Hands-On Night Shift Engineering & Maintenance Lead

White Label Recruitment Ltd; Ringway; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NEST pension

22.5 days' annual leave

free onsite parking

overtime opportunities

Job summary

White Label Recruitment Ltd in Manchester is seeking a Night Shift Engineering & Maintenance Manager to lead the night maintenance team on a growing, highly automated bakery site. You will stay hands-on, supporting engineers with breakdowns, fault-finding and maintenance while developing the team and improving engineering standards.

You will help shape the maintenance strategy and PPM processes for a new state-of-the-art bakery, with a shift pattern that includes nights and weekends.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on industrial maintenance experience.
• Excellent mechanical fault-finding skills.
• Practical electrical knowledge.
• Experience leading, supervising or developing Maintenance Engineers.
• Strong reactive and planned maintenance experience.
• Ability to develop and improve PPM systems.
• Good problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
• Confidence to make decisions independently during a busy night shift.
• Collaborative, team-first approach and ability to coach and develop others.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the night-shift Maintenance Engineers, prioritising workloads and setting strong engineering standards.
• Remain actively involved in mechanical and electrical fault finding, breakdowns and repairs across production equipment.
• Take the lead during major breakdowns, coordinating resources to minimise production downtime.
• Identify recurring faults and address root causes with the team to reduce reactive repairs.
• Review, improve and develop PPM schedules across existing equipment and the new bakery facility.
• Ensure planned maintenance is scheduled, completed, recorded and followed through.
• Help move the engineering function towards a proactive, reliability-focused approach.
• Coach and develop engineers, identifying skills gaps and improving mechanical/electrical capability.
• Encourage knowledge sharing and cross-training to build team self-sufficiency.
• Work with Production, Hygiene, Technical and site management to support operational priorities.
• Provide clear shift handovers and communicate outstanding faults and maintenance actions.
• Support machinery installations, upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure all maintenance activity meets health, safety and hygiene standards.

Job description

White Label Recruitment Ltd in Manchester is seeking a Night Shift Engineering & Maintenance Manager to lead the night maintenance team on a growing, highly automated bakery site. You will stay hands-on, supporting engineers with breakdowns, fault-finding and maintenance while developing the team and improving engineering standards.

You will help shape the maintenance strategy and PPM processes for a new state-of-the-art bakery, with a shift pattern that includes nights and weekends.