Engineer Supervisor | Manchester

Are you an experienced food production engineer looking to lead a dedicated team and oversee all engineering matters at our Manchester site?

What you will be doing

As our Engineer Supervisor, you will report directly to the Site Manager and lead a small engineering team to ensure all factory equipment is installed, maintained, and repaired for optimum operational efficiency. Your standard working hours will be Monday to Thursday (06:30 - 16:00) and Friday (06:30 - 15:00) for a 44-hour week, with a requirement to be flexible and work weekends when maintenance or breakdown response is required.

• Process Optimisation & Engineering Management: Take ownership of all engineering matters on-site, including designing and optimising production processes, implementing lean manufacturing techniques, and managing departmental budgets.
• Equipment Maintenance & Installation: Install new machinery and proactively maintain existing equipment to ensure maximum availability, diagnosing defects and testing all repairs before equipment is handed back to operations.
• Rapid Troubleshooting: Attend to equipment breakdowns promptly with the correct tools to minimise machinery downtime and help the site meet its operational performance targets.
• Safety & Quality Protocols: Implement and ensure strict adherence to company health and safety standards, maintain a clean and audit-ready workstation, and ensure compliance with high manufacturing standards.
• Team Leadership & Out-of-Hours Response: Act as a role model to guide your team , communicate effectively across departments , and act as a site keyholder to respond to fire or intruder alarms out-of-hours when the Site Manager is unavailable.

What you will bring

To succeed in this role, you must bring a strong blend of technical engineering expertise, specialised compliance knowledge, and the leadership skills necessary to drive site performance.

• Experience: You have proven practical experience working in a food factory as a food production engineer or maintenance engineer within high-speed manufacturing environments.
• Hard Skills: You possess a strong technical expertise in maintaining complex machinery , specialised food safety knowledge, budget management capabilities, and the ability to interpret system drawings (electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic).
• Soft Skills: You are a flexible, results-driven leader who communicates effectively , encourages team collaboration , and demonstrates a positive outlook when solving complex operational challenges.

Why join us

This position offers a fantastic opportunity to take full ownership of a site's engineering function, giving you the autonomy to implement lean techniques and directly impact production efficiency. You will be working in a fast-paced, high-speed manufacturing environment that challenges your problem-solving abilities daily, while providing a clear pathway for professional development and project leadership.

We value dedication and flexibility, which is why we support our team with a structured Monday-to-Friday daytime schedule and reward weekend work with excellent peace of mind. In addition to a collaborative working environment, we offer amazing, industry-leading benefits, including an exceptional holiday allowance and a comprehensive pension scheme to secure your future.

About us

Danish Crown UK is a business built on trust, teamwork and ambition. We exist to deliver food that people believe in, and we know that takes strong leadership and collaborative cultures. Our leadership principles guide us. We act for the good of the whole organisation. We hire brilliant people and help them grow. We are ambitious, curious and open to new ideas. We build trust by accepting mistakes as part of development. We believe real leadership is earned through example, not title.

Whoever joins us will help create a workplace where people feel safe to speak up, share ideas, challenge old ways of working and stretch themselves to achieve more. If that sounds like the environment where you thrive, we would love to hear from you.