Engineering Team Leader — Lead Bakery Maintenance

Warburtons; Wakefield; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Additional holiday

Pension 7% employer contributions

Life assurance

Discounts via Extra Dough site

Personal development investments

Kitchens stocked with products for you

Job summary

Warburtons is seeking an Engineering Team Leader for 41 Bakery in Wakefield. You will lead a small team of Multi-Skilled Engineers on a 4 on, 4 off shift pattern across days and nights, ensuring the bakery runs safely and efficiently.

You’ll combine hands-on engineering expertise with strong people leadership to coach your team, drive improvements, and foster a proactive culture focused on safety and performance.

Qualifications

• A recognised engineering qualification such as an apprenticeship, HNC or degree.
• Strong electrical and mechanical engineering knowledge with fault-finding experience.
• Experience in a maintenance environment, ideally FMCG/food manufacturing or fast-paced settings.
• Good knowledge of engineering health and safety requirements.
• Confidence to prioritise work and make decisions under pressure.
• Strong communication, coaching and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with Engineering and Production colleagues.
• Experience with maintenance systems such as SAP PM or quick to learn them.
• PLC and Allen-Bradley fault-finding experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a small team of Multi-Skilled Engineers.
• Coordinate planned and reactive maintenance to keep the bakery running safely and reliably.
• Tackle complex engineering issues and work with Production to reduce downtime and improve performance.
• Coach the team, champion safety, and encourage new ideas and better ways of working.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Mechanical engineering

Fault-finding

Maintenance experience

Safety knowledge

People leadership

Communication coaching

SAP PM

PLC/Allen-Bradley

Education

Engineering qualification (apprenticeship/HNC/degree)

Tools

SAP PM

Job description

Warburtons is seeking an Engineering Team Leader for 41 Bakery in Wakefield. You will lead a small team of Multi-Skilled Engineers on a 4 on, 4 off shift pattern across days and nights, ensuring the bakery runs safely and efficiently.

You’ll combine hands-on engineering expertise with strong people leadership to coach your team, drive improvements, and foster a proactive culture focused on safety and performance.