Lead Electrical Maintenance Engineer

WINSEARCH; Manchester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday

Company pension

Healthcare

Life Assurance

Job summary

WINSEARCH is seeking a Lead Electrical Maintenance Engineer at a Standish/Pemberton site near Wigan. The role oversees the maintenance team, drives preventative maintenance, and delivers projects from concept to delivery. The role operates Monday to Friday, 8:00–16:30, with focus on safe, reliable production support.

You will lead direct supervision of technicians, promote CMMS usage, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to uphold high standards in a regulated manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Proven maintenance experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience in highly regulated environments and a commitment to health and safety.

Responsibilities

• Promote and use the CMMS with detailed inputs by all team members.
• deputise for the Maintenance Manager as required.
• Monitor equipment condition; report abnormalities and risks.
• Set clear priorities; focus on preventative maintenance and critical opportunities.
• Identify replacement parts and order via approved channels.
• Manage change requests for non–like-for-like replacements.
• Ensure tasks are completed safely; audit and feedback on standards.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Fault-finding

Regulated environments

Health and safety

Education

Electrical/Mechanical apprenticeship

BEng (Hons) Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Job description

Lead Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Wigan (Standish or Pemberton Site)

Monday to Friday from 8am to 4.30pm

Salary Depending on Experience

The Role:

This role is to support the Maintenance Manager in leading the direct and wider teams to support the effective running of production. Direct day-to-day supervision of technicians is required whilst also seeing projects through from concept to delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the internal CMMS is promoted and utilized with detailed inputs by all team members
• Effectively deputise for the Maintenance Manager as required
• Monitor equipment condition, reporting abnormalities and risks
• Set clear priorities and ensure the function is well organised, with resource focused effectively on preventative maintenance and opportunities of greatest importance to the business
• Identify replacement parts and order via approved channels
• Undertake management of change requests for approval when replacements are not like-for-like
• Ensure all tasks are completed safely whilst always looking at ways to improve, audit personnel task completion and feedback when standards are below expectations
• Confidence in diagnosing issues across a range of equipment whilst working with cross functional teams to support investigations
• Ensure timelines for equipment overhauls and return to service are communicated clearly, concisely and persuasively
• Use data to drive decision making
• Effectively manage team members ensuring that training and development needs are identified and actioned

The Candidate:

Essential:

• Proven experience in a maintenance role within a manufacturing environment
• Completed an Electrical or Mechanical apprenticeship
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong technical fault-finding and problem-solving abilities
• Experience working within highly regulated environments
• Strong commitment to health, safety, and maintaining the highest standards of work

Desirable:

• BEng (Hons) Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Essential:

• COMPEX Certification
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations Qualification

Benefits:

• 33 days - includes bank holiday entitlement
• Company pension - Company contributes 3% and the employee contributes 5%
• Healthcare - Eligible for BUPA cover after 6 months probationary period
• Life Assurance

Our clients and their customers come from diverse backgrounds and so do we. We hire our people from various walks of life, each of whom make our company stronger with their talent, uniqueness, and expertise. This is what makes our company special; if you want to help us grow and take this ethos to our clients, then we cannot wait to collaborate with you!