Engineering Team Leader

Argon Engineering Limited; Wednesbury; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent position

Lead and develop engineering team

Hands-on role

Job summary

Argon Engineering Limited in Wednesbury is seeking an Engineering Team Leader to manage a small, multi-skilled maintenance team while remaining actively involved in engineering tasks across the site.

You will drive proactive maintenance, improve OEE, and deliver effective PM schedules in a fast-paced, food manufacturing environment. Strong electrical/mechanical fault-finding and CMMS experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Time-served engineering background.
• Proven experience leading a small engineering team in food FMCG.
• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding abilities.
• Experience with PLCs, SCADA and CMMS.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a small team of multi-skilled engineers.
• Provide hands-on engineering support alongside the team.
• Allocate tasks and ensure daily work schedules are completed.
• Drive proactive maintenance and PM planning.
• Support achievement of OEE and maintenance targets.
• Interpret electrical/mechanical drawings and fault-find on systems.

Skills

Leadership

Multi-skilled maintenance

PLC systems

Electrical fault-finding

Mechanical fault-finding

CMMS

PPM planning

HACCP awareness

Team management

Safety culture

Education

HNC or equivalent (Electrical)

18th Edition qualification

Tools

SCADA

PLC systems

CMMS

Inverters

Job description

Engineering Team Leader

Location: Wednesbury

Salary: Up to £55,000

Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off - Days & Nights

Industry: Food Manufacturing / FMCG

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Engineering Team Leader to join a busy food manufacturing operation in Wednesbury.

This is a hands-on leadership position where you will manage a small, multi-skilled engineering team while remaining actively involved in engineering and maintenance activities across the site.

The successful candidate will have a strong multi-skilled engineering background, ideally gained within a food manufacturing or FMCG environment, together with previous experience leading or supervising engineers.

The Role

Reporting to the Engineering Shift Manager, you will be responsible for leading a small team of multi-disciplined engineers and ensuring effective maintenance support across the operation.

You will take a proactive approach to engineering, helping to maximise plant availability, improve OEE and ensure planned maintenance activities are completed to a high standard.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a small team of multi-skilled engineers.
• Provide hands-on engineering support alongside the team.
• Allocate engineering tasks and ensure daily work schedules are completed.
• Drive a proactive approach to preventative and planned maintenance.
• Support the achievement of plant OEE and PPM targets.
• Diagnose and rectify complex electrical and mechanical faults.
• Interpret and work from electrical and mechanical circuit drawings.
• Fault-find on industrial control systems, inverters and PLCs.
• Work with pneumatic and automated systems.
• Ensure maintenance activities are completed safely and efficiently.
• Support the development of Risk Assessments and Method Statements.
• Promote a strong health and safety culture within the engineering team.
• Ensure engineering activities comply with relevant site procedures and legislation.
• Maintain high standards of food hygiene and good manufacturing practice.
• Use the site's CMMS to record and manage maintenance activities.
• Support engineering cover during busy periods and holiday requirements.
• Investigate engineering issues and contribute towards continuous improvement.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful Engineering Team Leader will ideally have:

• Time-served engineering background.
• Proven experience as a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer within food manufacturing, FMCG or a similar production environment.
• Previous experience leading, supervising or managing a small engineering team.
• Strong mechanical and electrical fault-finding ability.
• Recognised electrical engineering qualification, ideally HNC level or equivalent.
• 18th Edition qualification.
• Experience working with PLCs, inverters and industrial control systems.
• Ability to fault-find using complex electrical drawings.
• Experience with pneumatics and automated production equipment.
• Previous experience using a CMMS.
• Good understanding of maintenance planning and PPM.
• Good computer literacy.
• Strong organisational and planning skills.
• Ability to make quick and accurate decisions in a fast-paced production environment.
• Good understanding of health and safety requirements within an engineering environment.
• Awareness of HACCP, PUWER, LOLER and COSHH.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Self-motivated, organised and able to work on your own initiative.
• Flexible approach to working within a 24/7 manufacturing environment.

Desirable Experience

• Previous experience within food manufacturing, particularly high-care or food processing environments.
• Previous experience leading an engineering team.
• Welding and fabrication skills.
• Health & Safety qualifications.
• Experience carrying out electrical testing and inspection.
• Experience with SCADA, access control, CCTV or machine-specific control systems.

What's on Offer?

• Salary of up to £55,000
• 4 on 4 off shift pattern - days and nights
• Permanent position
• Opportunity to lead and develop an engineering team
• Hands-on role within a busy manufacturing environment
• Opportunity to contribute to engineering improvement and site performance