Maintenance Shift Lead

Royal Mail Group; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Shift allowance

Sunday premium

Job summary

Royal Mail Group seeks a Maintenance Shift Lead to drive safe, reliable, and efficient maintenance across the Midlands Super Hub. The role leads a team of engineers, plans 12-hour shifts and coordinates with production, engineering and procurement for shutdowns and projects.

You will apply hands-on PLC, hydraulics, electrical and mechanical know-how, while leading continuous improvement initiatives and strategic maintenance planning.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 4 in Electrical and Mechanical required.
• Experience leading a team of engineers and developing performance.
• Extensive industrial maintenance experience with supervisory roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety culture with hazard identifications, risk assessments and investigations.
• Develop and execute shift maintenance strategies to meet targets and reliability.
• Supervise and coach maintenance technicians and SMEs.
• Line manage maintenance teams including performance, attendance and HR policies.
• Deliver preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance activities.
• Manage shift budgets and control costs for labour and materials.
• Lead root-cause analyses and monitor corrective actions.
• Coordinate with production, engineering and procurement for shutdowns and projects.

Skills

Team leadership

PLC expertise

Hydraulics & pneumatics

Electrical systems

Maintenance planning

Root cause analysis

Lean Six Sigma

Data analysis

Shift management

Stakeholder management

Education

NVQ Level 4 (Electrical & Mechanical)

Lead Engineering Maintenance Apprenticeship

HNC/HND in Mechanical or Electrical Maintenance

NEBOSH General Certificate

IOSH Managing Safely

ILM/CMI Level 5 Diploma

Tools

PLC systems

Automation equipment

Job description

Job reference number 342502

Maintenance 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 time

Permanent

Midlands Super Hub

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 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.

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 groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

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