Maintenance Shift Lead

Royal Mail; Maidwell; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift allowance

Sunday premium

Annual bonus

Benefits package

Job summary

Royal Mail Engineering seeks an experienced Engineering Maintenance Shift Manager to lead a high-performing team at our Midlands Super Hub. You will drive maintenance performance across automation, robotics, PLC-controlled systems and reliability engineering in a fast-paced environment.

You will oversee safety, asset reliability and continuous improvement initiatives while coordinating with Production, Engineering and Procurement on shutdowns and capital projects.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 4 in Electrical and Mechanical or Lead Engineering Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship.
• Experience leading and developing a team of engineers to improve performance.
• Extensive industrial engineering maintenance experience with supervisory lead role.
• Hands-on expertise with PLCs, hydraulics/pneumatics, electrical and mechanical systems.
• Strategic leadership, project and change management.
• Advanced fault-finding and root-cause analysis; Lean/Six Sigma/TPM experience.
• Stakeholder communication and cross-shift team development.
• HNC/HND in Mechanical, Electrical or Engineering Maintenance.
• NEBOSH General Certificate (or higher) and IOSH or working towards.
• ILM/CMI Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and promote safety culture including hazard identifications and risk assessments.
• Develop and execute shift maintenance strategies to meet targets and reliability goals.
• Supervise, coach and evaluate maintenance technicians and SMEs.
• Line manage maintenance teams; handle performance, attendance and HR matters.
• Drive maintenance through preventive, predictive and corrective activities.
• Manage shift budgets, track expenses, and implement cost-control measures.
• Lead root-cause analyses of equipment failures and monitor effectiveness.
• Coordinate with Production, Engineering and Procurement for shutdowns and projects.

Skills

Team leadership

Data analysis

KPI monitoring

Stakeholder communication

Continuous improvement

Education

NVQ level 4 in Electrical and Mechanical

HNC/HND in Mechanical, Electrical or Engineering Maintenance

NEBOSH General Certificate

IOSH Managing Safely

ILM/CMI Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management

Tools

PLC systems

Hydraulics

Pneumatics

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Job description

deliver a world-class maintenance strategy across advanced automation and material handling systems.

What You'll Be Doing

Lead and promote a safety culture to include hazard identifications, risk assessments, incident investigations, and implement corrective and preventive actions. Ensure complete compliance with all safety regulations across automation assets.

Develop and execute shift maintenance strategies to meet production targets and reliability goals.

Supervise, coach, and evaluate maintenance technicians and the SME to enable a high-performance culture.

The line management of maintenance teams, manage performance, attendance and leave, address employee relations matters, and ensure full compliance with HR policies and procedures.

Drive maintenance performance through effective planning and delivery of preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.

Manage shift budgets, track expenses, and implement cost-control measures for labour, materials, and external services.

Lead root-cause analyses of equipment failures, implement corrective actions, and monitor effectiveness.

Coordinate with Production, Engineering, and Procurement to schedule shutdowns, capital projects, and resource allocation.

About you

• A qualified engineer, minimum NVQ level 4 in Electrical and Mechanical / Lead Engineering Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship - essential requirement
• Experience of leading, coaching and developing a team of engineers to improve performance - essential requirement
• Extensive experience in industrial engineering maintenance, including several years in a supervisory or lead role
• Hands-on expertise with PLCs, hydraulics/pneumatics, electrical and mechanical automation systems and multi-shift operations
• Strategic leadership, project and change management
• Advanced fault-finding and root-cause analysis (5-Whys, Fishbone, DMAIC) and leading continuous-improvement programmes (Lean, Six Sigma, TPM)
• Stakeholder communication and team development across shifts
• Data analysis, KPI monitoring and maintenance performance reporting
• HNC/HND in Mechanical, Electrical or Engineering Maintenance
• NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety (or higher)
• IOSH Managing Safely or working towards
• ILM/CMI Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management

Shift PatternFull time, equivalent to 41 hours per week.12-hour shifts07:00-19:00 Days9:00-07:00 Nights4-week rotating shift patternIncludes 2 weekends per month

Closing Date: This advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

About Us

At Royal Mail we connect companies, customers and communities across the country, delivering a 'one-price-goes-anywhere', universal postal service to more than 30 million addresses. As one of the UK's leading companies, we are focused on being recognised as the best delivery company in the UK and across Europe.

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network. Royal Mail Engineering is seeking an experienced Engineering Maintenance Shift Manager to lead a high-performing team at our state-of-the-art Midlands Super Hub. This is an exciting opportunity for a proven maintenance leader with experience in automation, robotics, PLC-controlled systems, mechanical and electrical engineering, reliability engineering and continuous improvement. You'll play a key role in maintaining the performance, safety and reliability of critical automated equipment that supports one of the UK's largest logistics and distribution operations. Working within a fast-paced operational environment, you will lead engineering teams, drive maintenance performance, improve asset reliability and

Job reference number 342502Maintenance Shift Lead 58,022 subject to experience, plus additional shift allowance and Sunday premium payments.Potential earnings package exceeding 67,000 per annum, plus up to 10% annual bonus and excellent benefits. Full timePermanentMidlands Super HubRoyal Mail Engineering is seeking an experienced Engineering Maintenance Shift Manager to lead a high-performing team at our state-of-the-art Midlands Super Hub.This is an exciting opportunity for a proven maintenance leader with experience in automation, robotics, PLC-controlled systems, mechanical and electrical engineering, reliability engineering and continuous improvement. You'll play a key role in maintaining the performance, safety and reliability of critical automated equipment that supports one of the UK's largest logistics and distribution operations.Working within a fast-paced operational environment, you will lead engineering teams, drive maintenance performance, improve asset reliability and