Job Description:

Engineering Shift Team Leader – Cotteswold Dairy (Tewkesbury)
Location: Tewkesbury Depot
Shift Pattern: Week 1: Mon - Sat 06:00 - 13:45 (6 shifts), Week 2: Mon - Fri 13:45 - 21:45 (5 shifts)
Salary: £22.26 per hour, plus overtime of 1.25 x hourly rate above 40 hours  |  Department: Engineering  |  Reports to: Engineering Leads

Are you an experienced and motivated Engineering Shift Team Leader? Then join our Engineering Department at our Tewkesbury Depot providing on-the-floor support to our Engineers, and ensure the smooth running of production and distribution operations across our busy site.

About You - Skills & Experience

• Minimum of an electrical-based apprenticeship qualification – essential
• Experience of high-speed machinery in FMCG or a similar production environment – essential
• Strong electrical fault-finding skills – essential
• Experience working with automated machinery – essential
• Previous supervisory or people management experience – essential
• Self-motivated with the ability to adapt to changing priorities
• Strong communication skills and ability to foster good working relationships
• Flexible approach to shifts and deadlines, delivering a high standard of work

Rewards & Benefits

• Competitive salary with opportunities for development
• 30 days holiday (increasing with service)
• Company pension scheme
• Health and wellbeing cashback through Simply Health
• Discounted products & doorstep delivery

The Role - Key Responsibilities

• Support the Engineering Manager in delivering departmental goals
• Supervise, train and mentor Engineers, utilising team skills effectively
• Coordinate and deliver planned preventative maintenance schedules
• Repair and test electrical and mechanical plant equipment
• Lead effective fault finding and resolution for high-speed automated machinery
• Assist with departmental paperwork, records and compliance requirements
• Mentor Apprenticeship candidates as appropriate
• Deputise for the Engineering Manager and cover for Engineers when required
   
• Participate in equipment breakdown call-out rota
• Call out rota is roughly one week in six.
  Retainer of £100.00 for the week on call.
  £50.00 one-off payment per call out.
  Hourly rate once clocked in.

How to Apply

If you are an experienced Engineer with strong leadership skills and an electrical bias, we’d love to hear from you.