Engineering Shift Lead: Lead & Mentor Maintenance Team

NT Engineering & Manufacturing; East Kilbride; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

NT Engineering & Manufacturing is seeking an Engineering Shift Lead to join their East Kilbride site. The role is a hands-on leadership position with roughly 60/40 split between leading the shift day-to-day and coaching the wider engineering team.

You'll manage maintenance schedules, triage breakdowns, mentor engineers, and drive improvements while maintaining GMP and site safety standards across FMCG operations.

Qualifications

• Apprentice trained, qualified multi-skilled engineer (mechanical/electrical), City & Guilds minimum.
• Proven track record of front-line people management within an FMCG environment.
• Strong understanding of PPM techniques and legislative standards within FMCG.
• Numerate, analytical and a proactive approach to problem solving.
• A genuine desire to coach and develop team performance.

Responsibilities

• Managing week-ahead and day-to-day planned preventative maintenance schedules to maximise reliability.
• Triaging in-day breakdowns and work requests, assigning priority and resource to keep production downtime to 2% or below.
• Acting as coach and technical liaison for the wider engineering team, advising on fault-finding strategies and troubleshooting approach.
• Managing direct reports, driving their development and feeding into succession planning.
• Ensuring all shift activity is accurately captured in the site CMMS.
• Getting involved in continuous improvement projects across the site.
• Upholding GMP and site safety standards across all engineering areas.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Coaching

Problem solving

Analytical

Education

City & Guilds

Job description

NT Engineering & Manufacturing is seeking an Engineering Shift Lead to join their East Kilbride site. The role is a hands-on leadership position with roughly 60/40 split between leading the shift day-to-day and coaching the wider engineering team.

You'll manage maintenance schedules, triage breakdowns, mentor engineers, and drive improvements while maintaining GMP and site safety standards across FMCG operations.