Maintenance Supervisor – Barry

Ruth Wagstaff Recruitment Ltd; Barry; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 Days + Bank Holidays which increase

Enhanced Pension

Private Healthcare

Salary life insurance

Income protection for long-term sickn

Job summary

Barry, South Wales-based manufacturer seeks an experienced Maintenance Supervisor to drive asset performance, reliability and continuous improvement across a complex production environment.

You will lead a skilled maintenance team and collaborate with operations and engineering to optimise maintenance strategies, enhance safety, and support capital projects. Prior leadership in maintenance, reliability, and contractor management is essential.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in maintenance and reliability within manufacturing.
• Practical knowledge of FMEA, RCM, conditioning monitoring, and CMMS.
• Experience with inspection, overhaul and repair of rotating and static equipment in hazardous processes.
• Knowledge of welding, NDT, instrumentation and electrical testing and calibration.
• Familiar with SHE regulations for pressure systems, PUWER, LOLER, DSEAR, COSHH, confined space risk assessments and permits.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performance maintenance team of technicians and contractors.
• Support capital projects to sustain and improve site condition and performance.
• Collaborate with operations and engineering to improve reliability and OEE.
• Drive RCA, FMEA/RCM studies, and PM/PdM optimization to improve MTBF and MTTR.
• Support routine maintenance planning and major turnaround activities.
• Support continuous improvement in maintenance and contractor work execution.

Skills

Maintenance & Reliability leadership

Team leadership

Contractor management

Root Cause Failure Analysis

FMEA/RCM

Tools

CMMS

Condition monitoring

Job description

Maintenance Supervisor

Barry CF64

£50-70,000

Commutable from Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Penarth, Pontypridd, Llantrisant, Talbot Green, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath

Benefits

• 25 Days + Bank Holidays which increase with service
• Enhanced Pension
• Private Helathcare
• Salary life insurance
• Income protection for long-term sickness

Our client is a globally recognised manufacturing organisation with a major, high-performing production facility in South Wales. As part of their continued investment in operational excellence, they are looking to appoint an experienced Maintenance Supervisor to drive asset performance, engineering standards and continuous improvement across a complex, process-driven environment.

This is a pivotal leadership role, offering the opportunity to develop and inspire a skilled maintenance team, enhance site reliability and support significant capital investment projects. Working closely with operations, engineering and site leadership teams, you will play a key role in improving equipment performance, optimising maintenance strategies and ensuring the highest standards of safety, environmental performance and asset integrity are maintained. Ideal for a proactive engineering professional with a strong background in maintenance leadership, reliability improvement and contractor management, this position offers the chance to make a visible impact at a well-invested, industry-leading facility.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Supports the SHE department to ensure the highest levels of Safety, Health and Environment performance at all times for all Maintenance and Construction activities on site.
• Leads and develops a High-Performance team of highly skilled Maintenance Technicians and Contractors ensuring capabilities exist to drive improvements in reliability, precision maintenance and construction.
• Supports the Capital plan to deliver projects, to sustain and enhance the condition and performance of the Site.
• Working collaboratively with all departments to continuously improve Reliability / OEE performance through Root Cause Failure Analysis, FMEA / RCM studies, PM / PdM program optimization to improve MTBF and MTTR.
• Working collaboratively with the Maintenance Planner, for Routine Maintenance and Major Turnaround Activities balancing the needs of Operations, and Engineering departments.
• Supports Continuous Improvement efforts in Maintenance and Contractor work execution, Asset condition, including maintenance and shutdown costs.

Requirements

• Significant experience in a Maintenance & Reliability role within manufacturing environment.
• Detailed practical knowledge of Maintenance & Reliability tools and systems including FMEA, RCM, Conditioning Monitoring, CMMS.
• Detailed practical knowledge of inspection, overhaul and repair of rotating and static equipment in a Hazardous Process Industry.
• Knowledgeable about all types of Welding, Non-Destructive Testing, Instrument & Electrical testing and calibration.
• Knowledge of SHE regulations for Pressure Systems, PUWER, LOLER, DSEAR, COSHH, Confined Space, Risk Assessment, Safe work permits
• Knowledgeable of Process Safety systems.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

Job Tenure: Permanent

Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum

Location: Barry, Vale of Glamorgan