GMP Worldwide
Engineering Shift Team Leader
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Lead the Team. Keep Production Moving.
GMP Recruitment Agency Limited are proud to be partnered with the UK’s leading independent, family-owned business who specialise in food and drink distribution for wholesale customers, located in Tewkesbury.
Are you an experienced Engineering Shift Team Leader who enjoys being hands-on and making a real difference on the production floor?
Join our busy Engineering team at Tewkesbury Depot, where you'll play a key role in keeping our production and distribution operations running safely, efficiently and reliably. Working alongside Engineers and Engineering Leads, you'll provide day-to-day leadership, solve equipment issues and ensure planned maintenance is delivered to a high standard.
What You'll Be Doing
- Supporting the Engineering Manager to achieve departmental and site objectives.
- Leading, supervising and developing a team of Engineers, making the most of individual skills and experience.
- Coordinating and delivering planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules.
- Diagnosing faults and carrying out repairs and testing on electrical and mechanical plant and equipment.
- Leading the effective fault-finding and resolution of issues on high-speed automated machinery.
- Ensuring engineering paperwork, records and compliance requirements are completed accurately.
- Supporting and mentoring Apprentices as they develop their engineering skills.
- Deputising for the Engineering Manager when required and providing engineering cover where needed.
- Working collaboratively with Production and Distribution teams to minimise downtime and keep operations running smoothly.
- Participating in the equipment breakdown call-out rota.
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What We're Looking For
We're looking for a confident and motivated engineering professional who can lead from the front and remain calm when priorities change.
You'll need:
- A minimum of an electrical-based apprenticeship qualification – essential.
- Experience working with high-speed machinery in an FMCG or similar production environment – essential.
- Strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
- Hands-on experience with automated machinery.
- Previous supervisory or people-management experience.
- A proactive, self-motivated approach with the ability to respond quickly to changing priorities.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- A flexible approach to shifts, deadlines and operational demands.
- A commitment to maintaining high standards of safety, quality and workmanship.
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On-Call & Overtime
You'll join an equipment breakdown call-out rota, typically one week in six.
When on call, you'll receive:
- £100 weekly retainer
- £50 payment per call-out
- Your normal hourly rate for time spent attending a call-out
Overtime is paid at 1.25x the hourly rate for hours worked over 40 per week.
What We Offer
Alongside a competitive hourly rate and opportunities to develop your career, you'll receive:
- 30 days' holiday, increasing with length of service
- Company pension scheme
- Health and wellbeing
- Discounted products and doorstep delivery
- Ongoing opportunities for training, development and career progression
If you're a hands-on engineering professional who enjoys leading people, solving problems and keeping a busy production environment moving, we'd love to hear from you.
GMP Recruitment Agency Limited are recruiting for this role on behalf of their client and are acting as an Employment Agency.
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