Engineering Shift Lead

Fox's Burton's Companies (FBC) UK; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Fox's Burton's Companies (FBC) UK in Blackpool is seeking an Engineering Shift Lead to direct the Shift Engineering Team, oversee preventive maintenance, and resolve complex issues quickly. You will hand over detailed updates to the next shift and support production with prioritised engineering work.

You will participate in short interval control meetings, ensure health and safety compliance, and contribute to reliability and food safety frameworks while developing your team through training and

Qualifications

• Time served in mechanical or electrical engineering.
• IOSH certification.
• Food safety/hygiene qualification.
• Knowledge of planned maintenance systems (Shire).
• Proficient in Excel and MS Office.
• Manufacturing background, preferably in food industry.
• Demonstrable leadership and team coordination.

Responsibilities

• Lead an engineering team to support plant operation and prioritise work.
• Develop engineering team members to meet goals and targets.
• Ensure shift documentation and handovers are up to date.
• Maintain maintenance systems and records accurately.
• Provide technical detail for handovers and assist in decision making.
• Escalate issues for external support as required.
• Attend short interval control meetings and represent Engineering.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

IOSH

Food safety

Planned maintenance

Excel

Team leadership

Tools

Shire CMMS

MS Excel

Job description

Date: 20 Oct 2026

Location:

Blackpool, GB

Place of Work: On-Site

Employee Shift: Continental Pattern

Company Description

Who are we ?

We are FBC UK, Fox's Burton's Companies! ……And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).

FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company.

We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We are proud manufacturing partners to some of the biggest UK retailers and household names. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Isle of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset and our HQ in St Pauls. Together, we employ circa 4,000 amazing colleagues across all our locations.

We are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming UK Market Leader.

Whilst we know that we have delicious products we also know that that the key ingredient to our success is our people, and the passion we have for our brands. You could be the jammy to our dodger, party ring to our Fox’s or the choc-chip to our Maryland?! We knead people with innovative ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the commitment to drive FBC UK to success.

We are committed to building an inclusive workforce that feels empowered to build a fulfilling and successful career. By embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) we create a supportive environment for people to thrive and strive to have more positive impact.

We understand that having formal and on-the-job learning opportunities is key to our colleagues’ professional and personal growth. We are committed to providing an environment where everyone can learn from each other and grow through a variety of learning experiences.

Our colleagues make our business special. With strong community values, we believe FBC UK is a more prosperous and fun place to work when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, entrepreneurial and supporting each other whilst meeting our business goals.

About The Role

We are looking for an Engineering Shift Lead to join our wonderful bakery in Blackpool. This role will require the Engineering Shift Lead to lead, organise and develop the Shift Engineering Team. Ensure daily preventative maintenance activities are completed to a high standard, breakdowns are resolved quickly and efficiently and to take the lead on more complex maintenance tasks, ensuring required parts are available and be responsible for a detailed handover to the next shift team.

A key part of the role will be supporting the Shift Operations Management teams providing technical information to Production to ensure Engineering work is correctly prioritised and decisions are based upon sound technical information.

To represent Engineering and update at short interval control meetings with our production team, ensuring effective communication between engineering and other key stakeholders.

This role is part of a shift rotation which includes days and nights 12 hour shifts - 2 days, 2 nights, 5 days off / 2 days, 3 nights, 4 days off / 3 days, 2 nights, 5 days off

Main Responsibilities

• Lead an engineering team to support the operation of the plant, prioritising their work and ensuring the delivery of planned and improvement work as well as reactive.
• Support the development of the engineering team members to ensure they achieve the goals and targets agreed in their role.
• Ensure that all shift documentation and Handovers are up to date and accurate.
• Ensure that the Shift Team updates all Maintenance systems and records accurately and in a timely manner.
• Support the Operations Shift Management team by providing accurate technical detail for handovers and participate in decision making.
• Escalate issues for external support as required.
• Attend Short interval control meetings representing the Engineering function, providing updates on current Engineering work.
• Ensure plant is safe to operate and maintain and engineers conform to health and safety legislation, policies, and standards.
• Work within the framework of a group wide engineering reliability strategy
• Maintain equipment in line with relevant food safety legislation.
• Responsible for PTW and contractor control when required, ensuring that SWP are adhered to.
• Responsible for organising your teams’ holidays, and sickness policy including RTW.
• Application and adherence to Good Manufacturing Practice interns your own and your teams work and the condition of the Engineering workshop and other controlled areas.
• Personally perform mechanical and electrical trades as qualified to maintain your own skills and ensure work completion.
• To undertake training & upskilling programs as directed by business needs and to keep abreast of technological advancements.
• You may be required to support Safety or Quality, or disciplinary Incident investigations.

Who We Are Looking For

• Time Served in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering disciplines.
• IOSH
• Food safety/Hygiene qualification
• Knowledge of planned maintenance systems (Shire)
• Detailed knowledge of using & developing MS Office products, particularly Excel.
• Manufacturing background (preferably food industry)
• Demonstrable experience of leadership and coordination of a Team

Diversity Statement

FBC UK is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at FBC UK. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.