Engineering Shift Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Engineering Shift Manager to join a leading UK manufacturer at its established, highly automated manufacturing facility in Leicestershire.

Part of a major international manufacturing group, the business has benefited from significant investment in its UK operations and continues to focus on operational excellence, advanced manufacturing technology and developing its people.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious engineering leader who enjoys developing high-performing maintenance teams, improving equipment reliability and driving engineering excellence within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The successful candidate will take responsibility for all engineering and maintenance activities across their shift, ensuring the highest standards of safety, reliability, plant availability and engineering performance.

What’s on offer for the Engineering Shift Manager?

• Salary of £71,875 per annum, inclusive of shift allowance
• Annual performance-related bonus of up to 13%
• Excellent pension scheme, with employer contributions of up to 10%, subject to contribution requirements
• 4 on 4 off shift pattern, working 12-hour days and nights
• Up to 27 days holiday plus Stats
• Opportunity to work within a highly automated manufacturing facility benefiting from significant investment
• Excellent training, leadership development and long-term career progression opportunities

Key Responsibilities of the Engineering Shift Manager

• Lead, motivate and develop a team of Engineers and Engineering Team Leaders, creating a culture of accountability, engagement and high performance.
• Take responsibility for engineering activities across the shift, ensuring the highest standards of health and safety, engineering compliance and plant reliability.
• Drive proactive and preventative maintenance strategies to maximise equipment availability and minimise downtime.
• Coach and develop engineering personnel, improving technical capability, fault-finding skills and overall team performance.
• Work closely with Production, Quality and Operations teams to ensure engineering support aligns with business objectives and production requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reliability, asset performance, maintenance effectiveness and operational efficiency.
• Ensure planned maintenance activities are completed effectively, while providing leadership during breakdown situations and major plant issues.
• Monitor engineering KPIs, identify trends and implement corrective actions to improve plant performance and reliability.
• Manage engineering standards, statutory compliance requirements and safe systems of work across the shift.

Experience We’re Looking For
We are keen to hear from experienced Engineering Shift Managers, Maintenance Managers, Engineering Team Leaders, Engineering Supervisors, Shift Engineering Leaders or Senior Engineers who can demonstrate:

• Proven engineering leadership experience within a fast-paced manufacturing or industrial environment.
• A strong background in maintenance engineering, ideally within highly automated production facilities.
• Experience leading multi-disciplined engineering teams, including electrical and mechanical engineers.
• Strong knowledge of preventative maintenance, reliability improvement and continuous improvement methodologies.
• The ability to lead from the front, make decisions under pressure and effectively manage breakdown situations.
• Excellent communication and people management skills, with the ability to coach, develop and engage engineering teams.
• A strong focus on health and safety, engineering compliance and best practice maintenance standards.

Experience within continuous process manufacturing, heavy industry, building products, FMCG, food manufacturing, aggregates, chemicals, polymers, paper, packaging or other high-volume manufacturing environments would be highly advantageous.

Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to join an established, well-invested manufacturing operation within a major international group, where you can make a genuine impact on engineering performance, reliability and team development.
For an ambitious engineering leader, the position offers excellent financial rewards, genuine responsibility and long-term career progression within a business committed to operational excellence and continuous improvement.

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