Engineering Team Leader

Warburtons; Wednesbury; Remote; GBP 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Slice of annual profits (profit share)

Extra annual leave option (up to 1 wk)

Award-winning pension scheme

Life assurance

Staff discounts and Extra Dough perks

Personal development investment

Fully stocked kitchens

Job summary

Warburtons in Wednesbury is seeking an experienced Multi Skilled Engineer with strong leadership to head the shift engineering team at our bakery. You’ll balance hands-on maintenance with leadership, delivering planned and reactive maintenance while guiding a small team in a fast-paced FMCG setting.

The role emphasises electrical and mechanical expertise, an electrical bias preferred, and the ability to coach others to improve plant reliability and safety across Production and Engineering.

Qualifications

• Recognised engineering training or qualifications, such as an apprenticeship, HNC or degree.
• Electrical and mechanical maintenance experience with an electrical bias preferred.
• Experience in FMCG or fast-paced manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the shift engineering team.
• Deliver planned, preventative and reactive maintenance to a high standard.
• Diagnose faults and resolve breakdowns quickly and effectively.
• Take the lead on more complex engineering and maintenance issues.
• Drive plant reliability and reduce downtime.
• Lead short interval control meetings with Production.
• Ensure equipment safety and adherence to health and food safety standards.
• Use SAP PM to support maintenance planning and performance.

Skills

Leadership

Team coaching

Electrical bias

Fault finding

Decision making

Strong IT skills

Education

Apprenticeship / HNC / degree

Tools

SAP PM

Job description

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Shift Pattern: 4 days, 4 off, 4 nights, 4 off

Hours of Work: 7am–7pm / 7pm–7am

Are you an experienced Engineering Team Leader, Lead Engineer or Multi Skilled Engineer ready to take the next step?

At our Wednesbury bakery, we’re looking for an experienced Multi Skilled Engineerwith strong leadership experience to lead and support our shift engineering team. You’ll bring strong electrical and mechanical engineering knowledge, with an electrical bias preferred, alongside the confidence to lead from the front in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.

The Recipe

As an Engineering Team Leader, you’ll play a key role in keeping our bakery running safely, reliably and efficiently.

This is a hands‑on leadership role. You’ll lead, coach and develop a small team of Multi Skilled Engineers while working closely with our Production teams to deliver planned and reactive maintenance, tackle engineering challenges and continually improve plant performance.

You’ll create an environment where your team can perform at their best, encouraging new ideas, recognising great work and making sure safety and quality remain at the heart of everything we do.

The Method

You’ll be responsible for:

• Leading, developing and engaging your shift Engineering team
• Delivering planned, preventative and reactive maintenance to a high standard
• Supporting the team to diagnose faults and resolve breakdowns quickly and effectively
• Taking the lead on more complex engineering and maintenance issues
• Driving plant reliability and helping to reduce downtime
• Leading short interval control meetings alongside our Production team
• Ensuring equipment is safe to operate and maintained in line with health, safety and food safety standards
• Coaching and supporting colleagues to build engineering capability, including autonomous maintenance
• Using SAP PM effectively to support maintenance planning and engineering performance
• Supporting continuous improvement and our wider engineering reliability strategy

You’ll be an experienced Multi Skilled Engineer with a strong technical background and proven experience of leading, coaching or developing others.

You’ll also have:

• Recognised engineering training or qualifications, such as an apprenticeship, HNC or degree
• Strong electrical and mechanical maintenance experience, with an electrical bias preferred
• Experience working in a maintenance environment, ideally within FMCG, food manufacturing or another fast‑paced manufacturing environment
• A strong understanding of health and safety and safe engineering practices
• The confidence to lead a team and make effective decisions under pressure
• Strong fault‑finding and problem‑solving skills
• The ability to build positive working relationships across Engineering and Production
• A proactive approach to identifying problems before they impact performance
• Good IT skills, with experience of SAP or similar maintenance systems beneficial

Experience ofPLC fault finding, including Allen Bradley, would be an advantage but isn’t essential.

Extra Dough

Last by but no means least, you'll want to know what your breads worth.

• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
• Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we'll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave
• Award winning pension scheme with company contributions
• Life assurance
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
• Continued investment in your personal development
• Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service