Field Service Team Leader - North East

Mettler Toledo Llc; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Bank Holidays

Leave buy/sell up to 5 days

BUPA healthcare

Employee Assistance Program

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Team-building events

Career progression

Job summary

METTLER TOLEDO is seeking a Regional Service Team Leader to guide a field-based team of Service Technicians and drive operational excellence across our service business. You will support service delivery, develop technician capability and improve customer satisfaction.

The role requires strong technical background, proven leadership across dispersed teams, and a focus on safety, quality and continuous improvement. This is a hands-on, highly collaborative position within the UK region.

Qualifications

• Experience leading or supervising field-based service or engineering teams.
• Experience driving KPIs and service metrics.
• Strong technical and engineering aptitude.
• Customer-focused with high-quality service delivery.
• Ability to manage priorities across dispersed teams.
• Understanding of service lifecycle and service-sales relationships.
• Experience across multiple product lines.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a regional team of Service Technicians to deliver outstanding service performance.
• Monitor and drive KPI achievement across service operations.
• Provide proactive operational support to technicians and the service back office.
• Identify service and contract opportunities through customer site surveys.
• Drive technician development, cross-skilling and scheduling efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with health & safety, site regulations and quality standards.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.

Skills

Team leadership

Field service experience

KPIs

Technical aptitude

Customer focus

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Our Opening and Your Responsibilities

We are looking for a Regional Service Team Leader to lead a team of field-based Service Technicians and drive operational excellence across our service business. This is an exciting opportunity for a people-focused leader with a strong technical background who thrives in a fast-paced field service environment.

As Regional Service Team Leader, you will play a critical role in supporting service delivery, developing technician capability, improving customer satisfaction, and ensuring operational targets are achieved.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead, coach and develop a regional team of Service Technicians to deliver outstanding service performance.
• Monitor and drive KPI achievement across all areas of service operations.
• Provide proactive operational support to technicians and the service back office.
• Support service growth by conducting customer site surveys and identifying service and contract opportunities.
• Drive technician development, cross-skilling and training initiatives to maximise regional capability and scheduling efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety legislation, customer site regulations and quality standards.
• Foster a strong team culture focused on continuous improvement, customer satisfaction and operational excellence.

What You Need to Succeed

• Proven experience leading or supervising a team of field-based service, engineering or technical professionals.
• Experience managing operational performance through KPIs and service metrics.
• Strong technical and engineering aptitude.
• Customer-focused approach with a commitment to high-quality service delivery.
• Ability to manage priorities, resolve issues and drive performance across a geographically dispersed team.
• Good understanding of the service lifecycle and the relationship between service and sales activities.
• Experience working across multiple product lines or business units.

Our Offer to You

• Strong work-life balance with 25 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days.
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 additional leave days.
• Employee health and wellbeing focus, including BUPA healthcare and Employee Assistance Program.
• Pension scheme and life assurance at four times salary.
• Fun, inclusive culture with team-building and charity events.
• Commitment to learning and career progression.

About Mettler Toledo

METTLER TOLEDO is a global leader in precision instruments and services. We are renowned for innovation and quality across laboratory, process analytics, industrial, product inspection, and retailing applications. Our sales and service network is one of the most extensive in the industry. Our products are sold in more than 140 countries, and we have a direct presence in approximately 40 countries. For more information, please visit www.mt.com.

Equal Opportunity Employment

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