Engineering Shift Manager

Engineering Shift Manager | Permanent Nights | Panama Shift

Bradford | Food Manufacturing | 2-2-3 Panama Shift | 18:00-06:00

Competitive salary + excellent benefits

Are you an experienced Engineering Manager, Engineering Team Leader or Senior Engineer ready to take ownership of an engineering function on a permanent night shift?

This is an opportunity to join a large-scale, highly automated food manufacturing site in Bradford, where you'll lead an engineering team, drive reliability and help shape the way engineering operates across the night shift.

This isn't simply a senior engineer role with a different job title.

You'll have genuine responsibility for people, performance, maintenance standards and continuous improvement, working closely with production to keep the site running safely and efficiently.

The Shift

Panama shift pattern: 2-2-3

18:00-06:00

You'll work a structured permanent night shift, giving you a consistent pattern and clear ownership of the engineering operation during your shift.

What You'll Own

As Engineering Shift Manager, you'll lead the engineering team on shift and make sure the site has the right level of support to maintain production performance.

You'll be responsible for:

Leading, coaching and developing the engineering team

Setting clear expectations around engineering standards and performance

Supporting engineers with complex electrical and mechanical faults

Driving planned and preventative maintenance performance

Reducing repeat breakdowns and equipment downtime

Improving reliability across a highly automated production environment

Managing engineering priorities throughout the shift

Working closely with production and other site functions

Supporting engineering projects, equipment upgrades and capital investment

Promoting a strong culture of ownership, accountability and continuous improvement

Ensuring engineering activity is carried out safely and to the required food manufacturing standards

You'll be expected to be visible, practical and involved.

This isn't a desk-based management position. You'll be leading from the front, supporting your engineers when problems arise and making sure the team leaves the shift in a stronger position than when it started.

The Environment

You'll be working within a large-scale food manufacturing operation with significant automation, whe...