Engineering Team Lead - FMCG Maintenance & Reliability

Energy Jobline CVL; Burnley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Winsearch is seeking an Engineering Supervisor for a long-standing FMCG manufacturer in East Lancashire. The role leads the engineering function, manages a multi-skilled team and ensures maintenance, compliance and reliability, with a fixed day shift Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 16:30, on a permanent basis.

You will oversee planned maintenance, breakdown response, contractor management and site improvement projects, working with production to maximise uptime, maintain GMP/HACCP/QMS standards, and

Qualifications

• Background in FMCG, food manufacturing or fast paced production environments.
• Experience leading or supervising engineering or maintenance teams.
• Strong understanding of mechanical and electrical systems.
• Confident fault finding and problem solving in live production settings.
• Knowledge of GMP, HACCP, QMS and Health and Safety compliance.
• Experience managing contractors and external engineering support.
• Ability to analyse downtime and deliver structured improvement activity.
• Confident managing budgets, cost control and engineering spend.
• Strong communicator able to work effectively across production, engineering and management.
• Hands on leadership style with strong ownership and accountability.
• Organised, methodical and able to prioritise in a high pressure environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the engineering team to ensure capability, engagement and strong performance.
• Manage the PPM system and ensure planned tasks are completed on time and to standard.
• Take ownership of breakdown response and deliver effective root cause solutions.
• Reduce downtime through analysis, problem solving and preventative actions.
• Oversee mechanical and electrical fault finding and support hands on repairs when required.
• Manage external contractors for specialist maintenance, servicing and engineering projects.
• Lead commissioning of new machinery, equipment and site improvement projects.
• Support capital investment decisions including machinery selection, installation and upgrades.
• Manage engineering spares strategy ensuring availability while controlling cost and stock levels.
• Ensure all equipment remains safe, compliant and fit for purpose.
• Maintain compliance with Health and Safety legislation, GMP, HACCP and QMS requirements.
• Own engineering standards including guarding, risk reduction and audit readiness.
• Manage effluent systems and ensure environmental and regulatory compliance.
• Analyse downtime data and implement structured plans to improve reliability.
• Produce monthly engineering reports covering performance, downtime, spend and improvement activity.
• Manage engineering budgets and ensure spend aligns with site priorities.
• Work closely with production teams to coordinate downtime and minimise operational impact.

Job description

Winsearch is seeking an Engineering Supervisor for a long-standing FMCG manufacturer in East Lancashire. The role leads the engineering function, manages a multi-skilled team and ensures maintenance, compliance and reliability, with a fixed day shift Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 16:30, on a permanent basis.

You will oversee planned maintenance, breakdown response, contractor management and site improvement projects, working with production to maximise uptime, maintain GMP/HACCP/QMS standards, and