Night Shift Engineering Lead – Maintenance & Improvement

G's Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great Place to Work Accreditation

Salary sacrifice pension scheme

Health Cash Plan

Life assurance & income protection

Cycle to Work

Eyecare contributions

Learning, development, and training

Job summary

G's Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a hands-on Multi-Skilled Engineer (Night shift) to lead the engineering function on nights, driving maintenance excellence and rapid breakdown response.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you’ll provide direction, technical support, and practical leadership while working on factory equipment with your engineers, ensuring safety and operational performance across the site.

Qualifications

• Proven background in maintenance management in manufacturing or food production.
• Strong mechanical and electrical diagnostic skills.
• Experience with PPM, reliability-centred maintenance and CI.
• Previous leadership or supervisory experience.
• Time-served apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3, HNC, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Prioritise maintenance and breakdown activities to maximise uptime.
• Act as the key decision-maker on site overnight and lead the team.
• Maintain production and site services equipment to high standards.
• Carry out fault-finding, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Implement and optimise Planned Preventative Maintenance schedules.
• Ensure accurate CMMS records and strict stock control.

Skills

Leadership experience

Maintenance planning

Root cause analysis

Mechanical & electrical

Decisive under pressure

Education

NVQ Level 3 / HNC or equivalent

Tools

CMMS (maintenance software)

Job description

G's Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a hands-on Multi-Skilled Engineer (Night shift) to lead the engineering function on nights, driving maintenance excellence and rapid breakdown response.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you’ll provide direction, technical support, and practical leadership while working on factory equipment with your engineers, ensuring safety and operational performance across the site.