Maintenance Supervisor

ATA Recruitment; Leicester Forest East; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4% contributory pension

33 days holiday

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

ATA Recruitment is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor for two Midlands manufacturing sites near Leicester. You will act as hands-on electrically biased Engineer and as a coach to the maintenance team, reporting to the Head of Engineering.

You will drive engineering standards, safety and continuous improvement, with strong PLC fault-finding skills and LO TO experience, and lead 2 engineers plus an apprentice while delivering key KPIs and maintenance plans.

Qualifications

• Level 3 in Engineering or equivalent.
• Strong communicator under pressure.
• Experience leading a team of Engineers within maintenance.
• Fault-finding on automated machinery; PLC fault finding; LOTO experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams across two sites and mentor engineers and an apprentice.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards and procedures.
• Drive safety, reliability, and continuous improvement culture.
• Support site leadership to achieve business KPIs.
• Deploy engineering resources effectively across sites.
• Provide strategic guidance to site management.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

PLC fault finding

Team leadership

Communication

Maintenance experience

Education

Level 3 in Engineering

Tools

LOTO experience

Job description

Maintenance Supervisor

Location:Leicester Salary:£60k + benefits

Job type:Permanent, Full-time Shift: Days Monday to Friday

About the role

Our client has an expansive portfolio of brands under their name and a proud history of manufacturing across the Midlands. With a turnover of £200 million and a team of Engineers spanning 3 manufacturing sites they are trusted manufacturers of global flavours with a passion for food and quality produce at the heart of everything they do.

With a significant investment and huge amounts of organic sales growth currently happening this is a fantastic time to join their company.

The role of Maintenance Supervisor will function in two parts as both a hands on electrically biased Maintenance Engineer and as a support system for the Head of Engineering therefore experience leading Maintenance Engineers is important.

What you'll be doing

As Maintenance Supervisor, you'll be working across 2 manufacturing sites (within 5 miles of each other) you'll be responsible for supporting the Head of Engineer with leadership, direction and technical oversight for engineering teams across manufacturing sites.

As this is both a hands-on and supervisory role, strong electrical maintenance skills are a prerequisite.

Responsibilities

• Support, mentor, and develop site engineering and apprentices. (currently 2 Engineers + 1 Apprentice)
• Establish and maintain engineering standards, procedures, and best practices across both sites.
• Drive a proactive engineering culture focused on safety, reliability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Help to develop competency frameworks for engineering personnel.
• Support site leadership teams in delivering business objectives, and engineering KPIs.
• Provide engineering support and strategic guidance to site management teams.
• Ensure engineering resources are effectively deployed across sites to support operational requirements.
• Technical skills required PLC fault finding experience with solid electrical fault finding and LOTO experience

What we're looking for

• Level 3 in Engineering or equivalent
• Be a strong communicator and work well under time constraints/pressure
• Previous experience of managing and leading a team of Engineers within a maintenance function
• Strong fault-finding skills on automated machinery
• Ideally food background
• Desire to move into more Senior Management role would be beneficial

What's on offer

• £60k
• 4% contributory pension
• 33 days holiday
• Career progression opportunities

Why join us?

The site is continuing to invest and expand their Maintenance team and this role could very easily progress into a more senior Management role - if this is something you can see for yourself going forward

Equal Opportunities

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation