Manufacturing Support Engineering Shift Lead (nights)

Job Summary

Advertiser Salary / Rate Posted
Talent Locker £70,000
17th February 2026
Location Start Date
South East
Type Job Sector
permanent Manufacturing & Industrial

Manufacturing Support Engineering Shift Lead (Nights) Southampton up to £55k 26% shift allowance (up to £69k total) 7pm-7am | 4 on, 4 off (nights) This role sits at the sharp end of a highly automated manufacturing operation, leading a team of Manufacturing Support Engineers on the night shift within a 24/7 production environment where uptime, quality and pace genuinely matter. You'll take full ownership of nights, balancing hands-on engineering support with people leadership, performance management and forward planning. You'll be accountable for leading an engineering team in a clean-room, high-volume environment, reacting to faults, overseeing planned preventative maintenance and resolving operational issues in real time during the night shift. Alongside this, the role requires strong analytical capability, using data from nights to identify trends, plan improvements and feed into wider engineering performance. Strong people leadership is essential. This role requires proven…

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