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Lead Engineer

Employer
The Sterling Choice Ltd
Location
Cambridgeshire
Salary
£45k - 48k per year
Closing date
29 Nov 2024
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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Engineering
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Job Title: Senior Engineer (Ideally with Electrical Bias)

Location: Cambridgehsire
Hours: 08:00 - 16:30, Monday to Friday
Salary:  up to £47,000 

About the Role:
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Engineer with an electrical bias to join our team at a high-paced, 24/7 manufacturing facility. This role is suited for a candidate with Team Leader or Lead Engineer experience who is ready to step into a role focused on team development and reliability improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Hands-On and Leadership Balance: Starting 75% hands-on, the role involves both reactive and preventive maintenance of production equipment.
  • Team Development: Mentor, train, and develop a team of engineers to improve skill levels and support reliability goals across the site.
  • Reliability Improvement: Identify and implement reliability enhancements to boost operational efficiency and reduce downtime.
  • Path to Supervisory Role: Potential for growth into a more hands-off, supervisory position as reliability and team targets are met.

What We’re Looking For:

  • Engineering Expertise: Strong engineering skills, ideally with an electrical bias, to troubleshoot and maintain various manufacturing equipment.
  • Leadership Experience: Background as a Team Leader or Lead Engineer, ideally within a manufacturing environment.
  • Reliability Focus: A proactive approach to continuous improvement with a strong understanding of reliability best practices.

Why Join Us?
This is a unique opportunity for an engineer who enjoys hands-on work but is also passionate about developing a team and enhancing long-term reliability in a busy production environment.

Ready to Apply?
If you have the technical and leadership skills to make an impact, we’d love to hear from you!

Company

Recruitment specialists for the food manufacturing, FMCG and engineering sectors covering the UK and USA.  Contract, Interim, and Permanent specialists covering Engineering, HR, NPD/Process, Sales & Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, and Technical.

We like to think we are a little different, taking a human-centric approach to recruitment. We match candidates and clients using shared values and visions alongside experience, qualifications, and ability.

We know that when candidates and clients have good synergy, great things happen. The Sterling Choice team are ‘people’ people and have come together from a variety of consumer-facing backgrounds such as customer service, sales, hospitality, and the leisure industry.
 

Company info
Telephone
01733 391515

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