Engineering Supervisor

Whitley Bridge | £56,000 | Monday-Friday, 40 Hours (Days Only)

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Engineering Supervisor to join a highly automated food manufacturing and milling operation. Reporting into site management, you will lead and support a team of engineers, ensuring the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance while driving reliability, safety, compliance and engineering performance across a 24/7 production environment.

The role is hands-on and would suit an experienced Engineering Supervisor, Lead Engineer, Senior Engineer or Maintenance Engineer with strong leadership skills and either an electrical, mechanical or multi-skilled background.

• Lead, support and develop the site engineering team.
• Plan and coordinate daily maintenance activities and contractor work.
• Manage PPM schedules and drive reductions in unplanned downtime.
• Support breakdowns, fault finding and continuous improvement activities.
• Ensure compliance with health & safety, food safety and audit standards.
• Support site projects and engineering budget management.
• Act as an escalation point for out-of-hours engineering issues.

• ONC/HNC or equivalent in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Previous experience leading or supervising engineers.
• Strong maintenance engineering background within manufacturing.
• Experience with planned and reactive maintenance systems.
• Good knowledge of pneumatics and fault finding.
• NVQ Level 3 Electrical qualification desirable for electrically biased candidates.
• Food/FMCG, bakery, milling or other high-volume manufacturing experience advantageous.

• £56,000 salary
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Company sick pay
• Life insurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Career development within a growing and highly automated manufacturing business

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on engineering leader looking to join a stable, well-invested business with genuine long-term progression opportunities.