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Lead Engineer (Electrical Bias)
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- Nuthall, Nottinghamshire
- Permanent
- Full Time
- £60,000 - £61,500 Per Annum
Job Description
Lead Engineer (Electrical Bias)
Nottingham
£60,000 Basic + Bank Holiday Payments + 7.5% Pension
Panama Shift
Are you an experienced electrically biased engineer who enjoys leading from the front rather than sitting behind a desk?
Our client, one of the UK's best-known food manufacturers, is looking for a hands-on Lead Engineer to take ownership of an engineering shift within their high-volume manufacturing site in Nottingham.
This is an opportunity to combine your technical expertise with leadership responsibility, driving reliability, mentoring engineers and making a real impact on production performance.
If you're looking for a role where your decisions matter, your ideas are listened to and you can genuinely influence engineering standards, we'd love to hear from you.
What's on offer?
Up to £60,000 basic salary (depending on skills and experience)
Paid Bank Holidays (approximately £1,500 per annum)
Panama Shift Pattern – excellent work/life balance
17 days annual leave + 8 lieu days
Matched pension contributions up to 7.5%
Join a recognised UK food manufacturer investing in its engineering function
Genuine opportunity to influence continuous improvement and engineering performance
The Role
Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, you'll lead the engineering team on shift while remaining hands-on with maintenance activities.
Responsibilities include:
Leading and motivating a team of engineers
Coordinating planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdowns
Fault finding across electrical, mechanical and control systems
Driving equipment reliability and continuous improvement
Supporting production to maximise plant performance
Ensuring the highest standards of Health & Safety, Food Safety and GMP
Coaching and developing engineers within your team
The role combines technical expertise with leadership and plays a key part in maintaining site performance.
We're looking for someone with:
Essential
Completed a recognised engineering apprenticeship (time served)
Electrically biased engineer with good mechanical competence
Experience with control engineering and fault finding
Minimum 2–3 years' experience leading or supervising an engineering team
At least 5 years' experience within FMCG manufacturing
Desirable
HNC/HND in Engineering
Food manufacturing experience
HACCP Level 2
Continuous Improvement / Lean experience
This role would suit:
A Senior Maintenance Engineer, Shift Engineer, Engineering Team Leader or Lead Engineer looking for greater responsibility within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Interested?
Apply today or contact Christina at ESB Recruitment for a confidential discussion
Nottingham
£60,000 Basic + Bank Holiday Payments + 7.5% Pension
Panama Shift
Are you an experienced electrically biased engineer who enjoys leading from the front rather than sitting behind a desk?
Our client, one of the UK's best-known food manufacturers, is looking for a hands-on Lead Engineer to take ownership of an engineering shift within their high-volume manufacturing site in Nottingham.
This is an opportunity to combine your technical expertise with leadership responsibility, driving reliability, mentoring engineers and making a real impact on production performance.
If you're looking for a role where your decisions matter, your ideas are listened to and you can genuinely influence engineering standards, we'd love to hear from you.
What's on offer?
Up to £60,000 basic salary (depending on skills and experience)
Paid Bank Holidays (approximately £1,500 per annum)
Panama Shift Pattern – excellent work/life balance
17 days annual leave + 8 lieu days
Matched pension contributions up to 7.5%
Join a recognised UK food manufacturer investing in its engineering function
Genuine opportunity to influence continuous improvement and engineering performance
The Role
Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, you'll lead the engineering team on shift while remaining hands-on with maintenance activities.
Responsibilities include:
Leading and motivating a team of engineers
Coordinating planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdowns
Fault finding across electrical, mechanical and control systems
Driving equipment reliability and continuous improvement
Supporting production to maximise plant performance
Ensuring the highest standards of Health & Safety, Food Safety and GMP
Coaching and developing engineers within your team
The role combines technical expertise with leadership and plays a key part in maintaining site performance.
We're looking for someone with:
Essential
Completed a recognised engineering apprenticeship (time served)
Electrically biased engineer with good mechanical competence
Experience with control engineering and fault finding
Minimum 2–3 years' experience leading or supervising an engineering team
At least 5 years' experience within FMCG manufacturing
Desirable
HNC/HND in Engineering
Food manufacturing experience
HACCP Level 2
Continuous Improvement / Lean experience
This role would suit:
A Senior Maintenance Engineer, Shift Engineer, Engineering Team Leader or Lead Engineer looking for greater responsibility within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Interested?
Apply today or contact Christina at ESB Recruitment for a confidential discussion