Maintenance Team Lead - 3-Shift, Uptime & Safety

M-Tec Engineering Solutions; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

M-Tec Engineering Solutions in Shrewsbury is recruiting a Maintenance Team Leader to coordinate a shift-based maintenance crew. You will work with production leaders to maximize plant availability, align CM/PM schedules, and drive continuous improvement across the site.

The role requires a proven track record in leading heavy engineering maintenance, a time-served apprenticeship, and strong HSE leadership. It is a hands-on leadership position with a focus on safety, reliability, and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in leading Maintenance teams.
• Time served apprentice in mechanical and/or electrical engineering.
• Experience within heavy engineering, machining environments desirable.

Responsibilities

• Promoting the company's HSE policies across the department and plant and adhering to all health and safety environmental requirements.
• Ensuring a safe working environment through use of static and dynamic risk assessments.
• Managing contractors safely.
• Responding swiftly to close out accidents, near misses, environmental issues, and internal “don't walk by” actions.
• Ensuring the maintenance schedule (CMs, CIs and PMs) is adhered to and reporting back on activities away from plan.
• Ensuring equipment availability is in line with departmental targets.
• Managing team holidays and absence in line with company policy and procedure.
• Ensuring that plant faults and defects are swiftly remedied to ensure the smooth running of the facility.
• To engage in root cause analysis of repeat/major breakdowns and provide reports with suggested improvements.
• To engineer out previous issues following a continuous improvement mind-set and methodology.
• To support internal customers with technical issues.
• Applying 5S methodology in work area and wider factory.
• Driving departmental and company goals and objectives.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

HSE compliance

Risk assessment

Root cause analysis

5S

Continuous improvement

Communication

Education

Time served apprentice in mechanical/electrical engineering

Job description

M-Tec Engineering Solutions in Shrewsbury is recruiting a Maintenance Team Leader to coordinate a shift-based maintenance crew. You will work with production leaders to maximize plant availability, align CM/PM schedules, and drive continuous improvement across the site.

The role requires a proven track record in leading heavy engineering maintenance, a time-served apprenticeship, and strong HSE leadership. It is a hands-on leadership position with a focus on safety, reliability, and teamwork.