Engineering Manager – Food Production

Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 + extensive shift allowance, yearly performance bonus and a comprehensive benefits package

Pod Talent is proud to represent this incredible FMCG manufacturer with a strong global presence and reach. This business is in the midst of a large investment programme, installing cutting-edge machinery and expanding capacity to meet growing demand in production and distribution.

As a new Engineering Manager, you will lead a whole engineering function and take ownership of a well-balanced team of maintenance technicians. This is a hands-on leadership role where you ll balance people management with getting stuck in on the ground
-coordinating maintenance activities, coaching your team, and driving a proactive maintenance culture across high-speed production lines.

This role will suit someone who s stepped up from the tools into team leadership, who thrives in fast-paced environments and understands the balance between keeping production running and building long-term results. You ll have autonomy to make an impact, suggest improvements, and develop your team your own way.

• Lead and develop a team of maintenance technicians through coaching, 1-2-1s, and structured development plans.
• Coordinate reactive and planned maintenance activities to maximise equipment uptime and reliability.
• Work hands-on alongside the team to diagnose and resolve mechanical and electrical faults on high-speed production equipment
• Partner with production managers and reliability teams to minimise downtime and support continuous improvement
• Identify and implement process improvements

• Mandatory: Proven experience leading or supervising a maintenance team in a manufacturing environment across FMCG, food manufacturing, pharma, or similar high-volume, fast-paced environments
• Non-negotiable: Hands-on maintenance background (electrical and/or mechanical)
• Knowledge and experience in SAP
• Comfortable scaling up to handle complexity and high volumes
• Strong communicator who can influence cross-functionally and bring teams on the journey through change

• Join a fantastic and modern manufacturing site with genuine investment in people and infrastructure
• Employee perks, including free gym membership and heavily subsidised meals
• Clear development pathway into reliability, projects, or technical management

Interested? If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, I d love to talk. Click apply now or get in touch with  to learn more.