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Engineering Supervisor

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 enhance process automation in an automated manufacturing/distribution environment.

Role type

Senior IC Engineering Supervisor (Automation/Manufacturing)

Builds

Automated manufacturing and distribution operations

Domain

Food & Beverage / Logistics / Automation

Deliverable

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

Required skills

Leadership and people management, automation systems knowledge, material handling equipment expertise, warehouse management systems (WMS) knowledge, safety regulations compliance, root cause analysis, KPI monitoring and data analysis, vendor coordination

Preferred skills

Mentoring experience, continuous improvement project leadership, cross-functional stakeholder communication

Technologies

Automation systems, material handling equipment, warehouse management systems

Responsibilities

Manage and provide leadership to a team of Automation, Reliability, and Junior Engineers; Develop and implement maintenance procedures to minimize downtime; Identify opportunities for process automation and improvement; Conduct safety audits and inspections; Coordinate with vendors for spare parts and upgrades; Lead root cause analysis and continuous improvement projects; Monitor KPIs and analyze data for optimization.

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