Engineering Lead - Maintenance & Reliability Champion

Pure Resourcing Solutions; Ely; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food production business in Ely is seeking an Engineering Lead to join its engineering team. You will own maintenance operations, drive continuous improvement, and foster a proactive maintenance culture to maximise uptime and operational performance.

The role requires a hands-on leader with a strong mechanical or electrical background, capable of coaching a team, delivering safe systems of work, and collaborating with contractors and internal stakeholders to meet production targets.

Qualifications

• Experience leading, mentoring and developing engineering teams.
• Hands-on maintenance and fault finding in manufacturing settings.
• Strong mechanical or electrical engineering background with proactive approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the engineering team to deliver safe, reliable, and cost-effective maintenance activities.
• Manage planned preventative maintenance programmes and drive improvements through the CMMS system.
• Provide hands-on support with mechanical and electrical fault finding and breakdown response.
• Prioritise engineering activities to minimise downtime and support production needs.
• Lead engineering projects with suppliers, contractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Develop safe systems of work and engineering procedures.
• Coach and develop the engineering team to improve capability and performance.
• Monitor engineering output for high workmanship and compliance.
• Build strong relationships with contractors and ensure documentation and procedures are in place.

Skills

Leadership

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

CMMS

Maintenance

Fault finding

Communication

Education

Level 3 Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

A leading food production business in Ely is seeking an Engineering Lead to join its engineering team. You will own maintenance operations, drive continuous improvement, and foster a proactive maintenance culture to maximise uptime and operational performance.

The role requires a hands-on leader with a strong mechanical or electrical background, capable of coaching a team, delivering safe systems of work, and collaborating with contractors and internal stakeholders to meet production targets.