Lead Field Service Engineer: Industrial Maintenance

Canmore Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Canmore Recruitment is seeking a capable Lead Maintenance Manager to head a team of Field Service Engineers responsible for industrial heating and combustion plant across client sites in Ireland. The role combines organisation with hands-on problem solving, ensuring maintenance is properly planned and executed.

You will coordinate engineers, spares, and contractors, own the CMMS, review RAMS and safety systems, and travel to sites as required.

Qualifications

• HND or time-served apprenticeship in mechanical or electrical engineering (electrical bias helps).
• At least two years in industrial maintenance, ideally around process plant or industrial heating.
• Strong fault finding across mechanical, electrical and control systems.
• Experience planning or coordinating maintenance work and the people doing it.
• Hands on CMMS experience and a decent grip of Excel
• A full driving licence and a willingness to travel
• Supervisory experience, IOSH or NEBOSH, and exposure to OEMs or statutory inspections would all be a bonus, but none of them are deal breakers.

Responsibilities

• Building and running the planned preventative maintenance schedule across every site
• Allocating engineers, contractors, spares and equipment for planned work, shutdowns and breakdowns
• Owning the CMMS: work orders, asset records, close outs and KPI reporting
• Managing critical spares, stock levels and supplier lead times
• Writing and reviewing RAMS and keeping safe systems of work current
• Getting out on site for servicing, fault finding, repairs and commissioning
• Supporting new engineers and spotting where the team needs training

Job description

Canmore Recruitment is seeking a capable Lead Maintenance Manager to head a team of Field Service Engineers responsible for industrial heating and combustion plant across client sites in Ireland. The role combines organisation with hands-on problem solving, ensuring maintenance is properly planned and executed.

You will coordinate engineers, spares, and contractors, own the CMMS, review RAMS and safety systems, and travel to sites as required.