Maintenance Shift Lead

Royal Mail; Overstone; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-friendly benefits

Sick pay and wellbeing support

Benefits Account access (My Bundle+)

Job summary

Royal Mail in the Midlands is seeking a proven maintenance leader to oversee automated material handling systems. You will lead engineering teams, drive maintenance performance, and deliver a world-class maintenance strategy for critical automation assets.

You will implement safety and reliability improvements, manage budgets, and coordinate with Production and Procurement. Essential qualifications include NVQ4 or higher, HNC/HND, and significant supervisory experience in industrial maintenance.

Qualifications

• Qualified engineer with NVQ Level 4 or equivalent in Electrical/Mechanical maintenance.
• Experience leading and coaching an engineering team to improve performance.
• Extensive experience in industrial maintenance with supervisory experience.
• HNC/HND in Mechanical/Electrical or related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety culture with hazard identifications, risk assessments, incident investigations, and corrective actions.
• Develop and execute shift maintenance strategies to meet production targets and reliability goals.
• Supervise and coach maintenance technicians and SMEs to enable high performance.
• Line management of maintenance teams including performance, attendance, and HR compliance.
• Drive maintenance performance via preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance actions.
• Manage shift budgets and cost control for labour, materials, and external services.
• Lead root-cause analyses and corrective actions; monitor effectiveness.
• Coordinate shutdowns, capital projects, and resource allocation with Production, Engineering, and Procurement.
• Extensive experience with PLCs, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical and mechanical automation; multi-shift operations.
• Strategic leadership, project, and change management; drive continuous-improvement programmes (Lean, Six Sigma, TPM).
• Data analysis, KPI monitoring, and maintenance performance reporting.

Skills

PLC control systems

Robotics

Automation

Electrical engineering

Mechanical engineering

Reliability engineering

Continuous improvement

Team leadership

Root cause analysis

Lean/Six Sigma

TPM

Education

NVQ Level 4 in Electrical/Mechanical

HNC/HND in Mechanical or Electrical

Lead Engineering Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship

NEBOSH General Certificate

IOSH Managing Safely

ILM/CMI Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management

Tools

Siemens PLCs

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Job description

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. If you are currently employed on a fixed-term contract and are successfully appointed to this role, you will be offered a further fixed-term contract of employment. Working within a fast-paced operational environment, you'll lead engineering teams, drive maintenance performance, improve asset reliability and 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, 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
  Salary:£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. Fixed Term, 12 month duration Full time Midlands Super Hub, Dirft Drive, Crick, Northampton, NN6 7GZ, Shift Pattern Full time, equivalent to 41 hours per week.

• 12-hour shifts
• 07:00-19:00 Days
• 9:00-07:00 Nights
• 4-week rotating shift pattern
• Includes 2 weekends per month

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

Extra Benefits

• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Supportive and generous company sick pay
• Benefits Account - You will have access to your personal benefits account on our 'My Bundle+' platform. There are more than 800 retail offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills as well as employer provided and voluntary benefits to suit your lifestyle
• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It's free, and it's for everyone