Engineering Lead: Industrial Maintenance & Reliability

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Stroud; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance awards

Dynamic environment

Career growth

Generous leave entitlement

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment is seeking an Engineering Lead to drive maintenance strategy and lead multi-skilled teams in a manufacturing environment. You will diagnose failures, oversee repairs, and coordinate with day teams to tackle long-term issues while ensuring spares and schedules are effectively managed.

The role emphasizes proactive maintenance, collaboration with engineers, and delivering reliable plant performance through structured maintenance planning.

Qualifications

• Significant experience within a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer role with experience as an Engineering Lead being beneficial.
• Ability to motivate others and perform under pressure.
• Completed an apprenticeship as a Maintenance Engineer.
• Working knowledge of good engineering practices.
• Relevant qualifications in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (City & Guilds or HNC) or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Identifying failure modes of plant equipment and returning the equipment to operation safely and in a reasonable timescale.
• Diagnosing and repairing equipment breakdowns.
• Liaise with engineering day teams to identify and resolve long-term engineering issues.
• Locating spare parts using the maintenance management system. Collecting and returning spares to stores.
• Identifying failure modes of electrical equipment and making recommendations to prevent further failures.
• Obtaining maintenance schedules from the maintenance management system and feeding back work carried out. Work arising to be recorded using notifications.
• Carrying out preventive maintenance routines in line with scheduling, working collaboratively with Maintenance Engineers and other Engineering Leads.
• Supporting the team to ensure Planned Preventative Maintenance is completed as scheduled.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Engineering leadership

Troubleshooting

Reporting accuracy

Work under pressure

Education

Maintenance Engineer apprenticeship

Tools

Maintenance management system

Job description

Yolk Recruitment is seeking an Engineering Lead to drive maintenance strategy and lead multi-skilled teams in a manufacturing environment. You will diagnose failures, oversee repairs, and coordinate with day teams to tackle long-term issues while ensuring spares and schedules are effectively managed.

The role emphasizes proactive maintenance, collaboration with engineers, and delivering reliable plant performance through structured maintenance planning.