Lead Maintenance Supervisor – Heavy Industrial Plant

NT Engineering & Manufacturing; Fort William; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

On-site role

Job summary

NT Engineering & Manufacturing in the Highlands is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead day-to-day maintenance delivery across a major industrial site. You will set priorities, coordinate planned, urgent and breakdown work, manage Department Engineers and mentor apprentices, reporting to the Maintenance Manager.

This is a leadership role requiring hands-on reliability thinking in a heavy engineering environment.

Qualifications

• Solid engineering maintenance experience in a heavy engineering environment with a mechanical or electrical bias.
• Proven experience leading maintenance teams and managing engineering staff.
• Strong understanding of planned, reactive and reliability-centred maintenance.
• Good understanding of health, safety and environmental legislation.
• Knowledge of industrial process plant, relevant standards and technical procedures.
• Working knowledge of CMMS systems and maintenance performance measures.
• Strong leadership, communication, prioritisation and coaching skills.
• Experience mentoring apprentices and developing technical competence.
• COMAH experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Leading safe day-to-day maintenance delivery across all plant areas
• Setting priorities and coordinating planned, urgent and breakdown work and resources site-wide
• Managing and supporting Department Engineers, holding them accountable for delivery and performance
• Coordinating craft resources and apprentices across departments, including apprentice mentoring and development towards time-served competency
• Monitoring weekly schedule delivery, work quality, CMMS compliance and overall maintenance performance
• Reviewing breakdowns, backlog, preventive maintenance and repeat failures, and ensuring actions are followed through
• Acting as the day-to-day interface with Operations on priorities, plant condition and recovery
• Escalating significant safety, environmental, operational, reliability and resource risks to the Maintenance Manager
• Overseeing significant contractors and supporting shutdowns, projects, plant modifications and new equipment installations
• Supporting the Maintenance Manager with maintenance strategy, resource planning and continuous improvement

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance planning

CMMS knowledge

Health & safety awareness

Industrial process knowledge

Staff mentoring

Communication

Prioritisation

Tools

CMMS software

Job description

NT Engineering & Manufacturing in the Highlands is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead day-to-day maintenance delivery across a major industrial site. You will set priorities, coordinate planned, urgent and breakdown work, manage Department Engineers and mentor apprentices, reporting to the Maintenance Manager.

This is a leadership role requiring hands-on reliability thinking in a heavy engineering environment.