Job Description

Description

Great People Work Here.



Are you searching for a career with bags of variety, in an environment that celebrates differences and empowers collaboration, which will value you and encourage you? Do you want the freedom to explore, and the opportunities to find new ways and to innovate? If so, TwiningsOvo delivers.


We're looking for people who don't just come here, but who have a desire to do the best job they can. In return, we offer an inspiring package of employee benefits - to show just how much we value you. This role will offer you the scope for growth and the tools to aim high.

The Shift Engineering Team Leader is responsible for overseeing and developing a team of engineers to ensure seamless operations, maintenance, and troubleshooting of equipment and machinery. The role requires direction, technical skills, and a focus on safety and quality. One week you will work 6am to 2pm and the next 2pm to 10pm, Mon-Fri.


Please note this is 12 months, fixed-term contract.

Key Responsibilities

Supervise, mentor, and motivate a team of cross trade maintenance shift engineers (4-7 direct reports), ensuring a high level of teamwork and productivity. Oversee and prioritise daily engineering works, ensuring that all tasks are completed on time and in accordance with company standards. Represent engineering department during daily stakeholder review and engagement sessions, acting as a primary point of contact for Operations-Engineering alignment. Identify and provide ongoing development opportunities for team members, whilst assisting in coaching new engineers and technical operators. Function as a lead facilitator for Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and problem-solving exercises involving cross functional teams. Review major downtime losses and repeat failures through data driven analysis to identify root cause and implement preventive measures. Champion and facilitate continuous improvement projects using mean manufacturing methodology. Facilitate shift handovers to ensure seamless transition of information and optimise floor management systems to maximise efficiency. Champion compliance of safety regulations, Quality standards and company policies. Identify and participate in small capital projects, whilst supporting the project engineers on complex projects.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Apprentice trained engineer within engineering/manufacturing environment C&G/NVQ3 in engineering discipline Experience with supervising and developing a multi-discipline engineering team. Experience in lean manufacturing and root cause analysis techniques. Innate directing capability. Sound analytical skills. Effective communication skills both verbal and written. Good interpersonal skills, able to evaluate and pass on knowledge. Good organizational ability, able to prioritize. Ability to read and understand safety information, technical manuals and data. Natural critical thinking skills. Initiative-taking, flexible and able to respond to emergency's when required. Works well in a team, managing tight deadlines.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays and the option to buy and sell holidays. Yearly bonus based on personal contribution and financial performance. Onsite Gym and Wellbeing Centre. Perkbox - employee discount scheme with discounts online, in high street stores, cinema, holidays, restaurants and many more. Pension scheme with your contributions matched for up to 10% of your salary. Cycle to work scheme. SimplyHealth Cash plan. Onsite Staff shop and online staff discounts. Electric Car Scheme.

About Twinings Ovaltine

Twinings has become one of the world's most renowned tea companies over its 300-year history because we never stop learning, never stop experimenting and never stop inventing. We take pride in our tea from bud to cup and have been working with some of our tea estates around the world since the early 18th Century.


More than 300 years later, the love of tea is still here - and so are we! We still sell tea from Thomas's shop, and we still work hard to bring the most innovative new blends to tea lovers around the world. Now, we have over 500 varieties and our teas are cherished all over the world. Our expert master blenders taste more than 3,000 cups of tea every week. So you can be sure the next cup you taste will be every bit as good as the one yesterday or the day before.

Our approach to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At TwiningsOvo, we believe in the power of diversity to drive innovation and meaningful work. We are committed to building a workplace where people from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences feel safe, valued, have a sense of belonging and are empowered to thrive. Inclusion is more than a goal, it's how we work together every day. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against an applicant on the basis of their ethnicity, colour, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, family or parental status, disability, neurodiversity, age, socioeconomic background or any other status protected by law and are committed to promoting diversity across our workplace.

Applicants may be entitled to reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act. A reasonable adjustment is a change in the way things are typically done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity.

Please inform our Talent Acquisition or HR Shared Services team if you need any assistance completing your application or to otherwise participate in the application process.