Engineering Team Leader

We're recruiting an Engineering Team Leader to join our Skelmersdale site in a key leadership role within the engineering function. This is a hands on leadership position with accountability for people, performance, and continuous improvement across maintenance operations.

While the role has direct line management of four apprentice engineers, it is broader than a standalone apprentice remit. You will also provide day to day leadership cover and technical support across the wider engineering teams, working closely with two other Engineering Team Leaders who each lead teams of senior and multi skilled engineers.

This role plays an important part in delivering safe, reliable, and cost effective engineering performance, while supporting the Site Engineering Manager in progressing the site's Maintenance Excellence roadmap.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of apprentice engineers, ensuring structured development and strong engagement
• Provide leadership cover and engineering support across all maintenance teams, as required
• Support the effective delivery of planned maintenance, breakdown response, and plant availability
• Drive a strong safety culture, ensuring full compliance with health & safety standards and SSOW
• Use CMMS data to support forward planning, asset improvement, and maintenance optimisation
• Lead and contribute to RCA, 5 Why, and continuous improvement activities
• Support Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) and FMECA activities
• Manage contractors and suppliers, ensuring performance, safety, and cost effectiveness
• Actively support Operational Excellence and Maintenance Excellence initiatives at site level
• Collaborate with operations, technical, and engineering colleagues to improve overall site performance

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in a maintenance or engineering leadership role within a manufacturing environment (food/FMCG highly desirable)
• Strong people leadership skills with experience coaching, developing, and motivating engineers
• Sound mechanical and/or electrical engineering background
• Experience using CMMS systems and maintenance planning processes
• Confident in problem solving, root cause analysis, and driving continuous improvement
• A visible, credible leader with the ability to influence across teams and functions
• IOSH or equivalent health & safety knowledge preferred

Why Join?

• High visibility leadership position within engineering
• Opportunity to influence site wide engineering standards and improvement activity
• Strong focus on development, leadership capability, and progression