Engineering Team Leader

Lincolnshire | £55,000 + Pension + Progression Opportunity
Shift pattern: 4 on, 4 off (Days & Nights, 12-hour shifts)
Employment type: Full-time, Permanent

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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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