Engineering Shift Team Leader

Engineering Shift Team Leader

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

£22.26 per hour + Overtime + Call-Out Payments

Permanent | Rotating Shift Pattern

Are you an experienced Engineering Team Leader or Senior Maintenance Engineer ready to step into a leadership role?

We're recruiting for an Engineering Shift Team Leader to join a successful manufacturing business, supporting a team of engineers while remaining hands-on with maintenance, fault finding and continuous improvement across a busy production facility.

This is a fantastic opportunity to combine technical expertise with leadership in a stable, well-established manufacturing environment.

The Role

You'll be responsible for supporting the Engineering Manager while leading engineers during your shift to ensure production equipment operates safely and efficiently.

Duties include:

* Supervising and supporting the engineering team

* Leading electrical and mechanical fault finding on automated production equipment

* Coordinating Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)

* Carrying out hands-on maintenance and repairs

* Supporting continuous improvement activities

* Training and mentoring engineers and apprentices

* Maintaining engineering records and compliance documentation

* Deputising for the Engineering Manager when required

* Participating in the engineering call-out rota

What We're Looking For

To be successful, you'll have:

* Electrical engineering apprenticeship or equivalent qualification

* Strong electrical fault-finding ability

* Experience within FMCG, food manufacturing or another high-speed production environment

* Experience working on automated manufacturing machinery

* Previous supervisory, team leader or people management experience

* Excellent communication and organisational skills

* A proactive and flexible approach to engineering

What's On Offer?

* £22.26 per hour

* Overtime paid at 1.25x after 40 hours

* Weekly call-out allowance (£100 standby payment plus £50 per call-out, plus hourly rate when attending)

* 30 days holiday (increasing with service)

* Company pension

* Health & wellbeing benefits

* Staff discounts

* Genuine long-term career progression

Shift Pattern

Week 1

* Monday-Saturday: 6:00am-1:45pm

Week 2

* Monday-Friday: 1:45pm-9:45pm

If you're an experienced engineer with leadership experience looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed