Engineering Team Leader - Reed : Job Details

Engineering Team Leader

• Annual Salary: £52,000 + 10% shift premium
• Location: Maidstone
• Job Type: Full-time, permanent
• Shift: 4 on 4 off

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Team Leader to coordinate the tasks of a shift engineering team. This role involves providing clear leadership, ensuring tasks are completed on time and to a world-class standard, and reducing operating plant downtime. The Engineering Team Leader will play a crucial role in managing across departments to ensure the delivery of all maintenance plans and optimising the productivity of the team.

Day-to-day of the Engineering Team Leader role:

• Spend 80% of the time in the plant working hands-on with the team.
• Quickly and safely react to plant breakdowns to minimise downtime and maximise output.
• Apply Root Cause Analysis (RCA) methodology following significant downtime events to prevent reoccurrence.
• Work with other Team Leaders to incorporate learnings from plant engineering issues into the bakery’s maintenance system.
• Ensure the engineering team completes preventative maintenance tasks on time and records them accurately.
• Develop and update the engineering continuous improvement (CI) and RCA processes.
• Provide weekly management reports on maintenance activities and progress.

Required Skills & Qualifications of the Engineering Team Leader:

• Qualified engineer with a strong electrical & PLC bias and good mechanical knowledge (including hydraulics & pneumatics).
• Proven experience leading a team of shift engineers.
• A clear understanding of the principles of Continuous Improvement (CI) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA), with a history of successful deployment.
• Ability to identify effective long-term solutions to plant issues and an excellent troubleshooter.
• Proven ability to operate and develop maintenance systems, comfortable with analysing and interpreting data.

Benefits for the Engineering Team Leader:

• Life Assurance (x2 annually salary)
• Pensions: Company will match up to 5%
• Reward Gateway: discounts and cash back on a selection of hundreds of top retailers etc
• Holiday purchase up to 3days after a years’ service
• Private medical after probationary period
• Car lease scheme
• Cycle to work scheme

If you are interested in the Engineering Team Leader role, please apply and Reed Engineering looks forward to speaking in more detail.