Engineering Team Lead

Engineering Team Lead

We’re recruiting for an experienced Engineering Team Lead to join a busy food manufacturing site in County Down.

This is a hands-on leadership role, ideal for a strong electrical engineer who enjoys leading from the front, supporting a small engineering team and keeping production running efficiently.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Leading and supporting a team of engineers and technicians
• Coordinating day-to-day maintenance priorities
• Reducing downtime and improving equipment reliability
• Supporting OEE, MTTR and maintenance KPIs
• Planning preventative and predictive maintenance
• Leading fault finding and root cause analysis
• Supporting PLCs, motors, drives and automated production equipment
• Managing critical spare parts and engineering supplies
• Working closely with Production, Quality and Operations
• Supporting energy reduction and sustainability initiatives

We’re looking for someone with:

• Strong electrical engineering experience
• Experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Good fault-finding and problem-solving skills
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers
• Preventative and reactive maintenance experience
• Knowledge of PLC-controlled machinery, motors and drives
• Strong health & safety awareness