Maintenance Lead — Proactive Reliability & KPI-Driven Impact

Yolk Recruitment; Neath; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Annual bonus up to 7%

EV salary sacrifice scheme

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment is seeking a Maintenance Lead for a growing manufacturing operation in the UK. The role focuses on taking ownership of the maintenance function and delivering a proactive, data-driven strategy to improve reliability.

You will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team, develop PPM schedules, optimise CMMS usage, and drive improvements through meaningful KPIs and coaching of technicians. A strong electrical maintenance background is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong electrical engineering background in manufacturing.
• Experience leading maintenance engineers or technicians.
• Knowledge of both PPM and preventative maintenance techniques.
• Experience with CMMS systems and data usage.
• Ability to analyze KPI data (MTBF/MTTR) and downtime to drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day maintenance function and lead a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Develop site preventive maintenance strategy and PPM schedules.
• Improve CMMS structure and data usage for better insights.
• Monitor maintenance KPIs including MTBF, MTTR, downtime and recurring issues.
• Analyze maintenance and production data to identify reliability improvements.
• Move the department toward a proactive maintenance approach.
• Develop technicians through structured training and coaching.
• Support NPI and new equipment installations with maintenance input.
• Collaborate with engineering and operations for continuous improvement.
• Reduce reactive maintenance by building internal capability.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Team leadership

PPM knowledge

CMMS experience

Reliability KPIs

Data-driven maintenance

Problem solving

Engineer development

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Yolk Recruitment is seeking a Maintenance Lead for a growing manufacturing operation in the UK. The role focuses on taking ownership of the maintenance function and delivering a proactive, data-driven strategy to improve reliability.

You will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team, develop PPM schedules, optimise CMMS usage, and drive improvements through meaningful KPIs and coaching of technicians. A strong electrical maintenance background is essential.