Engineering Team Leader – Food Manufacturing (Electrical Bias Preferred)
Lincolnshire | £55,000 + Pension + Progression Opportunity
Shift pattern: 4 on, 4 off (Days & Nights, 12-hour shifts)
Employment type: Full-time, Permanent
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Are you a hands-on, driven engineer with leadership experience looking to take the next step in your career?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-growing, industry-leading food manufacturer with significant investment in their site and infrastructure. With expansion plans well underway—including a recent £1.2m warehouse extension—this role offers the chance to grow with the business and progress into a senior leadership role in the near future.
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The Role
As Engineering Team Leader, you will be responsible for leading a small team of engineers during your shift, ensuring high performance, safety, and maintenance of production assets in a 24/7 operation. You’ll act as the first point of contact for technical issues, while also supporting continuous improvement and digital maintenance initiatives.
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️ Key Responsibilities
* Lead and coordinate shift-based engineering activities, allocating work and setting daily priorities.
* Respond to and resolve complex breakdowns, working closely with production teams to minimise downtime.
* Mentor and develop team members, including apprentices and new starters.
* Ensure scheduled preventative maintenance is completed effectively and challenge current methods where improvements are identified.
* Drive best practice in Health & Safety and Food Safety, leading by example in all aspects of compliance.
* Use data (OEE, downtime trends, MTTR, etc.) to influence decisions and support long-term reliability improvements.
* Champion the use of digital systems (e.g., MaintainX) for maintenance reporting, SOPs and asset tracking.
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✅ About You
* Electrically biased, multi-skilled engineer (ideally 60/40 electrical/mechanical).
* Qualified to at least Level 3 in Engineering (electrical preferred).
* Previous experience in a leadership or senior engineering role within a manufacturing environment (FMCG or food production highly desirable).
* Confident in mentoring others and managing shift workloads.
* Strong understanding of safety procedures, risk assessments, and permit-to-work systems.
* Ambitious, hands-on, and motivated to step up into a future Engineering Manager position.
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Why Apply?
* Join a well-established and growing manufacturer with strong values and long-term stability.
* Be part of an exciting phase of growth and investment, with opportunities to shape the engineering culture.
* Clear progression path to Engineering Manager for the right candidate.
* Contribute to a high-performing team in a business that truly values its people.
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Hours: 4 on, 4 off (alternating days & nights, 7:00–19:00 / 19:00–7:00)
Salary: £55,000 + Contributory Pension (3%) + 22.5 Days Holiday
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