Hands-On Maintenance Team Leader

ATA Recruitment; Brogborough; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9% pension package

Life assurance - 4x annual salary

$3000 Annual tuition assistance

Job summary

ATA Recruitment is seeking an experienced Maintenance Team Leader in the United Kingdom to oversee a busy maintenance operation. The role combines hands-on engineering with people leadership, coordinating a multi-skilled team and prioritising workloads to maximise uptime.

You will lead fault finding, safety-focused maintenance, and continuous improvement projects, while developing your leadership career in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Recognised engineering qualification equivalent to Level 3 or above (NVQ, City and Guilds, BTEC, ONC, HNC).
• Experience carrying out maintenance and fault finding within an engineering environment.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• The ability to motivate and support others; leadership or mentoring experience.
• Experience coordinating workloads, projects or people, formally or informally.

Responsibilities

• Leading and supporting a team of engineers.
• Organising maintenance activities and prioritising workloads.
• Ensuring planned and reactive maintenance is completed safely and efficiently.
• Supporting fault finding and breakdown investigations.
• Monitoring team performance and standards.
• Liaising with operational teams to minimise downtime.
• Supporting continuous improvement and engineering projects.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance & fault finding

Communication

Mentoring/people support

Team coordination

Education

Engineering qualification (Level 3 or above)

Job description

ATA Recruitment is seeking an experienced Maintenance Team Leader in the United Kingdom to oversee a busy maintenance operation. The role combines hands-on engineering with people leadership, coordinating a multi-skilled team and prioritising workloads to maximise uptime.

You will lead fault finding, safety-focused maintenance, and continuous improvement projects, while developing your leadership career in a supportive environment.