Lead Engineer – Hands-on Leader Driving Site Reliability

Elis UK Ltd; Glenfield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary competitive

25 days leave

Private medical cover

Company pension

Life assurance

Development opportunities

Career progression

Job summary

Elis UK Ltd in Leicester is seeking a Lead Engineer to join the team and help lead the site engineering function, combining technical expertise with people leadership to maintain performance and reliability.

The role offers the opportunity to act as deputy to the Engineering Manager when required, developing leadership experience and advancing your engineering career within Elis. Strong hands-on maintenance and supervisory experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in industrial maintenance or manufacturing environments.
• Strong hands-on maintenance experience.
• Previous supervisory or team leadership experience.
• Electrical and/or mechanical engineering experience.
• Experience with PPM and corrective maintenance.
• Practical fault-finding and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on leadership and technical support to the engineering team; coach and mentor engineers, senior engineers and apprentices.
• Support the delivery of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and corrective maintenance.
• Plan and coordinate engineering resources around production requirements and maintenance activity.
• Oversee fault finding, breakdown response and corrective engineering works.
• Improve equipment reliability and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) in collaboration with production.
• Ensure safe systems of work and compliance with QHSE requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Fault finding

Communication

Autonomy

Budget awareness

Education

HNC/HND/NVQ3/City & Guilds

Engineering degree

Apprenticeship

Tools

PPM software

Job description

Elis UK Ltd in Leicester is seeking a Lead Engineer to join the team and help lead the site engineering function, combining technical expertise with people leadership to maintain performance and reliability.

The role offers the opportunity to act as deputy to the Engineering Manager when required, developing leadership experience and advancing your engineering career within Elis. Strong hands-on maintenance and supervisory experience are essential.