Engineering Team Leader

Orange Monkey Recruitment Ltd; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Orange Monkey Recruitment Ltd is seeking an Engineering Team Leader for a busy food-packing site near March, Cambridgeshire. The role leads from the front on the 6pm–6am night shift, organising workloads and providing reliable engineering service to production.

You will oversee a small team, prioritise maintenance activities, and drive improvements in equipment reliability while ensuring safety and proper documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced manufacturing or production environment.
• Strong fault-finding and breakdown experience.
• Previous supervisory or senior engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support one Maintenance Engineer.
• Prioritise breakdowns and Planned Maintenance.
• Remain hands-on with electrical and mechanical maintenance.
• Minimise downtime across production and packing lines.
• Organise PPMs and ensure engineering work is completed properly.
• Work closely with production to manage engineering priorities.
• Support improvements to equipment reliability and site performance.
• Maintain high standards of safety, housekeeping and documentation.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

Supervisory experience

Fault-finding

Night shift leadership

Job description

Title: Engineering Team Leader
Location: March, Cambridgeshire
Salary: £62,000
Shift: 4 on, 4 off permanent nights | 6pm–6am

Are you an experienced Engineering Team Leader who enjoys leading from the front rather than sitting behind a desk?

This Engineering Team Leader position offers a salary of up to £62,000, a consistent four-on, four-off night shift and the opportunity to take real ownership of engineering performance across a busy food-packing site.

You won't be managing a huge department. The site needs someone organised, dependable and capable of keeping maintenance priorities under control throughout the night.

The role

As the Engineering Team Leader, you will be the senior engineering presence on shift, responsible for organising the workload and ensuring production receives an effective engineering service.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and supporting one Maintenance Engineer
• Prioritising breakdowns and planned maintenance
• Remaining hands-on with electrical and mechanical maintenance
• Minimising downtime across the production and packing lines
• Organising PPMs and ensuring engineering work is completed properly
• Working closely with production to manage engineering priorities
• Supporting improvements to equipment reliability and site performance
• Maintaining high standards of safety, housekeeping and engineering documentation

What they're looking for

The Engineering Team Leader they need will be a strong, multi-skilled engineer with experience working within a fast-paced manufacturing or production environment.

You will ideally have:

• Electrical and mechanical maintenance experience
• Experience within food, FMCG, packaging or another manufacturing environment
• Previous supervisory, team-leading or senior engineering experience
• Strong fault-finding and breakdown experience
• The ability to organise maintenance activity and set clear priorities
• A practical, hands-on approach to leadership
• The confidence to make decisions and take ownership during the night shift

This could also suit an experienced Senior Maintenance Engineer or Lead Engineer who is already supporting others and is ready to step formally into an Engineering Team Leader role.

What's on offer?

• Salary up to £62,000
• Four on, four off shift pattern
• Permanent nights
• 6pm–6am working hours
• A small team with genuine responsibility and autonomy
• The opportunity to make a visible impact on how engineering is organised and delivered

The site is based near March and is commutable from Peterborough, Wisbech, Chatteris, Ramsey, Ely and the surrounding Cambridgeshire area.