Engineering/Maintenance Supervisor

GEM Partnership Ltd; Henlow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Competitive salary

Job summary

GEM Partnership Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Engineering/Maintenance Supervisor for a Henlow facility. You will lead a small maintenance team, manage plant and equipment uptime, and drive safety and project work across site.

The role requires a time-served electrical biased engineer with 5+ years in maintenance and project leadership in manufacturing, plus ONC-level education. Attractive salary around £55k with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years post-apprenticeship experience in maintenance and project work.
• Supervision or project leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Educational qualification to ONC level or equivalent.
• Strong health and safety awareness and compliance.
• Good communication and PC literacy; able to work in a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead plant/machinery improvement projects and activities.
• Oversee day-to-day reactive and preventative maintenance.
• Modify and test equipment; manage project documentation and commissioning.
• Plan, organise and direct the site maintenance team to boost uptime.
• Coordinate equipment purchases and implement processes for product development.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Supervision

Maintenance

Project leadership

Health & safety

Communication

Education

ONC qualification

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Job description

Title: Engineering / Maintenance Supervisor
Location: Henlow
Shift Pattern: Dayshift
Direct Reports: 2
Package: circa £55k plus comprehensive benefits

The Role

Our client is a hugely successful global organisation with multiple manufacturing facilities and market leading products in its field. They are currently looking to recruit an experienced and highly motivated Engineering/Maintenance Supervisor for one of their UK facilities.

Responsibilities

• Multiple project level activities in the areas of Plant/Machinery improvements.
• Day to day maintenance of the plant and equipment, both reactive and preventative in nature.
• Existing equipment modification and enhancement, including Project Documentation, testing and commissioning.
• Planning, organising, and directing the site maintenance team to develop methods for increased production and equipment uptime.
• Equipment allocation and purchase, and implementation of operational processes related to product development projects from conceptual designs/drawings through full release to production.

The incumbent will work with Product Engineering, Operations, Divisional Engineering teammates, and outside equipment manufacturers to ensure new/existing equipment development projects are successful and plant utilisation is maximised.

The Person

• Time-served Electrical Biased Engineer, with at least 5 years post apprenticeship experience in maintenance and project work, coupled with previous supervision and/or project leadership experience in a manufacturing environment is required.
• Educational qualification to a minimum of ONC (or equivalent).
• Good knowledge of, and commitment to health and safety.
• Good organizational skills and the ability to deal with multiple priorities at the same time, with a flexible and pro‑active approach to workloads and duties.
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal, with good PC literacy.
• Good inter‑personal and team working skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Experience of engineering disciplines.
• Candidates with a Multi-skilled background with appropriate training and qualifications, any experience of high-speed machinery, pneumatic and hydraulic systems, along with CAD software (AutoCAD, SolidWorks) would be highly desirable.