As a senior member of the engineering team, this role combines strong technical expertise with effective people leadership to ensure the optimal performance of a small team responsible for electrical and electronic maintenance, project delivery, and continuous improvement across the site. This is a critical role in maintaining high standards of equipment reliability, operational safety, technological advancement, and long‑term asset sustainability. Supervising and coordinating production activities while ensuring compliance with health & safety standards, the role promotes a strong safety culture, supports legal compliance, and ensures that all team members work safely and efficiently in line with company policies, systems, rules and procedures.
Main Duties:
* Oversee and support electrical/electronic response to advanced breakdowns across all of the factory
* Provide electrical/electronic troubleshooting support to wider engineering teams
* Provide hands‑on expertise in PLCs, control systems, sensors, instrumentation and electrical distribution
* Lead and support engineering improvement projects, installations, upgrades and automation initiatives
* Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities within electrical and control systems
* Work collaboratively with engineering and operations teams to enhance performance and efficiency
* Lead, coach and develop a team of electrical/electronic engineers (including couching apprentices)
* Allocate daily tasks and manage performance to ensure high‑quality engineering support
* Assess site systems for obsolescence, resilience and long‑term sustainability
* Proactively highlight electrical, electronic and PLC‑related risks to the business and develop mitigation plan
* An engineering qualification of min. NVQ level 3 in electrical engineering/maintenance
* Be motivated and able to use your own initiative
* Have excellent communication skills to liaise with internal departments and external contractors
* Ideally have experience working with food processing and packaging equipment, however training on this specialist equipment can be provided for the right candidate, Disability Confident
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