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Engineering Shift Manager

Derby, United Kingdom💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-27 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead a team of Automation, Reliability, and Junior Engineers to drive operational efficiency, minimize downtime, and ensure safety in an automated food manufacturing environment.

Role type

Senior IC Engineering Shift Manager (Manufacturing)

Builds

Automated food production lines and distribution processes

Domain

Food manufacturing / Logistics automation

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure

Required skills

Team leadership and mentoring, maintenance procedure development, process automation and improvement, safety audit and hazard identification, vendor coordination, root cause analysis, KPI monitoring and data analysis

Preferred skills

Knowledge of warehouse management systems, experience in automated manufacturing or distribution centers

Technologies

Automation systems, material handling equipment, warehouse management systems

Responsibilities

Manage and provide leadership to a team of Automation Engineers, Reliability Engineers and Junior Engineers; Develop and implement maintenance procedures and schedule to minimise downtime; Identify opportunities for process automation and improvement; Conduct regular audits and inspections to identify potential safety hazards; Coordinate with vendors and suppliers for spare parts and technical support; Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and analyze data for optimization

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with people management experience

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