Engineering Team Leader

This is a great opportunity to join Butternut at an important point for the engineering function in Blyth, Worksop. As Engineering Team Leader, you’ll lead the full Engineering shift, supporting engineers through the day-to-day reality of a busy production environment while helping create a more connected, resilient and high-performing team.

You’ll sit within the site engineering team and play a key role in bridging engineering with wider operations. It’s an exciting time to join because the team is evolving, and this role offers real scope to bring strong leadership, technical credibility and a fresh perspective that helps shape how the function grows.

In this role, you can expect to…

• Lead and support a team of engineers on shift, setting the tone for performance, accountability and engagement in a fast-paced environment.
• Drive strong cross-functional working with operations and other site teams, building effective relationships and helping create better alignment across the business.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership during day-to-day engineering activity, including responding to challenges and supporting the team through operational issues.
• Coach and manage people effectively, holding regular conversations, giving feedback and helping individuals develop their capability over time.
• Help bring structure and maturity to the function by identifying opportunities to improve ways of working and embedding practical processes that support the team.
• Keep the team focused through changing demands, maintaining momentum during busy periods and helping people stay motivated through peaks and troughs in performance or workload.

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• You bring strong leadership experience from an engineering environment and know how to get the best from people.
• You’re technically credible, with a solid mechanical or electrical background and the confidence to lead in a hands-on setting.
• You’re a personable relationship-builder who can work well with different teams and create trust across functions.
• You’re adaptable and resilient, able to stay calm under pressure and lead positively through challenge and change.
• You have good commercial awareness and sound judgement, understanding how engineering decisions connect to the wider needs of the business.
• You love dogs, and you care about being part of a business with a clear mission.

At Butternut, the mission is to deliver health and happiness to dogs and their humans all over the world. In order to do just that, we need a team of forward-thinking, driven people who love dogs as much as we do. And we need some pretty impressive kitchens to make it happen.

While Rudie's Kitchen and Ace's Pantry in Doncaster remain the heart of our UK operations (where you will be based), we’ve recently taken a massive leap forward with Sam’s Kitchen in Poland, going live in January this year. This expansion is a huge part of our story, allowing us to bring our gently cooked, human-quality meals to even more four-legged friends across Europe.

We believe dogs deserve better, and we wouldn't serve food to them that we wouldn't be happy to eat ourselves. Butternut has come a long way since Kev & Dave (our co-founders) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, and with our new international footprint, we are looking for brilliant people to join us for this next chapter.

• Enjoy 257.5 hours of holiday per year (equivalent to 33 days holiday)*Plus an extra day for each year of service (up to 5 days).*
• 39 hours of pre-booked paws days to support good wellbeing and self-care.* (equivalent to 5 days)
• Enrollment into our EAP “Telus” offering free financial planning, counselling, mental health support and more
• Unlock a £500 annual budget for personal learning and development.
• Enhanced parental leave
• Get discounted Private Medical Insurance with Axa Healthcare.
• Discounted Gym membership with “MyGymDiscounts” helping you stay fit and healthy
• Satisfy your taste buds with subsidised food from a variety of street food vans, and of course, pay day pizza!
• Treat your furry friend with an employee discount on Butternut Box.
• Say goodbye to parking woes with onsite parking and electric car charging.
• Team socials & events
• Prepare for adorable office dog overload—meet Cleo, Otto, Cali, Ronnie, Harvey, Ralph, and many more!

*Holidays and Paws days are pro-rata for those working part time or job share

• There is no closing date for this role. However, we normally experience a high volume of applications so if you are interested we suggest applying as soon as possible.
• We aim to respond to all applicants personally. Our recruitment team is small so do bear with us.
• Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
• We're not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career.
• We are not looking for external agency support with this role.