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Maintenance Team Lead
Job summary
A leading staffing agency in the United Kingdom is seeking a hands-on Lead Maintenance Engineer to oversee their engineering team and ensure efficient operation of a fast-paced food manufacturing site. The ideal candidate will be a multi-skilled engineer with a strong electrical bias, experience leading teams, and excellent fault-finding abilities. This role features a competitive benefits package, including a company bonus and private healthcare, and requires working double days from Monday to Friday.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Experience leading engineering teams in FMCG/food manufacturing or seeking next career step.
- Electrical bias preferred for multi-skilled engineer.
Responsibilities
- Lead and support shift engineers as main technical contact.
- Ensure engineering work meets health, safety, and food safety standards.
- Diagnose and fix mechanical and electrical faults.
Skills
We're looking for a hands‑on Lead Maintenance Engineer to join our client and oversee our engineering team and keep our fast‑paced food manufacturing site running safely and efficiently. You'll be the on‑shift technical expert‑supporting engineers, resolving breakdowns, and driving continuous improvement. Working a double days shift, Monday to Friday.
- Lead and support shift engineers; act as the main technical point of contact.
- Ensure all engineering work meets health, safety, and food safety standards.
- Carry out and coordinate PPM and reactive maintenance on automated and manual equipment.
- Diagnose and fix mechanical and electrical faults.
- Monitor equipment performance and downtime, driving improvement actions.
- Maintain accurate shift reports and maintenance records.
- Lead CI activities, and support equipment installations/commissioning.
- Provide strong coaching, mentoring, and clear shift handovers.
- Multi‑skilled engineer (electrical bias preferred).
- Experience leading engineering teams in FMCG/food manufacturing or looking for the next step in your career.
- Strong mechanical and electrical fault‑finding skills.
A supportive environment, modern manufacturing facility, and opportunities to develop your technical and leadership skills. Excellent benefits package including company bonus, good pension, critical illness cover and private medical and dental healthcare. Training and development opportunities are also on offer. Based near Stoud and working double days, 6am - 2pm and 2pm - 10pm Monday to Friday. Please apply today.
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