Night-Shift Engineering Lead: Maintenance & Uptime

G's Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 52,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great Place to Work Accreditation

Salary sacrifice pension scheme

Cinema and Sky Store discounts

Health Cash Plan

Holiday discounts

Life assurance & income protection

Employee referral scheme

Cycle to Work

Eyecare contributions

Job summary

G's Group is seeking a hands-on Multi-Skilled Engineer (Night shift) to lead the engineering function on site during night hours. You’ll drive maintenance excellence, respond rapidly to breakdowns and guide CI across the factory with practical, technical leadership.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you’ll own planned maintenance, optimise uptime and collaborate with production to deliver safe, compliant and cost-effective improvements on 4on 4off shifts (3pm–3am).

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing or food production preferred.
• Strong mechanical and electrical diagnostic skills.
• Proven leadership or supervisory experience.
• Time-served apprenticeship or formal qualification (NVQ/HNC)

Responsibilities

• Prioritise maintenance and breakdown activities to maximise uptime.
• Act as the key decision-maker and senior point of contact on site overnight.
• Maintain production and site services equipment to the highest standard.
• Carry out expert fault-finding, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis to prevent repeat failures.
• Implement and optimise Planned Preventative Maintenance schedules.
• Ensure full, accurate capture of all works through CMMS and stock control adherence.

Skills

M&E knowledge

Diagnostic ability

PPM

RCM

CI techniques

Leadership experience

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

HNC or equivalent

Job description

G's Group is seeking a hands-on Multi-Skilled Engineer (Night shift) to lead the engineering function on site during night hours. You’ll drive maintenance excellence, respond rapidly to breakdowns and guide CI across the factory with practical, technical leadership.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you’ll own planned maintenance, optimise uptime and collaborate with production to deliver safe, compliant and cost-effective improvements on 4on 4off shifts (3pm–3am).