Engineering Team Leader

We are working with a household name in the Food industry to assist with their recruitment of an Engineering Team Leader.

About The Role:

*To organise and lead Engineers in the continental-shift teams during the execution of engineering activities. To liaise with production personnel to initiate and co-ordinate engineering work.
*To work on, repair and maintain the electrical and Mechanical systems of all plant and equipment.
*To achieve engineering objectives, and to help identify areas for improvement, which will increase overall equipment effectiveness and plant availability.

Responsibilities:

* Improve and promote safety across the site, operating in accordance with Company
Health, Safety and Quality standards and processes.
* Lead and Manage a Team of multiskilled engineers to maximise their performance and to keep
focus on departments KPIs.
* Monitor Electrical and Mechanical systems and allocate and carry out work orders to repair and maintain plant and equipment.
* Identify and communicate improvements to machines and processes to increase overall
equipment effectiveness, in line with Company Quality and Safety standards.
* Organise and allocate PPM work schedules to the engineering teams.
* Identify and procure critical plant spares.
* Manage and supervise contractors and subcontract labour.
* Support Maintenance Engineering personnel to achieve KPI goals and report monthly on your
teams and personal progress.
* Complying accurate Shift reports, with feedback on Planned and unplanned works, hand overs and other relevant information.
* Recording all engineering work accurately on SAP work orders and notifications, ensuring parts are booked out of stock when used.
* Carry out Team PAM reviews and Identify PDP training needs of the Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
* Working to set individual and departmental KPIs set in annual and 3 monthly Performance at reviews
* Support and cover for the Engineering Supervisors to achieve departmental goals.
Experience
Craft Apprenticeship in Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering
City & Guilds Electrical / Mechanical Level 4
At least 5 years working in a maintenance/engineering department (desirable)
Knowledge Health & Safety / Food Safety Best Practice (desirable)
Skills
Strong fault finding and diagnostic capabilities (essential)
Understanding of PLC and SCADA systems would be beneficial (desirable)

You will receive:

* Competitive salary with excellent career progression opportunity
* An excellent pension, up to a maximum of 12%
* Private medical healthcare
* Flexible holidays -where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
* Optional health cash plan
* Cycle to work scheme

This role will be working on a continental shift pattern consisting of days and nights working 42 hours per week.

Please click to apply to register your interest