Maintenance Lead
Salary – Up to £55k
Location – York
Shift Pattern – Monday to Friday, 40 Hours Per Week
This is an excellent opportunity for a Lead Engineer to join an FMCG Manufacturer in York, to ensure effective care of the machinery, services, utilities and infrastructure of the site. You will also be responsible for driving engineering performance, reliability and continuous improvement across the site.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate and execute the Planned Preventative Maintenance program, ensuring all engineering tasks are completed efficiently to maximise equipment reliability and uptime.
- Deliver the site engineering maintenance strategy, driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity, quality standards, and overall operational performance.
- Provide technical support for fault-finding activities, both on-site and remotely, ensuring rapid resolution of issues affecting production or engineering systems.
- Ensure full compliance with health, safety, food safety, and legal requirements, implementing safe systems of work and maintaining a safe environment.
- Manage engineering assets including stores, contractors, permits to work, and multi-skilled engineering teams while controlling budgets effectively and meeting targets.
- Support and lead engineering projects across full lifecycle, including planning, execution, reporting, and ensuring delivery aligns with business objectives and timelines.
- Train, mentor, and develop engineering team members and apprentices, facilitating knowledge transfer and building team capability while supporting business continuity and flexibility.
Requirements:
- Proven experience within FMCG or food manufacturing environments
- Experience in a similar role, such as (engineering team leader, engineering supervisor, maintenance lead, engineering shift manager, maintenance supervisor)
- Strong mechanical and electrical engineering skills with dual-skilled capability, supported by hands-on experience in maintenance and fault-finding activities.
- Relevant qualifications such as NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, or ONC/HNC in engineering, plus completed advanced or food engineering apprenticeship.
- Knowledge of food safety standards including HACCP, BRC compliance, and Level 3 Food Safety certification within a regulated manufacturing environment.
- Health and safety qualifications such as IOSH, NEBOSH, or ROSPA, with strong understanding of statutory, legal, and compliance requirements.
- Demonstrated analytical thinking, problem-solving capability, and experience conducting root cause analysis to eliminate recurring engineering or operational issues.
- Strong communication and leadership skills, with ability to mentor teams, transfer knowledge, and drive continuous improvement initiatives across engineering operations. Experience developing apprentices would be a big advantage.