Lead Maintenance Engineer

Lead Maintenance Engineer

Are you a highly experienced Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer with team lead or supervisory experience? We have a great opportunity for a Lead Maintenance Engineer to join a fast-growing food manufacturing company who operate within a BRC AA Grade factory.

As the Lead Maintenance Engineer, you will work alongside our production teams in both a reactive maintenance and planned maintenance programme to ensure our customers receive our great products on time, every time.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on Reactive and Preventative Maintenance, Root Cause Analysis, and ensure ongoing reliability across all processing and packing equipment
• Maximise plant uptime by efficiently addressing maintenance issues
• Schedule and conduct maintenance activities, including servicing, repairs, and inspections, ensuring high standards and proper documentation, with a hygienic handover back to production
• Operate and maintain critical service plants, including boilers, chilled water systems, air supply, and effluent treatment units
• Participate in the design, upgrades, installation, and relocation of machinery and equipment
• Collaborate with production teams on loss reduction and efficiency improvement initiatives
• Carry out risk assessments before starting any maintenance work and ensure all safety measures are implemented to eliminate hazards
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and maintain a “clean as you go” culture
• Adhere to all company policies and procedures at all times

Person Specification

To be successful as the Lead Maintenance Engineer, you will need:

• A recognised engineering accreditation in electrical engineering, with optional mechanical qualifications, including a recognised apprenticeship, ONC, City and Guilds, or 17th/18th Edition IEE certification
• Strong mechanical and electrical expertise
• Experience in a food production environment is advantageous
• Confidence in working independently, alongside skilled operators, and as part of a wider engineering team
• Understanding of the importance of accurate record keeping ensuring quality, food safety, and personal safety

Hours of Work, Pay, and Benefits

• Up to £47,000
• Shift Pattern
  • 4 ON / 4 OFF
  • 11 hours per shift between the core hours of 6am and 7pm
  • On call overnight one week out of 4
• 23 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays
• Company pension
• Wellness package
• Health Cashback Plan
• Death in service
• Onsite parking
• Corporate eye test voucher scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Store discounts
• Casual dress
• Company events

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