Maintain and support site utilities and services
- Work with boilers, cooling systems and water systems
- Support fabrication and general engineering activities
- Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability and performance
- Drive continuous improvement and cost-saving initiatives
- Maintain accurate engineering and maintenance records
- Use CMMS systems to manage maintenance activity
- Support engineering projects and site improvement initiatives
What We're Looking For
- Previous experience as an Engineering Team Leader, Maintenance Supervisor or Senior Engineer
- Experience leading or supervising maintenance engineers
- Electrical and mechanical engineering qualifications
- Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding ability
- Experience within manufacturing, production or food manufacturing
- Knowledge of PLC-controlled machinery
- Experience with pneumatics and hydraulics
- Experience working with PPM and reactive maintenance programmes
- Good IT skills and experience using CMMS or maintenance management systems
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
- A hands-on approach to engineering leadership
- Experience with boilers, refrigeration, cooling systems, water systems, utilities or other site services would be particularly beneficial.
Shift Pattern
This role works across a rotating shift pattern covering seven days: 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm. Average 40 hours per week. Only 2 weekends worked during each 8-week rotation.
Why Apply?
This is an excellent opportunity to join a large, established manufacturing operation where engineering plays a critical role in site performance. You will have the opportunity to lead a skilled engineering team, remain technically hands-on and play a key role in improving equipment reliability, maintenance performance and operational efficiency. There are also genuine opportunities for further career development and progression. Apply today if you are an Engineering Team Leader, Maintenance Team Leader, Engineering Supervisor, Senior Maintenance Engineer or Multi-Skilled Engineer ready to move into a leadership role.
Locations
Engineering Shift Team Leader in Haverhill, Suffolk employer: RecruitMe
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