Production Engineering Lead

A growing food manufacturer are seeking a Production Engineering Lead where hands-on engineering meets continuous improvement in a fast-moving, food manufacturing environment. In this role, you will protect equipment reliability, boost line performance, and help teams run safer, more efficient production every day. If you enjoy solving problems at root cause, planning preventive maintenance, and coaching others to raise capability, the Production Engineering Lead position is designed to help your expertise shine and your career accelerate.

Salary £42,000 to £50,000 plus Benefits.

Monday to Friday 08:30 – 17:30

What You Will Do:

• Act as the technical owner for your production line, ensuring equipment reliability, capability and competence are maintained to the highest standards.
• Plan, oversee and execute preventive maintenance activities in line with manufacturer recommendations and the wider maintenance strategy.
• Minimise downtime by troubleshooting faults effectively and implementing sustainable corrective actions.
• Coach and support operational teams to enable safe, efficient and effective operation of production equipment, developing practical machine know-how.
• Collaborate with key operational and functional stakeholders to optimise line performance while staying fully compliant with food safety and health and safety requirements.
• Manage maintenance resources to ensure availability and support budget control, using good computer literacy and maintenance/production systems.

What You Will Bring:

• Hands-on mechanical or electrical maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment, ideally within food and/or FMCG production.
• A strong understanding of production processes, line process flows and the machinery that keeps production moving.
• Demonstrable training and coaching capability, with a commitment to people development and skills growth across a team.
• A continuous improvement mindset, using equipment and production performance data to identify trends and reduce downtime.
• Confidence in presenting issues clearly, diagnosing root causes, and working collaboratively under operational pressure.
• Degree, HNC or HND in Engineering.

This Production Engineering Lead role is central to delivering dependable manufacturing performance and building a culture of closeness, respect and quality. With a workforce focused on growth and operational excellence across an international footprint, this position helps strengthen sustainable improvement, high standards and consistent delivery in every shift.

Location:

This Production Engineering Lead role is based in Milton Keynes, supporting a technologically advanced production facility.

Interested?:

If you are ready to take technical ownership, elevate reliability and lead improvements that matter, apply for the Production Engineering Lead role today and take the next step in your engineering career.

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