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Engineering Supervisor

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Posting date: 18 July 2025
Salary: £60,000 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 17 August 2025
Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 1aa
Company: Randstad CPE
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: Eng-Supervisor- CB_1752854419

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Summary

Are you an experienced and hands-on Engineering Supervisor with a strong electrical bias? Do you thrive in a dynamic manufacturing environment and love leading a team to success? We have an exciting opportunity with a prominent food company based in Cambridge that could be your next big career move.

We are a well-established company known for sourcing and producing a wide range of food ingredients. We're looking for a proactive, solution-focused leader with a collaborative spirit to join our team.

What You'll Be Doing (and Why It's a Great Opportunity):

  • Lead and Develop: You'll manage and mentor a dedicated team of 3 Maintenance Engineers, fostering their growth and ensuring high performance.

  • Hands-on Maintenance: Get involved in varied tasks from preventative maintenance schedules and reactive repairs to servicing machinery and planning installations.

  • Project Involvement: Contribute your expertise to exciting engineering projects aimed at continuous improvement of electro-mechanical equipment.

  • Operational Excellence: Maintain meticulous documentation, contribute to SOPs, conduct risk assessments, and manage on-site contractors, ensuring smooth operations.

What We're Looking For in You:

  • Electrical Expertise: Minimum Level 3 qualification in Electrical Engineering is essential.

  • Leadership Experience: Demonstrated experience managing a team for at least 2 years, or an NVQ Level 3 equivalent in leadership or supervision.

  • Technical Prowess: Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills, with the ability to read electrical and mechanical schematic drawings. An understanding of PLC programming logic is preferred.

  • Safety & Compliance: Competent to work at height and in confined spaces, with an understanding of maintaining documented audit records (knowledge of BRC is a plus).

  • Communication Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration with operations staff, external contractors, and suppliers.

  • Tech Savvy: Computer literate with current MS Office Applications.

  • Proactive Mindset: A proactive approach to all aspects of maintenance, repair, and team development.

What We Offer You:

  • A highly competitive salary of £60,000.

  • A comprehensive benefits package, including a bonus aligned with company performance, pension, life assurance, and income protection.

  • Support for your ongoing professional development, with appropriate on and off-site training opportunities.

  • The chance to join a company that values drive, resilience, forward-thinking, and teamwork.

Ready to take the next step in your engineering career? If you're an ambitious and collaborative leader with the required electrical engineering background, we encourage you to apply!

To Apply: Contact Ben Jones at

Similar Roles You Might Also Be Interested In:

  • Maintenance Supervisor

  • Electrical Maintenance Team Leader

  • Engineering Team Leader

  • Lead Maintenance Engineer

  • Multi-Skilled Engineer (with leadership experience)

  • Facilities Maintenance Supervisor

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

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