Maintenance Lead

Hewett Recruitment; Worcester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm in the UK seeks a Maintenance Lead for a high-volume manufacturing site. This role emphasizes safety, team development, and continuous improvement in maintenance execution. Candidates should have experience in leading maintenance teams, strong analytical problem-solving skills, and familiarity with SAP. The position offers competitive benefits including generous annual leave, life assurance, and private medical insurance.

Benefits

27 days annual leave + bank holidays

Private medical insurance

Gym membership discounts

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading maintenance teams in a manufacturing or FMCG environment.
• Strong ability for root cause analysis and problem-solving.
• Experience with SAP and a focus on reliability improvements.

Responsibilities

• Champion a safe working culture in all maintenance activities.
• Lead and develop Shift Engineers through coaching.
• Drive maintenance performance and support operational excellence.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Root cause analysis

Communication skills

Education

HNC or equivalent in an Engineering discipline

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Maintenance Lead

Location: Worcestershire
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Sector: FMCG / Manufacturing

The Opportunity

An established, high-volume manufacturing site is seeking a Maintenance Lead to join its Site Management Team. This is a people-focused leadership role where you will take ownership of maintenance execution, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement within a fast-paced production environment.

Working closely with Operations and Production leaders, you will lead a team of Shift Engineers to ensure assets operate safely, efficiently, and reliably, supporting production targets, quality standards, and cost control.

The Role

As Maintenance Lead, you will be responsible for driving maintenance performance across your assigned area, with a strong emphasis on safety, reliability, and team development.

Key responsibilities include:

• Championing a safe working culture and promoting best practice across all maintenance activities

• Leading and developing Shift Engineers through coaching, mentoring, and on-the-job development

• Ensuring effective execution of corrective, preventative, and planned maintenance activities

• Driving root cause analysis and implementing long-term reliability improvements

• Improving maintenance and processing methods to reduce downtime and operating costs

• Supporting and reviewing first-line preventative maintenance plans with Production Leaders

• Coordinating external contractors, suppliers, and technical specialists

• Managing maintenance routines, planning, and reporting within SAP

• Overseeing MRO budget control and spare parts management

• Scheduling planned maintenance around production requirements

• Providing cover for the Maintenance Manager when required

• Supporting site-wide operational excellence and maintenance framework initiatives

The role requires flexibility to work across shifts as needed to support the team and site performance.

About You

You’ll be a confident engineering leader with strong technical foundations and a collaborative management style. You're analytical, solutions-focused, and comfortable making decisions in a high‑pressure manufacturing environment.

You will ideally have:

• HNC (or equivalent) in an Engineering discipline

• Proven experience leading or supervising maintenance teams in a manufacturing or FMCG environment

• Strong problem‑solving and root cause analysis capability

• Experience with SAP and Microsoft Office (desirable)

• A passion for reliability, continuous improvement, and manufacturing excellence

• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence across departments

What's on Offer

• 27 days annual leave + bank holidays

• Option to buy additional annual leave

• Salary sacrifice car scheme & cycle to work scheme

• Gym membership discounts

• 12x life assurance

• Private medical insurance & critical illness cover

• Virtual GP and health support services

• Eye care benefits

Why Apply?

This is an excellent opportunity for a Maintenance Supervisor or Lead Engineer ready to step into a broader leadership role, or an experienced Maintenance Lead looking to make a real impact at site level. You’ll be empowered to improve reliability, develop people, and help shape the future performance of a well‑invested manufacturing operation.