Facilities Maintenance Supervisor

De La Rue; Loughton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive scheme

26 days annual leave + bank holidays

Contributory pension scheme

Private health insurance

Life assurance - 4x annual salary

Cycle to Work Scheme

Subsidised Gym Memberships

Employee Assistance package

Enhanced family friendly policies

Job summary

De La Rue is seeking an experienced Facilities Maintenance Supervisor to lead a maintenance team at our Debden, Essex site. You will drive asset care, safety, and performance through hands-on leadership and data-led decisions.

You will manage shift plans, coach eight direct reports, and coordinate maintenance activities across facilities, utilities, and building infrastructure to ensure reliable operations. The role emphasises continuous improvement and lean practices.

Qualifications

• Formal engineering background with apprentice training.
• NEBOSH qualification or CI qualifications preferred.
• Minimum 2 years supervisory experience leading a team.
• ILM certificate or equivalent leadership training.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage shift-based maintenance teams, including cleaning, to meet KPIs.
• Diagnose and resolve equipment breakdowns with the team to minimise downtime.
• Manage problem escalation and implement corrective actions.
• Deliver asset care through TPM/PPM activities and drive improvements.
• Ensure adequate shift coverage and budget adherence for spares.
• Lead lean initiatives and standardisation across site engineering.
• Maintain CMMS data and report on performance and failures.
• Organise projects and ensure timely completion with the team.
• Collaborate with operations to improve productivity and efficiency.

Skills

Leadership

Team supervision

Planning & prioritising

Data-driven decisions

Problem solving

Communication

Continuous improvement

Education

HNC in Engineering

Job description

The Vacancy

Are you an experienced engineering professional with a passion for leadership, continuous improvement and facilities management? We are looking for a Facilities Maintenance Supervisor to join our Engineering team at our manufacturing site in Debden, Essex.

As Facilities Maintenance Supervisor, you will provide hands‑on leadership to a team responsible for maintaining site facilities, utilities, and building infrastructure. You will play a key role in ensuring effective asset care, supporting improvement projects, and driving operational performance through data‑led decision making. Leading a team of eight direct reports, you will be accountable for planning and prioritising maintenance activities, managing resources effectively, and ensuring engineering support is delivered safely and efficiently across the site.

Key Responsibilities

• Day to day planning and management of shift-based maintenance engineering teams including our cleaning team, prioritising and delegating of work ensuring optimisation of staff, ensure production shift coverage is provided and alignment to department KPIs & TIP’s.
• Demonstrate a hands on approach to diagnosing and resolving equipment/process breakdowns and issues, working with team facilitating a resolution in the quickest timeframe.
• Ensuring prioritisations and effective problem management, escalation and problem‑solving techniques to reduce impact of concern.
• Ensure the delivery of the site Asset care program through TPM/PPM activities and identify areas of improvement.
• Manage T&A system to ensure shift coverage is maintained at set level.
• Champion and facilitate lean principles and best practice to ensure performance improvements and efficiencies. Ensuring best practice in engineering and standardisation across full site engineering teams.
• Ensure compliance to the CMMS system and utilise data to identify failure modes, implementing corrective actions to maximise machine efficiencies.
• Ensure all spares inventory is maintained and identify/order any spare parts required within budgetary controls.
• Provide planning, support and organisation to all project and improvement programs and ensure involvement/delegation within team.
• Ensure all engineering reports are completed and in full, ensure monthly data outputs are updated and displayed as necessary.
• Work within the operations team to improve methods, productivity and efficiency.

Contract type: Permanent

Working hours: Days: 09:00 to 17:00 Mon- Fri with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break each day (37.5 hours per week)

Base Location: Loughton, Essex

About De La Rue

De La Rue is a leading supplier of currency solutions and a long‑standing trusted partner to central banks and governments worldwide. Our products underpin the integrity of economies and trade, enabling businesses and citizens to participate securely in their respective economies. With a heritage spanning over 200 years, we remain a global leader in advancing security and integrity for currency solutions, supplying 54% of the world’s central banks and manufacturing in the UK, Europe & Asia. We produce fully finished banknotes, polymer substrate, security and currency services.

Skills, Qualifications And Experience

• Formal engineering background. Applicants should be apprentice trained and have obtained a formal qualification to HNC level in Engineering.
• NEBOSH qualification or similar and ideally have CI qualifications/experience.
• A minimum of 2 years supervisory experience with the ability to demonstrate the experience of leading and managing a team of people
• ILM certificate or evidence of equivalent training or experience
• Self‑motivated requiring limited supervision.
• Self‑starter with understanding for detail.
• A keen interest in driving improvements.
• Good time management and prioritising ability.
• Computer literate and able to document and formulate reports.
• Ability to work within a team environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (including presentation skills).

Benefits

• Eligibility for our annual incentive scheme
• 26 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Contributory pension scheme (De La Rue pay 1.5x the employee’s contribution – employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%, with employer contributions up to a maximum of 9%)
• Private health insurance – No cost for single cover, subsidised rates for additional dependant cover
• Life assurance - 4x your annual salary
• Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our Annual Leave Flexibility Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Subsidised Gym Memberships
• Various other perks and Employee Assistance packages
• Enhanced family friendly policies (e.g., four weeks paid paternity leave)

Please note that applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and therefore interviews may be held prior to the closing date for this vacancy.

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We want to work with people like you from all backgrounds and experiences, to help us gain a diverse workforce with a broad outlook and sharp expertise. We are looking for people unafraid to go that extra mile, bringing with them unique characteristics and abilities.

Show us you have what it takes and we’ll reward you with a great place to work alongside other great people. Global business, global people. We think De La Rue is an amazing place to work. But don’t just take our word for it.

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