We are recruiting on behalf of a prominent manufacturing business for an experienced Engineering Team Leader. This role offers a 50/50 split between hands-on engineering and administrative responsibilities, leading the team to maintain safety, efficiency, and operational performance while driving continuous improvement.

Engineering Team Leader

Salary - -54,000

Monday to Friday Days (with flexibility during peak periods)

Location - Peterborough

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering and machine technician teams, providing technical guidance and resolving engineering issues efficiently.
• Coordinate preventative maintenance, statutory inspections, and equipment repairs to maximise reliability and minimise production downtime.
• Monitor engineering KPIs alongside the Engineering Manager, identifying opportunities to improve operational performance and maintenance efficiency.
• Allocate resources, prioritise workloads, and support engineering projects to meet production requirements and agreed deadlines.
• Ensure engineering activities comply with health, safety, environmental, food safety, and relevant legislative requirements.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records while promoting continuous improvement, equipment reliability, and high engineering standards.

Requirements

• Hold an engineering qualification, such as an HNC, HND, or degree, alongside relevant industry experience.
• Demonstrate proven engineering experience within manufacturing or process environments, ideally involving automated production equipment.
• Possess experience leading, developing, and coordinating skilled engineering or technical teams within demanding operational settings.
• Have working knowledge of preventative maintenance, PLC systems, equipment troubleshooting, and engineering performance improvement.
• Understand health, safety, environmental, and food safety requirements, including risk assessments and statutory inspections.
• Demonstrate strong leadership, communication, resource planning, and problem-solving skills, with a proactive continuous improvement approach.

Should this be of interest, please apply or call reach out to Duke at Henderson Brown for additional information.