Lead Engineer

Lead Engineer – Park Royal

We are seeking a hands‑on, experienced Lead Engineer to manage and guide a shift engineering team in delivering reactive and planned electrical and mechanical maintenance. The role ensures reliability and performance of production units, fabrication equipment, machinery, and site services. It requires 24/7 on‑call duty in rotation with engineering managers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily team of maintenance engineers, assigning PPMs, work orders and breakdowns as they arise.
• Manage contractors and site service providers as defined in the maintenance plan.
• Manage breakdowns to minimise lost time in manufacturing and communicate effectively with Managers in Manufacturing, Technical & Supply Chain teams.
• Decide when to utilise contractors for breakdowns in partnership with Engineering Managers.
• Conduct daily team huddles and report on team performance at daily site meetings.
• Supervise the maintenance team to ensure all activities are carried out safely, on time and to required quality.
• Sign off tool checks.
• Train team members on Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) routine delivery.
• Support creation and documentation of Safety Risk Assessments in line with company Health & Safety requirements.
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with company Safety, Quality & Environmental standards.
• Raise near misses and report all unsafe conditions via the company safety management system.
• Ensure machines/areas worked on are handed back to manufacturing in a controlled manner.
• Perform 24/7 on‑call duties in rotation: one week every two weeks.
• Support implementation of new machinery & equipment.
• Prioritise and solve machine breakdowns to minimise lost time.
• Complete Machine Breakdown Reports (MBRs) to prevent recurrence using root‑cause analysis.
• Design out recurring breakdowns using 8‑Step Practical Problem Solving.
• Create & continuously improve PPM routines to increase equipment reliability.

Requirements

• Strong electrical, mechanical & PLC control capabilities.
• Qualification: HNC/HND Electrical BIAS, NVQ Level 3 Electrical maintenance, BTEC Electrical Engineering, or City & Guilds in Electrical Engineering.
• Preferable experience in Fast‑Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), shelf‑life chilled manufacture.
• Prior leadership experience.
• Excellent communication skills for cross‑department collaboration.
• Systematic and iterative approach to enhance processes, products and operations.
• Experience with CCMS is advantageous.

Benefits

• Great working environment.
• Referral Award Scheme.
• Free sushi or hot food (vegan options available).
• 50% discount in our branches.
• Employee Assistant Programme.
• Help@Hand health and wellbeing support.
• Long‑service awards.
• Wagestream – access pay as you earn it.
• Life assurance.
• Cycle To Work.
• Free on‑site parking.
• A variety of discounts via Perkbox.
• Opportunity to develop your skills within a growing company.

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