Maintenance Team Leader

Polypipe; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension

Life assurance

Maternity pay

Paternity pay

Sharesave scheme

Cycle to work

Staff discount

On-site parking

Health & wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Polypipe Doncaster is seeking an Engineering Team Leader to maintain plant equipment and lead a first-line engineering team. You’ll support planned maintenance, allocate resources for reactive work, and communicate with stakeholders to ensure reliability.

You will drive continuous improvement, manage safety documentation, and report on daily, weekly and monthly performance while mentoring apprentices and colleagues.

Qualifications

• Engineering background and experience leading maintenance teams.
• Experience in automated, fast-paced environments with KPIs.
• Ability to manage a multi-disciplined team and CMMS use.
• Proven TPM/Routine development and safety documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day maintenance and repair to meet KPIs.
• Prioritise workload and respond to urgent issues.
• Identify skills gaps and drive development.
• Promote continuous improvement and safe practices.
• Coordinate with internal/external departments to sustain customer satisfaction.
• Ensure safe operation and maintain safety documentation (SISI, 5S, PTW).

Skills

Engineering background

Automated environment

Manage multi-disciplined team

CMMS system

TPM routines

Organisational skills

Effective communicator

Motivate and lead

Prioritise under pressure

Delegate tasks

Verbal and written communication

Initiative and improvements

Attention to detail

Flexibility and adaptability

Problem-solving and PM

Job description

Closing Date for Application:Tuesday 27/10/2026

Polypipe Building Products are focused on delivering solutions to the residential sector.

Polypipe Building Products works with national and local developers, plumbing and heating engineers, general builders and groundworkers to deliver above and below ground drainage systems, rainwater solutions as well as hot and cold plastic plumbing products.

Role Overview: The Engineering Team Leader is responsible for ensuring effective maintenance of all plant equipment, site services, and support systems. You will lead the first-line engineering team to deliver the divisional engineering strategy and drive continuous improvement in equipment reliability.

Alongside planned maintenance, you will manage and allocate resources for any reactive work, making sure updates and communication with all stakeholders are handled promptly and professionally by you and your team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day maintenance and repair activities to help achieve site and departmental KPIs.
• Prioritise the team’s workload and respond quickly to urgent issues.
• Identify skills gaps within the team and support development to improve performance.
• Promote and apply continuous improvement methods to introduce better working practices.
• Communicate and work with internal and external departments to maintain strong customer satisfaction and manage expectations.
• Ensure the safe operation of all plant and equipment and uphold safe working practices for the team, contractors, and apprentices — acting as the senior engineering representative on site when required.
• Support management of the preventive maintenance schedule, reactive/BD work orders, and critical and non-critical spare parts.
• Provide clear and timely communication, including daily, weekly, and monthly written reports.
• Oversee effective team management, including housekeeping, accurate PPM/IFS record-keeping, completion of required safety documentation (SISI, 5S, SSW, PTW, etc.), shift paperwork, thorough shift handovers, leading team meetings, toolbox talks, and delivering one-point lessons.

Skills & Requirements

• Strong Engineering background
• Demonstrated work in highly automated and fast paced environment
• Experience in managing a multi-disciplined team
• Experience of CMMS system
• Writing and amending TPM routines
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Effective communicator
• Ability to motivate and lead
• The capacity to prioritise tasks and work under pressure
• Ability to liaise well with others and delegate tasks
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work on your own initiative and drive improvements
• Attention to detail
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing workloads
• Problem-solving skills and project management ability

Workings Hours & Benefits: Panama shifts covering days & nights, 12 hours 33 days holiday (pro rata)

• Contributory pension scheme
• matched up to 8%
• Life assurance
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity pay
• Save as you earn Sharesave Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free flu vouchers
• Various health & wellbeing initiatives including complimentary occupational health on-site physiotherapy and counselling services.
• Staff discount on all Genuit Group products
• Free on-site parking

Here at the Genuit Group we recognise and develop the contribution our people make to the Group’s success and are committed to attracting talent from the widest pool.

We have a role to play in making the built environment more sustainable, building a low carbon business ourselves as well as delivering sustainable solutions at scale.

Summary

Location: Polypipe Doncaster Broomhouse Lane

Type: Full time