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.