Maintenance Shift Manager

Royal Mail Group; Crick; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family friendly support

Sick pay

Benefits Account

Wellbeing services

Job summary

Royal Mail Group is seeking an experienced Maintenance Shift Manager at the Crick site to provide technical leadership across the engineering function and drive reliability and safety improvements. You will lead a skilled maintenance team, champion safety and continuous improvement, and align activities with production targets and capital projects.

The role requires a qualified engineer with NVQ4 and relevant supervisory experience, including PLCs and automated systems, with a focus on Lean and

Qualifications

• Qualified engineer with NVQ level 4 or equivalent
• Experience leading and coaching a maintenance team
• Extensive experience in industrial engineering maintenance and supervisory roles
• Hands-on experience with PLCs, hydraulics/pneumatics, electrical and mechanical systems
• Strategic leadership, project and change management
• Advanced fault-finding and root-cause analysis and leading continuous-improvement programmes (Lean, Six Sigma, TPM)
• Stakeholder communication and team development across shifts
• Data analysis and KPI reporting
• HNC/HND in Mechanical, Electrical or Engineering Maintenance
• NEBOSH General Certificate or higher
• IOSH Managing Safely or working towards
• ILM/CMI Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management

Responsibilities

• Lead safety culture and ensure compliance across automation assets
• Develop and execute shift maintenance strategies to meet targets
• Supervise, coach, and evaluate maintenance technicians and SMEs
• Line manage maintenance teams and HR compliance
• Plan and deliver preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance
• Manage shift budgets and cost controls
• Lead root-cause analyses and corrective actions
• Coordinate shutdowns and capital projects with Production/Engineering/Procurement

Skills

Leadership

Team coaching

Engineering maintenance

PLCs

Root-cause analysis

Safety compliance

Budgeting

Stakeholder communication

Data analysis

Education

NVQ Level 4 in Electrical and Mechanical

Lead Engineering Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship

HNC/HND in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering Maintenance

NEBOSH General Certificate

IOSH Managing Safely

ILM/CMI Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management

Tools

PLCs

Job description

Job reference 340465
Maintenance Shift Manager
Salary: £54,088 - £58,022 subject to experience, £9,000 per annum pro rata shift allowance, 10% annual bonus potential
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
Fixed Term, 12 month duration
Full time
Midlands Super Hub, Dirft Drive, Crick, Northampton, NN6 7GZ

We are looking for an experienced Maintenance Shift Manager to provide technical leadership and operational excellence across our engineering function. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a skilled maintenance team, champion safety and reliability, and drive continuous improvement initiatives that support business performance.

• 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 activitiesManage 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

Attendance

Full time, equivalent to 41 hours per week. 12 hour shifts, 07.00 - 19.00 and 19.00 - 07.00, on a 4-week rota to include 2 weekends per month

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

Closing Date: Wednesday 26th August. 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 companysick 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

Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we'll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

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

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