Engineering Team Leader

2 Sisters Food Group; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Assured Employee Assistance &

Grocery Aid

50% discount at restaurants

Cycle2Work Scheme

Job summary

2 Sisters Food Group is recruiting an Engineering Team Leader for the Night shift at our Suffolk poultry processing site. The role involves leading the on-shift engineering team, performing hands-on mechanical and electrical fault finding, and upholding safety and best-practice standards.

You will drive maintenance discipline and liaise with operations to ensure reliability. The ideal candidate is a time-served, multi-skilled engineer with strong mechanical and electrical capabilities, who has

Qualifications

• Time-served, multi-skilled engineer with strong Mechanical & Electrical capability.
• Strong experience in a manufacturing environment (food preferred).
• Previous supervisory or acting team leader experience or a Senior Engineer looking to progress into leadership.

Responsibilities

• Act as the lead engineer on shift, setting standards and direction.
• Carry out hands-on mechanical and electrical fault finding and repairs.
• Ensure breakdowns, issues, and risks are reported, escalated, and resolved effectively.
• Support and guide engineers on shift, providing direction when needed.
• Maintain engineering discipline, safety, and best practice.
• Communicate clearly with operations and senior stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Mechanical & Electrical

Manufacturing experience

Job description

Salary: Up to £61,000 + Excellent Benefits Package + Training and Qualifications + Overtime

Shifts: Nights Only, 12-Hours 4 on 4 off

About Us

Located in rural Suffolk, Flixton is a modern poultry processing site producing high-quality chicken products for customers across the UK. Home to more than 600 colleagues representing a diverse range of nationalities, the site has built a culture centred on teamwork, safety and continuous improvement. Flixton offers a welcoming environment where colleagues are encouraged to develop their skills and progress their careers.

The Role

We are looking for a hands-on Engineering Team Leader to support our Poultry processing operation on shift. You will ideally be an experienced, time-served engineer who is strong both mechanically and electrically, enjoys being on the tools, and is ready to take the next step into leadership.

As the senior engineering presence on shift, you'll take the lead on day-to-day engineering activities, ensuring breakdowns, issues, and risks are reported, escalated, and resolved effectively. You'll be comfortable making decisions, thinking on your feet, and setting the standard for engineering best practice and discipline on shift.

What You'll Be Doing

• Act as the lead engineer on shift, setting standards and direction.
• Carry out hands-on mechanical and electrical fault finding and repairs.
• Ensure breakdowns, issues, and risks are reported, escalated, and resolved effectively.
• Support and guide engineers on shift, providing direction when needed.
• Maintain engineering discipline, safety, and best practice.
• Communicate clearly with operations and senior stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

• Time-served, multi-skilled engineer with strong Mechanical & Electrical capability.
• Strong experience in a manufacturing environment (food preferred).
• Previous supervisory or acting team leader experience or a Senior Engineer looking to progress into leadership.
• Comfortable taking ownership and leading by example.
• Highly competitive salary & package.
• Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme and Grocery Aid.
• 50% discount at various restaurants.
• Cycle2Work Scheme.

Why Join Us?

At 2 Sisters Food Group, we value innovation, teamwork, and dedication. This is an exciting opportunity to take on a strategic role and make a significant impact on our operations. If you are a forward-thinking engineering professional ready to lead and inspire, we want to hear from you!