Engineering Shift Team Leader
Reference Number: 429431
Published Date: 12/12/2025
Job Type: Contract
Salary: £20.51 - £21.51 Per hour
Industry: Engineering
Hours: Full Time
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Engineering Team Leader to join and engineering department in a modern, clean FMCG environment in Tewkesbury.
LOCATION: Tewkesbury Industrial Estate
PAY: £20.51-£21.51/hr +OT of x1.25
HOURS: Week 1: Mon-Sat 06:00-14:00 (6 shifts), Week 2: Mon-Fri 13:45-21:45 (5 shifts)
DURATION: Temp to Perm after 12 weeks
What You Will Be Doing
- 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
What You Will Bring
- 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
What You Will Get
- Competitive salary with opportunities for development
- Company pension scheme
- Health and wellbeing support
- Discounted products & doorstep delivery
Apply now to be a part of a successful and rapidly expanding operation, that puts their employees at it's centre.

