Apply now »
Posting Date:  16 Apr 2025
Location: 

Northampton, GB

Entity / company:  Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company

Engineering Team Leader

Career Portal Photo

Job Title – Engineering Team Leader

Location: - Northampton Brewery, NN1 1PZ

Job Length – Permanent

Working Hours – 35 & 42 Hours

Shift Pattern – Days and shift

Competitive Salary with extensive benefits:

 

  • Monthly product allowance – alcoholic & non-alcoholic options available
  • Life Assurance
  • Company bonus scheme
  • Access to 24/7 GP services
  • Enhanced pension contribution
  • Generous holiday (inc bank holidays)
  • Access to a range of high street discounts
  • Discounted onsite shop in the breweries.

 

Carlsberg Britvic is the largest multi-beverage supplier in the UK and is home to some of the most iconic and popular beers & soft drinks, including Carlsberg Danish Pilsner, 1664, Poretti and Brooklyn to ale favourites such as Hobgoblin and Wainwright. For soft drinks, Carlsberg Britvic’s brands include J2O, Robinsons, Tango and London Essence along with the licence rights to the Pepsi portfolio in the UK including Pepsi MAX, 7UP, Lipton Ice Tea and Rockstar Energy.

 

With a strong national footprint, the Carlsberg Britvic business includes 6 production facilities and 16 logistics depot’s servicing customers up and down the UK.

 

Whilst these two historical businesses have come together, the one common goal remains, and that is ensuring our people succeed. 

 

This is an exciting time to join the Northampton Brewery where you will be a part of a highly skilled maintenance team, delivering and driving results in a modern operation. You will be working in a well back and invested environment that is working with cutting edge technologies on a large scale.

 

If you are interested in joining our journey, we are now recruiting for two Engineering Team Leaders to join the Packing and Brewing & Processing teams. Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, this role will play a key part of our success journey and you will have the opportunity to be involved in the following:

 

Role Responsibilities:

  • Leading the implementation of modern maintenance techniques, including Preventative Maintenance (PM) and Autonomous Maintenance (AM), to enhance reliability and minimise unplanned downtime.
  • Act as a leadership role model, promoting compliance with HSE, food safety, and hygiene standards, including adherence to Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) policies.
  • Allocating and managing resources effectively to ensure maintenance plans are achieved, including manpower, spare parts, and tools. 
  • Develop and maintain a close working relationship with production teams, understanding their needs and priorities to align maintenance activities.
  • Facilitate cross-functional teamwork between engineering and production to drive shared accountability for equipment performance and operational goals.
  • Monitor and achieve area KPIs, such as unplanned downtime reduction, MTBF, labour utilisation, compliance to plan and spare parts inventory targets.
  • Manage the team, performance and development, ensuring a strong performance focus and skills pipeline.

 

Experience and Key Attributes:

  • HND/degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial preferred). Indentured apprenticeship and relevant experience can be considered as equivalent.
  • Significant experience in a production environment, with proven leadership experience.
  • Proven track record of managing maintenance teams and driving performance improvements.
  • Experience managing budgets, spare parts inventory, and third-party contractors.
  • Knowledge of process plant and infrastructure systems, including mechanical, electrical, and utilities equipment.
  • Familiarity with modern maintenance tools and lean manufacturing methodologies, such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA), CBM, 5S, and Kaizen.
  • Fluent in English (spoken and written).
  • UK working rights.

This is an exciting time to join our newly formed business – with their incredible individual history’s, innovation of products and some of the UK’s most iconic brands, Carlsberg Britvic strives to deliver the best service to our customers and consumers. We aim to make a difference, bringing together two diverse companies, our global reach enables opportunity, growth and a chance to work with some fantastic people.

Interested in finding out more? Apply today and a member of the recruitment team will be in touch!

 

Application Process:

We read applications continuously, and vacancies may be filled anytime, so please apply as early as possible.
We look forward to receiving your application.
 

CMBC is a new company, fuelled by highly engaged, empowered and passionate employees who will go above and beyond to deliver best in class customer service and help grow our portfolio of brands and business. With their entrepreneurial spirit, these employees take personal accountability and initiative to act and find solutions. Our employees work hard and have fun, enjoying supportive relationships that extend across the whole business.

Apply now »