Maintenance Team Lead | Manufacturing: Drive Reliability & CI

L-ev8 Recruitment Ltd; Devon and Torbay; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

L-ev8 Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Maintenance Team Leader in Plymouth, Devon, to lead a team of maintenance engineers and support the safe, reliable operation of injection moulding and facility equipment.

You will manage planned maintenance, respond to breakdowns, develop the team and drive continuous improvement across the site, blending hands-on engineering with people leadership to improve equipment reliability.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading or supervising maintenance teams within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong hands-on fault-finding and root cause analysis experience.
• Strong leadership, communication and people development skills.
• Experience within a Continuous Improvement or TPM environment.
• Good understanding of EHS, risk assessments and safe systems of work.

Responsibilities

• Oversee planned maintenance and breakdown support across production and facilities.
• Develop and mentor maintenance engineers and technicians.
• Drive equipment reliability and reduction of unplanned downtime.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Root cause analysis

People development

Continuous Improvement

EHS risk assessments

Job description

L-ev8 Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Maintenance Team Leader in Plymouth, Devon, to lead a team of maintenance engineers and support the safe, reliable operation of injection moulding and facility equipment.

You will manage planned maintenance, respond to breakdowns, develop the team and drive continuous improvement across the site, blending hands-on engineering with people leadership to improve equipment reliability.