Maintenance Engineering Lead

Maintenance Engineering Lead

Are you an experienced Maintenance Engineering professional ready to take the next step into leadership? We're looking for a Maintenance Engineering Supervisor to oversee one of the 5 engineering divisions. This is a unique opportunity to combine your technical expertise with a passion for coaching and developing others.

You'll lead a team of 14 engineers who work on a rotating shift pattern of days and nights, driving performance, mentoring talent and ensuring continuous improvement. While the role is predominantly hands‑off, you'll still roll up your sleeves when needed, supporting maintenance, assisting with PPM scheduling and identifying efficiency improvements.

Join a site engineering team of 75, where collaboration and innovation are key. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our engineering function and helping our people thrive.

• Leading the engineering team – hands on assisting with the machinery and coaching/develping the engineers.
• Manage the PPM scheduling.
• Contractor and Apprentice management.
• Reviewing maintenance activity and looking into improvement projects.
• Support the site and departmental 5s programme.
• Drive and support Reliability Centred Maintenance activities.

• Background in hands on maintenance within a manufacturing environment.
• Level 3 engineering qualification as a minimum.
• Leadership or management experience.

• Monday – Friday day role.
• Salary £55,000 – £58,000 DOE.
• Bonus scheme up to 10%.
• Life Assurance.
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
• Health care plan.

Applicants must have full Right to Work in the UK.

No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

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