Yolk Recruitment Ltd
Maintenance Engineering Team Leader
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Engineering Shift Team Leader
Location: Poole, Dorset
Salary: Circa £58,000
Shift Pattern: 12-hour days and nights
About the Role
Are you an experienced Engineering Team Leader, or a Senior/Lead Engineer looking for your next leadership challenge?
We’re recruiting for a well-established manufacturer in Poole, part of one of the UK’s largest groups within its sector. The business is investing heavily in its engineering function, manufacturing facilities, and reliability programme—making this an exciting opportunity to join and drive forward.
This is not a supervisory role. You’ll take full ownership of engineering activities across your shift, leading from the front while remaining hands-on and technically involved. You’ll be trusted to make decisions, coordinate engineering resources, develop your team, and ensure production runs efficiently and safely.
The Role
As Engineering Shift Team Leader, you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day leadership of the engineering function during your shift, acting as the key liaison between Engineering, Production, and Site Management.
Key Responsibilities
- Leading, motivating, and developing a team of Multi-Skilled Engineers
- Coordinating reactive and planned maintenance, prioritising engineering tasks across shifts
- Scheduling engineering resources to maximise equipment availability and minimise downtime
- Making real-time decisions during breakdowns to restore production safely and efficiently
- Supporting continuous improvement, reliability, and root cause analysis activities
- Driving engineering standards—ensuring accountability, performance, and adherence to food safety and site procedures
- Coaching and mentoring engineers to support their technical development
- Collaborating closely with Production to align operational priorities with engineering requirements
- Ensuring all engineering work is completed safely, accurately, and in line with company protocols
- Producing accurate shift handovers, engineering reports, and maintaining clear communication between shifts
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Equipment Support
The site operates a range of automated PLC-controlled manufacturing equipment. Ideal candidates will have experience working with:
Electrical Systems
- Three-phase systems
- Electrical fault finding
- Control panels & diagnostics
- Inverters and variable speed drives
- Relays, contactors, and overload protection
- Sensors, photocells, and safety circuits
- Reading electrical schematics
- PLC fault finding (preferably Siemens)
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Mechanical Systems
- Bearings, gears, and gearbox maintenance
- Chains, sprockets, and conveyor systems
- Pneumatics
- Mechanical strip-downs, rebuilds, and diagnostics
- Fast-paced production machinery troubleshooting
What We’re Looking For
Ideal candidates will be:
- Experienced Engineering Team Leaders, Lead Engineers, or Multi-Skilled Engineers
- Natural takers of ownership, with a track record of supporting teams
- Ready to step into a formal leadership role
- Previously involved in planning workloads, coordinating engineering activities, or supervising engineers
What’s On Offer
- Circa £58,000 basic salary
- Contiguous (conti) shift pattern offering excellent work-life balance
- Company pension
- Health Cash Plan
- Employee discount platform
- Ongoing technical and leadership development
- Genuine long-term career progression within a growing manufacturing business
If you’re looking for a role where you’ll have genuine responsibility, influence engineering performance, and contribute to long-term plant reliability, we’d love to hear from you.
Whether you’re already a Team Leader or a Senior Multi-Skilled Engineer ready to advance, we’d welcome the opportunity to discuss this further.
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