Night-Shift Engineering Team Lead | Multi-Skilled

2 Sisters Food Group; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Assured Employee Assistance &

Grocery Aid

50% discount at restaurants

Cycle2Work Scheme

Job summary

2 Sisters Food Group is recruiting an Engineering Team Leader for the Night shift at our Suffolk poultry processing site. The role involves leading the on-shift engineering team, performing hands-on mechanical and electrical fault finding, and upholding safety and best-practice standards.

You will drive maintenance discipline and liaise with operations to ensure reliability. The ideal candidate is a time-served, multi-skilled engineer with strong mechanical and electrical capabilities, who has

Qualifications

• Time-served, multi-skilled engineer with strong Mechanical & Electrical capability.
• Strong experience in a manufacturing environment (food preferred).
• Previous supervisory or acting team leader experience or a Senior Engineer looking to progress into leadership.

Responsibilities

• Act as the lead engineer on shift, setting standards and direction.
• Carry out hands-on mechanical and electrical fault finding and repairs.
• Ensure breakdowns, issues, and risks are reported, escalated, and resolved effectively.
• Support and guide engineers on shift, providing direction when needed.
• Maintain engineering discipline, safety, and best practice.
• Communicate clearly with operations and senior stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Mechanical & Electrical

Manufacturing experience

Job description

2 Sisters Food Group is recruiting an Engineering Team Leader for the Night shift at our Suffolk poultry processing site. The role involves leading the on-shift engineering team, performing hands-on mechanical and electrical fault finding, and upholding safety and best-practice standards.

You will drive maintenance discipline and liaise with operations to ensure reliability. The ideal candidate is a time-served, multi-skilled engineer with strong mechanical and electrical capabilities, who has