Overview
We're looking for a hands-on, proactive multi-skilled Engineering Team Leader working days to join our dynamic team in our Craft Bakery. This is a fantastic opportunity for a time-served mechanical or electrical engineer who is passionate about leadership, continuous improvement, and driving operational excellence. Multi skilled with electrical bias.
Responsibilities include:
* Lead by example—support, coach, mentor and develop your engineering team.
* Collaborate with the engineering management team to set and achieve KPIs.
* Organise resources effectively to meet reactive production needs and resolve issues quickly.
* Champion a commercial mindset and continuous improvement culture, focusing on proactive maintenance and minimising downtime.
* Manage the planned preventative maintenance (PPM) programme—monitor trends, audit performance, and identify areas for optimisation.
* Actively support team CPD and upskilling opportunities.
* Contribute to cross-functional meetings and ensure clear, effective communication across departments.
* Apply robust people management practices including induction, probation reviews, absence and performance management.
* Coordinate contractor visits and manage on-site activities.
* Ensure compliance with food safety, health and safety, and hygiene/housekeeping standards.
Qualifications
* Proven experience leading a team in a manufacturing environment.
* Strong communicator and effective collaborator.
* Experience in food manufacturing or FMCG preferred.
* Demonstrated ability to meet performance targets and KPIs.
* Good understanding of food safety and health & safety standards.
* Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) and confident using CMMS systems.
* Organised, efficient and solutions-focused.
* Committed to continuous improvement.
Company & Values
We are Bettys & Taylors Group. Our family business is home to three iconic Yorkshire brands - Yorkshire Tea, Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate. Together we share a passion for quality, service and doing things properly. We are driven by our purpose and our values, and we believe our people are what set us apart. We welcome applications from all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences and we are committed to offering an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.
Role Details & Benefits
This is a full-time role covering our day shift over 37.5 hours per week (working hours are flexible between 7am-7pm with a predominant need to cover the Bakery during core operating hours as often as possible). The role is required to be on call out of hours response 1 week in every 4 on a rota system with other engineering team members. If you would like to discuss flexible working/working patterns please provide more in your application.
What we offer you: As a minimum, all our employees receive free meals, drinks and snacks while at work, a discretionary quarterly profit-share bonus, holiday allowance with the option to buy and (in some cases) sell additional days, company-wide employee discounts, access to our health cash plan, wellbeing support, company funded counselling, and enrolment in the company pension. We also offer a range of development opportunities no matter your role and ambitions. We encourage everyone to explore what makes them the best version of themselves, and we do this through external training programmes, apprenticeships and internal 1:1 coaching schemes.
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