Shift Team Leader

Vacancy - Shift Team Leader

Are you an experienced engineering professional ready to take the next step into leadership? Are you motivated by the opportunity to lead a high-performing team, ensuring the reliability and performance of critical infrastructure? We are currently recruiting for an Engineering Team Leader to join our team at the Port of Liverpool, and help us keep the world moving!

Your Role

You will lead a team of Technicians working on a rolling shift pattern, managing both planned preventative and reactive maintenance across the site. You’ll ensure all maintenance activities are delivered efficiently, effectively, and in accordance with statutory compliance, safety standards, and operational objectives.

You’ll also manage external contractors and work closely with both engineering and operational departments to support installations, commissioning of new equipment, and continuous improvement of our systems and plant reliability. Your focus will be on maximising uptime of essential equipment and ensuring that work is completed to a high standard.

As part of your duties, you will prepare and review risk assessments and method statements, ensuring compliance with safety regulations. You will complete and oversee necessary administrative tasks to support high service standards, ensuring systems align with ISO9002 and ISO14001 requirements.

What you'll bring

You’ll be a time-served Technician or hold a recognised professional engineering qualification (minimum of HNC or equivalent), alongside:

• A strong ability in fault finding and repair is essential, as you will be responsible for diagnosing complex issues and ensuring timely resolution to minimise operational disruption.
• Experience in leading engineering teams and managing contractor performance in a fast-paced, operationally critical environment is essential.
• A strong understanding of maintenance best practices, health and safety compliance, and engineering standards.
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations qualification (where applicable)
• Strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills

A full valid driving licence is required for this position.

Who are we?

Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s leading port operator.  We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers.  Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040.  Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.

What we can offer you

In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers.  Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:

• Up to 10% Matched Contribution Pension
• Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, Critical Illness insurance, Gym Membership Scheme, Retail Vouchers, plus more!
• Commitment to learning and personal development – Last year we supported over 50,000 hours of training and personal development!
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our Employee Assistance Programme when required

If you believe you have the skills and experience we are seeking and you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, we’d really like to hear from you! Closing date for receipt of completed applications is 14th August 2025.