Lead Maintenance Engineer: Head a 6‑Engineer Team + Overtime

Ernest Gordon Recruitment Limited; Abergavenny; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Ernest Gordon Recruitment Limited is hiring a Lead Maintenance Engineer for a major manufacturing site in Abergavenny. You will oversee a team of 6 engineers on a large site with significant capital investment, responsible for both planned and reactive maintenance across a multi‑discipline environment.

The role operates on a double-day shift, 6am-2pm and 2pm-10pm, with overtime at 1.5x and Sundays at 2x. A dynamic, progressive company offers opportunity to mentor and develop the team.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Maintenance Engineer in manufacturing/industrial settings.
• Experience leading a team of engineers.
• Proficient in fault finding on PLCs, hydraulics and drives.
• Willing to work rotating shifts (6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm).

Responsibilities

• Perform PPM and RM on industrial machinery across a large site.
• Work with 3-phase, hydraulics, drives, motors and PLC fault finding.
• Lead a team of 6 Maintenance Engineers.
• Overtime paid at 1.5x; Sundays at 2x.

Skills

Team leadership

PLC fault finding

Planned maintenance

Job description

Ernest Gordon Recruitment Limited is hiring a Lead Maintenance Engineer for a major manufacturing site in Abergavenny. You will oversee a team of 6 engineers on a large site with significant capital investment, responsible for both planned and reactive maintenance across a multi‑discipline environment.

The role operates on a double-day shift, 6am-2pm and 2pm-10pm, with overtime at 1.5x and Sundays at 2x. A dynamic, progressive company offers opportunity to mentor and develop the team.