Engineering team leader Work, Jobs in Leeds, Eng (with Salaries)

Engineering Team Leader
DS Smith —Featherstone
- Full-time
- Maintenance
- Continuous improvement
- Team management
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance
Lead Engineering Reliability Specialist
SM Ford Technical Services —Leeds
- £68,000 - £82,000 a year
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- In-person
- Analytics
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Flexitime
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1d
Lead Maintenance Engineer
Leeds Trinity University —Leeds
- £32,080 - £37,694 a year
- Full-time
- University
- In-person
Engineering Team Manager
Marshalls PLC —Pollington
- Full-time
- Continuous improvement
- Team management
- Training & development
- Employee discount
Quick apply
Engineering Programme Lead
Northern Trains —Leeds
- Up to £71,794 a year
- Continuous improvement
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
1d
Engineering Team Leader
Ibstock Plc —Wakefield
- Microsoft Word
- Computer literacy
- Maintenance
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
Lead Control Systems Engineer
Mitsubishi Power EMEA —Leeds
- Full-time
- Programmable logic controllers
- Communication skills
Quick apply
Lead Principal Designer - Building Safety Act
TÜV SÜD —Leeds
- Full-time
- Management
- Business development
- Mentoring
- Employee assistance programme
Manufacturing Excellence Lead
Mars —Batley
- Full-time
- Continuous improvement
- Training & development
- Manufacturing
1d
Building Services Office Lead
AtkinsRéalis —Leeds
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Business development
- Team management
- Training & development
Associate Director – Lead Contractor Design Approval Engineer
AtkinsRéalis —Leeds
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Mentoring
11d
MEICA & SYSTEMS LEAD MEP DIGITAL ENGINEER
Laing O'Rourke —Leeds
Business Architect & Org Design Lead
AECOM —Leeds
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Business development
- Bachelor's degree
- No degree
Lead AI Engineer
Answer Digital —Leeds
- Hybrid work
- Mentoring
- Agile
- AI
- Annual leave
Design Lead
JN Bentley —Leeds
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Annual leave
Quick apply
Technical Lead (Civils & Structures Design )
AmcoGiffen —York
- £72,500 - £87,500 a year
- Full-time
- Civil engineering
- Engineering
- Mentoring
- Annual leave
Quick apply
Lead Design Engineer (Water)
AECOM —Leeds
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
Design Lead
Mott MacDonald —Leeds
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Annual leave
Lead Generator Engineer
Mitsubishi Power EMEA —Leeds
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Up to 50% travel
Quick apply
Lead Platform Engineer
TransUnion —Leeds
- Full-time
- Continuous improvement
- Leadership
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Annual leave

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Engineering Team Leader

DS Smith -
Featherstone

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Job details

Full-time

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Free flu jabs
Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Life insurance
Sick pay

Qualifications

Reactive maintenance implementation
Machinery breakdown fault-finding
Maintenance
Performance management
Continuous improvement
Team management
Organisational skills
Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) implementation
Multidisciplinary collaboration
Site housekeeping
Training & development
Leadership
Communication skills
Planned maintenance

Full job description

Engineering Team Leader

Featherstone
Monday – Friday | Days

At DS Smith, we’re looking for an experienced Engineering Team Leader to join our Featherstone manufacturing site. This is a fantastic opportunity for an established engineering leader who enjoys developing people, improving reliability, and driving continuous improvement within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you’ll lead the day-to-day activities of the engineering team, ensuring maintenance is delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest standard. You’ll also act as the Engineering Manager’s deputy, providing leadership and decision-making support during periods of absence and helping drive the wider engineering strategy across the site.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll balance people management, maintenance planning, asset reliability and continuous improvement, while working closely with Production and other site functions to maximise equipment performance and operational efficiency.

What you’ll be doing

Lead, coach and develop a team of maintenance engineers, creating a high-performing and engaged engineering function.
Support the Engineering Manager and provide operational leadership in their absence.
Ensure preventative, predictive and reactive maintenance activities are planned and completed effectively.
Drive the site’s Asset Care strategy to improve reliability, reduce downtime and maximise equipment performance.
Manage engineering activities through the site’s maintenance management system, ensuring work is prioritised, planned and completed to a high standard.
Create and deliver training and development plans, ensuring engineers remain competent and compliant with statutory requirements.
Manage team performance, providing coaching, feedback and development opportunities.
Champion a strong health and safety culture, ensuring compliance with company standards, contractor management and safe systems of work.
Lead communication across engineering and operations, including safety updates, breakdown reviews, handovers and maintenance planning.
Monitor machine condition, investigate engineering non-conformances and implement corrective actions.
Support site capital projects, equipment installations and continuous improvement initiatives.
Maintain engineering documentation, preventative maintenance schedules and audit compliance.
Ensure workshop standards, housekeeping and engineering stores are mai tained to a high standard.

About you

We’re looking for someone who combines strong technical knowledge with excellent leadership skills and is ready to take ownership of engineering performance across the site.

You’ll ideally have:

A Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeship (or higher qualification) in a mechanical, electrical or multi-skilled discipline.
Previous experience within a fast-paced manufacturing or FMCG environment.
Proven experience leading or supervising engineering teams.
A proactive approach to people leadership, coaching and performance management.
Experience delivering preventative and predictive maintenance strategies.
Knowledge of maintenance planning systems (SAP experience would be advantageous).
Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills with the ability to prioritise in a busy production environment.
Experience working collaboratively with production and cross-functional teams.
Excellent communication and organisational skills.
A passion for continuous improvement, reliability and developing others.

What we can offer you:

Competitive salary
Qualifying Sick Pay scheme
Pension scheme & Life insurance
Share Save scheme
Income Protection
25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
Employee Assistance Programme
Virtual GP, Occupational Health & free Flu vaccine
Cycle to Work and shopping discounts

We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 65,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us!

Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.”

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Engineering Team Leader

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Lead Maintenance Engineer

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Engineering Team Leader

Lead Control Systems Engineer

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