Engineering Team Leader

About the Role

Location: Ower Hatchery, near Totton
Salary: Up to £50,000 per year, depending on experience
Hours: 45 hours per week on a 2-week rota (with on-call requirement every other week)

Are you an electrically biased Engineer looking for your next leadership challenge? Do you have strong fault-finding skills and experience leading a team within a fast-paced engineering environment? We are looking for a highly competent and motivated Engineering Team Leader (Electrically Biased) to join our maintenance team at our hatchery in Ower. In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring the smooth and reliable operation of hatchery machinery, with a strong focus on electrical systems, control panels, automation, and reactive fault diagnosis.

You'll be responsible for planning preventative maintenance, leading breakdown response, and driving continuous improvement across site to enhance reliability and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and mentor a team of Engineers
• Take ownership of electrical fault finding, diagnostics and system improvements
• Oversee planning and execution of PPM schedules and reactive repairs
• Improve equipment reliability and eliminate recurring electrical faults
• Support and manage external contractors for servicing and maintenance
• Drive engineering best practices and continuous improvement initiatives
• Participate in the on-call rota (week-on/week-off, Friday to Friday)

What You'll Need to Be Successful

• Strong electrical engineering background with hands on fault finding experience
• Completed an Engineering Apprenticeship or Level 3 qualification (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering
• Previous experience leading or supervising an engineering team
• Experience within food manufacturing, agriculture, FMCG, or a similar industrial environment (desirable)
• Strong communication skills with the ability to create a positive and high performing team culture

Working Pattern

Week 1: Monday - Friday, 06:00 - 15:30
Week 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday, 06:00 - 15:30
(On call requirement applies)

The Benefits of Working for Avara Foods

• Up to £50,000 per year, depending on experience
• 28 days holiday, increasing by 1 day per year up to 33
• Life assurance scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme
• Access to our Employee Benefit Scheme including unlimited remote GP appointments, mental health sessions, physiotherapy, medical second opinions and retail discounts

Who Are We?

Avara Foods is one of the UK's leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to major supermarkets and well known restaurants. We manage our entire supply chain, from farms to factory to customer, creating a wide range of career opportunities across England and Wales.

If you're an electrically biased Engineering professional ready to step into a leadership role within a dynamic and supportive environment, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today.