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