McCarthy Recruitment
Shift Engineering Supervisor
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Location: Enfield, North London
Salary: Upto £60,000
Shift: 4 on, 4 off – 2 days / 2 nights
Job Type: Permanent
The Opportunity
We’re recruiting for a Shift Engineering Supervisor to join a busy, fast-paced processing operation in Enfield.
This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll take responsibility for a shift engineering team, ensuring plant and machinery are running safely, efficiently and with minimal downtime. You’ll still be heavily involved technically – supporting breakdowns, fault finding and repairs – while also coordinating your team, prioritising workloads and driving improvements across the site.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead and supervise a team of multi-skilled engineers and contractors
- Prioritise planned and reactive maintenance across the shift
- Carry out hands-on fault finding, diagnostics and repairs
- Support preventative maintenance and minimise plant downtime
- Work across mechanical systems including hydraulics and pneumatics
- Support Root Cause Analysis following breakdowns and recurring faults
- Identify opportunities to improve plant reliability and performance
- Allocate workloads and ensure engineering priorities are delivered
- Coach and develop engineers within the team
- Maintain accurate maintenance records through the CMMS system
- Ensure all engineering work is completed safely and to a high standard
- Deliver effective shift handovers and communicate engineering issues clearly
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What We’re Looking For
You’ll ideally be an experienced Engineering Supervisor, Engineering Team Leader, Maintenance Team Leader or Lead Engineer from a fast-paced industrial environment.
You’ll need:
- HNC in Mechanical or Plant Engineering
- Previous experience leading or supervising an engineering/maintenance team
- Strong mechanical fault finding and problem-solving skills
- Experience with hydraulics and pneumatics
- Welding experience
- Experience delivering planned and reactive maintenance
- The ability to remain hands-on while leading a team
- Confidence prioritising engineering activity in a busy operational environment
Experience within waste, recycling, manufacturing, processing, aggregates, quarrying or another heavy industrial environment would be particularly relevant.
The Package
- Upto £60,000
- London Weighting Allowance
- 4 on, 4 off shift pattern
- Ongoing training and career development
- Generous pension scheme
- Life cover
- Retail and leisure discounts
- Holiday and travel discounts
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This role is handled by McCarthy Recruitment, an award-winning multi-sector recruiter. We believe that you matter and care about unlocking your full potential. Work with us to find your perfect role and start your journey today.
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