We are recruiting on behalf of a prominent manufacturing business for an experienced Engineering Team Leader. This role offers a 50/50 split between hands-on engineering and administrative responsibilities, leading the team to maintain safety, efficiency, and operational performance while driving continuous improvement.
Engineering Team Leader
Salary – £54,000
Monday to Friday Days (with flexibility during peak periods)
Location – Peterborough
Responsibilities
- Lead engineering and machine technician teams, providing technical guidance and resolving engineering issues efficiently.
- Coordinate preventative maintenance, statutory inspections, and equipment repairs to maximise reliability and minimise production downtime.
- Monitor engineering KPIs alongside the Engineering Manager, identifying opportunities to improve operational performance and maintenance efficiency.
- Allocate resources, prioritise workloads, and support engineering projects to meet production requirements and agreed deadlines.
- Ensure engineering activities comply with health, safety, environmental, food safety, and relevant legislative requirements.
- Maintain accurate maintenance records while promoting continuous improvement, equipment reliability, and high engineering standards.
Requirements
- Hold an engineering qualification, such as an HNC, HND, or degree, alongside relevant industry experience.
- Demonstrate proven engineering experience within manufacturing or process environments, ideally involving automated production equipment.
- Possess experience leading, developing, and coordinating skilled engineering or technical teams within demanding operational settings.
- Have working knowledge of preventative maintenance, PLC systems, equipment troubleshooting, and engineering performance improvement.
- Understand health, safety, environmental, and food safety requirements, including risk assessments and statutory inspections.
- Demonstrate strong leadership, communication, resource planning, and problem-solving skills, with a proactive continuous improvement approach.
Should this be of interest, please apply or call reach out to Duke at Henderson Brown for additional information.

