Night Engineering Team Leader - FMCG Packaging, 4-on 4-off

Orange Monkey Recruitment Ltd; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Orange Monkey Recruitment Ltd is seeking an Engineering Team Leader for a busy food-packing site near March, Cambridgeshire. The role leads from the front on the 6pm–6am night shift, organising workloads and providing reliable engineering service to production.

You will oversee a small team, prioritise maintenance activities, and drive improvements in equipment reliability while ensuring safety and proper documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced manufacturing or production environment.
• Strong fault-finding and breakdown experience.
• Previous supervisory or senior engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support one Maintenance Engineer.
• Prioritise breakdowns and Planned Maintenance.
• Remain hands-on with electrical and mechanical maintenance.
• Minimise downtime across production and packing lines.
• Organise PPMs and ensure engineering work is completed properly.
• Work closely with production to manage engineering priorities.
• Support improvements to equipment reliability and site performance.
• Maintain high standards of safety, housekeeping and documentation.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

Supervisory experience

Fault-finding

Night shift leadership

Job description

Orange Monkey Recruitment Ltd is seeking an Engineering Team Leader for a busy food-packing site near March, Cambridgeshire. The role leads from the front on the 6pm–6am night shift, organising workloads and providing reliable engineering service to production.

You will oversee a small team, prioritise maintenance activities, and drive improvements in equipment reliability while ensuring safety and proper documentation.