Night Shift Maintenance Lead — Hands-On Engineering Manager

White Label Recruitment Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NEST pension

22.5 days' annual leave

Free onsite parking

Overtime opportunities

Job summary

White Label Recruitment Ltd is sourcing a Night Shift Engineering & Maintenance Manager for a long-established bakery in Manchester. You will remain hands-on, supporting engineers with breakdowns, fault finding and maintenance, while developing the team and improving PPM standards.

You will help shape maintenance strategy for a new, highly automated bakery facility and drive reliability across an expanding site. Night-shift leadership and proactive problem solving are essential.

Qualifications

• Hands-on, industrial maintenance experience in a fast-paced FMCG environment.
• Experience leading, supervising or developing Maintenance Engineers.
• Strong mechanical fault-finding and practical electrical knowledge.
• Proven ability to develop and improve PPM systems and standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead night-shift Maintenance Engineers, setting high engineering standards.
• Fault-find and repair across production equipment, including breakdowns.
• Coordinate major breakdowns to minimise downtime and lost output.
• Develop and implement PPM schedules for existing and new bakery equipment.
• Coach engineers, identify skills gaps and promote cross-training.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Mechanical fault-finding

Electrical knowledge

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

Team coaching

Tools

PPM software

Job description

White Label Recruitment Ltd is sourcing a Night Shift Engineering & Maintenance Manager for a long-established bakery in Manchester. You will remain hands-on, supporting engineers with breakdowns, fault finding and maintenance, while developing the team and improving PPM standards.

You will help shape maintenance strategy for a new, highly automated bakery facility and drive reliability across an expanding site. Night-shift leadership and proactive problem solving are essential.