Engineering Team Leader in Boston, Lincolnshire

Engineering Team Leader

📍 Boston, Lincolnshire
💷 £56,500
⏰ 4 on 4 off | Days & Nights Rotation

✅ £56,500 Basic Salary

✅ Clear progression pathway into a Maintenance Manager position within 2-3 years

✅ 80% hands-on engineering role with 20% leadership responsibilities

✅ Join a business that has recently invested £1.5 million into site improvements

✅ Long-term career development opportunities

✅ Stable and growing manufacturing environment

✅ Opportunity to make a genuine impact and influence engineering standards

✅ Supportive leadership team focused on employee development

We are currently recruiting for an Engineering Team Leader to join a fast-paced FMCG manufacturing site in Boston.

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Engineer looking to step into leadership while remaining heavily involved in day-to-day engineering activities. Unlike many Team Leader positions, this role is 80% hands-on engineering and 20% people management, meaning you'll still spend the majority of your time fault finding, repairing machinery, carrying out PPMs, and supporting production.

You'll lead a team of 2 engineers on shift, ensuring equipment reliability, minimising downtime, and driving continuous improvement across the site. This role offers a clear route into Maintenance Management for an ambitious engineer looking to progress their career.

• Lead and support a team of 2 shift engineers
• Allocate daily workloads and prioritise maintenance activities
• Provide technical guidance and coaching to engineers on shift
• Drive a proactive maintenance culture across the department
• Support skills development and performance improvement initiatives
• Conduct shift handovers and communicate effectively with production teams
• Act as the first point of contact for engineering-related issues during your shift

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) activities
• Respond quickly and effectively to machinery breakdowns
• Diagnose and repair both electrical and mechanical faults
• Minimise downtime and maximise production efficiency
• Complete root cause analysis on recurring equipment failures
• Support installation, commissioning and upgrade projects
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and cost savings
• Drive machine reliability and engineering performance

• Diagnose and repair faults on single and three-phase systems
• Maintain motors, contactors, overloads, relays, sensors and control circuits
• Fault find on automated production and packaging machinery
• Maintain electrical distribution systems, breakers, isolators and fuses
• Work with inverter drives, servo motors, encoders and PLC-controlled equipment
• Support electrical compliance and site safety standards

• Fault find on Siemens and Allen Bradley PLC systems
• Support HMI troubleshooting and machine resets
• Assist with automation improvements and control system upgrades
• Work closely with specialist automation support when required

• Ensure all work is completed safely and in line with company procedures
• Follow permit-to-work and lock-off procedures
• Complete risk assessments where required
• Maintain accurate maintenance documentation
• Ensure compliance with current engineering and electrical regulations

• Industrial mixers and blending systems
• Ingredient dosing equipment
• Extrusion and processing lines
• Forming and cutting machinery
• Drying and baking ovens
• Automated packaging lines
• Flow wrappers and bagging machines
• Checkweighers and metal detectors
• Conveyor systems
• Pneumatic systems
• Hydraulic equipment
• Compressors and site utilities
• PLC-controlled production machinery

✅ Electrical bias preferred

✅ NVQ Level 3 in Engineering or completed Engineering Apprenticeship

✅ Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills

✅ FMCG, food manufacturing, packaging, or fast-paced manufacturing experience

✅ Experience working with PLC-controlled machinery

✅ Ability to lead by example in a hands-on environment

✅ Comfortable working in a role that is 80% engineering and 20% management

✅ Strong communication and problem-solving abilities

✅ 17th or 18th Edition Qualification

✅ Previous Team Leader or Supervisory experience

✅ Siemens or Allen Bradley PLC experience

✅ Continuous Improvement experience

Our client is a well-established and growing manufacturing business operating within a fast-paced production environment. Significant investment has recently been made into the site, creating exciting opportunities for engineers looking to be part of a business focused on growth, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

The company prides itself on developing its people from within and offers genuine opportunities for long-term career progression. You'll join a close-knit engineering team where your contribution will be recognised, your ideas will be valued, and your development will be actively supported.