Deeside Cereals
Engineering Shift Supervisor
Deeside
£57.5k/yr
Posted about 21 hours ago
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Engineering Shift Supervisor
Location: Deeside
Compensation: £57,502 / year
Job Purpose / Summary
- The Lead Shift Engineer is a multiskilled engineering professional responsible for leading, coordinating and supervising all engineering activities on their assigned shift within a fast paced FMCG environment.
- They provide technical leadership to Shift Engineers, ensure safe and effective maintenance across all plant and packaging machinery, prioritise engineering workload, and act as the first point of escalation for technical issues during the shift.
- The role drives engineering reliability, reduces downtime and ensures compliance with safety, food safety and legal requirements while role modelling engineering excellence.
Key Accountabilities
Shift Leadership & People Responsibilities
- Day-to-day leadership of Shift Engineers, including task allocation, prioritization and performance during the shift.
- Coordinate maintenance workload in real-time based on breakdowns, production needs and planned tasks.
- Provide technical guidance, coaching and hands-on support to engineers on shift.
- Lead shift handovers, ensuring clear communication of ongoing issues, completed work, risks and priorities.
- Conduct informal skills assessments and support the Engineering Manager with identifying training needs.
- Role model engineering standards, behaviours and professional conduct across the shift.
Maintenance & Engineering Operations
- Lead the execution of planned, predictive and reactive maintenance across process, packaging and auxiliary equipment.
- Manage and support troubleshooting, fault-finding and issue resolution across electrical and mechanical plant equipment.
- Oversee line adjustments, changeovers and breakdown response to minimise downtime.
- Ensure maintenance tasks are completed safely, accurately and on time, reallocating engineers as priorities change.
Installation, Commissioning & Contractor Coordination
- Lead and support installation, commissioning and repair activities on shift.
- Coordinate and supervise engineering contractors to ensure safe, compliant and efficient work.
- Maintain and sign off shift engineering documentation, ensuring accuracy and traceability.
Continuous Improvement
- Drive improvements in equipment performance, reliability and engineering efficiency.
- Identify root causes of downtime and implement corrective actions in partnership with the wider Engineering team.
- Promote new technologies, methods and engineering approaches to improve shift performance.
- Support upskilling of team members through hands-on coaching and training.
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Health, Safety & Compliance
- Lead by example as a safety champion, ensuring compliance with all H&S, food safety and legal requirements.
- Ensure all engineering tasks are risk-assessed and completed in line with safe systems of work.
- Take ownership of shift safety issues, escalating where required and driving immediate corrective actions.
General
- Undertake any additional engineering or leadership duties as required by the Engineering Manager or site management.
- Responsible for Food Safety, Quality and Legality at all times.
Problem Solving & Innovation
- Make rapid, informed decisions to prioritise engineering tasks and minimise downtime.
- Diagnose complex faults and lead Shift Engineers through systematic troubleshooting.
- Apply creativity and engineering judgement to resolve breakdowns and improve long-term reliability.
- Act as the escalation point for technical challenges, resolving or coordinating specialist support as needed.
Leadership & People Responsibilities
- Direct leadership of Shift Engineers during the shift.
- Provide coaching, mentoring and guidance to develop engineering capability.
- Ensure consistent application of engineering standards, documentation and safe working practices.
- Lead shift meetings, toolbox talks and performance updates where required.
Impact of Role
- Directly influences engineering response times, downtime reduction and equipment reliability.
- Strengthens safety culture through effective supervision and compliance leadership.
- Improves shift performance by ensuring engineering resources are deployed effectively.
- Enables stable, predictable operations through strong decision-making and shift coordination.
Dimensions of the Role
- Direct Reports: Shift Engineers
- Scope: Entire production site including process equipment, packaging lines, auxiliary systems and site services
- Environment: Fast-paced, 24/7 continuous manufacturing (FMCG)
- Cadence: Rotating shifts, including night and weekend work aligned to engineering shift structure
Key Relationships & Interpersonal Skills
Internal Stakeholders
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- Chief Engineer and wider Engineering leadership
- Shift Engineers
- Manufacturing and Production Shift Managers
- Technical, Warehouse and Operations teams
External Stakeholders
- Engineering contractors
- OEM engineers and service providers
Behavioural Skills
- Strong leadership presence and calm decision-maker
- Excellent communication during high-pressure events
- Safety-focused and disciplined
- Team-oriented but able to act independently when needed
- Strong diagnostic, analytical and problem-solving ability
The Ingredients
Essential
- Qualified engineer to HNC and/or NVQ Level 3 (electrical, mechanical or multiskilled).
- Strong multiskilled engineering experience in automated, continuous manufacturing environments.
- Demonstrated capability to diagnose and resolve technical issues independently.
- Experience supervising or directing engineering work is highly desirable.
- Strong working knowledge of integrated systems, packaging automation and drive systems.
- Minimum qualification of IOSH Certificate in Managing Safely.
Desirable
- Prior shift leadership or coordination experience.
- Experience coaching or mentoring engineers.
- Knowledge of structured CI methods (e.g., root cause analysis, lean tools).
Your Bowl of Perks (Benefits)
Competitive Salary & Annual Flexible Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, career, and life outside work.
- Eligibility to join the Company's Discretionary Bonus scheme
- Pension scheme
- 23.5 days annual leave increasing with service
- Annual Salary review
- Company Sick Pay Scheme
- Long Service Award Scheme
- Life Assurance Cover
- Discounted Staff Shop
- 'Weetastars' Recognition Scheme with Rewards
- A health surveillance medical every year (if required)
Additional Support for Employees
- Continued investment in your personal development
- Balance for family, rest, or personal time (additional annual leave can be purchased up to 5 days)
- Access to 24/7 counselling service (via Grocery Aid partnership)
- Heavily Subsidised Vending Service
- Free Parking on site
To learn more about life at Deeside Cereals, visit our careers page: Deeside Cereals | Deeside Cereals Careers
Please note: We are unable to provide sponsorship for this position; therefore, we are seeking candidates who do not require sponsorship.
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