Maintenance Team Leader

Michael Page (UK); Manchester; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable recruitment agency seeks a Maintenance Team Leader to oversee maintenance operations in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The successful candidate will have strong leadership experience and be responsible for supervising maintenance activities, ensuring quality standards, and promoting safety. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including potential bonus and pension schemes.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme

Company Pension

Life Assurance

Flexible benefits offering

Qualifications

• Preferably apprentice trained with relevant qualifications.
• Experience in manufacturing environment, ideally heavy manufacturing.
• At least a year’s leadership experience in a similar role.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate maintenance activities.
• Identify improvements to manufacturing processes.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance.

Skills

Strong leadership

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Organisational abilities

Problem-solving skills

Knowledge of Lean manufacturing

Education

Minimum level 3 qualification in Engineering

Tools

Hydraulic systems

Pneumatic systems

Electrical control systems

Job description

• £48,000 per year.
• Monday to Friday - Days.

About Our Client

The organisation is a well-established entity within the Manufacturing and Production industry. As a medium-sized enterprise, it is committed to excellence in production and maintenance, offering employees a structured and supportive working environment. The business are a global supplier of products, operating in a fast paced manufacturing plant in Manchester and across the UK.

Job Description

As the Maintenance Team Leader you will be tasked with the following:

• Supervise and co-ordinate maintenance activities across the site and off-site quarry
• Identify and suggest improvements to the manufacturing and quality processes
• Carry out all planned preventative maintenance as requested
• Assist with the installation of new plant equipment
• Promote Lean thinking and actively look for ways to improve efficiencies
• Carry out factory inspections, giving advice and support to production operatives and other personnel as relevant
• Monitoring quality from raw material to finished goods
• Ensure all new starters are efficiently inducted and trained
• Provide emergency maintenance cover when required

The Successful Applicant

A successful Maintenance Team Leader should have:

• Preferably you will be apprentice trained, but with a minimum level 3 qualification in an Engineering discipline. Successful candidates will be asked to provide copies of their relevant qualifications / carry out competence assessments
• Time served with experience of working in a manufacturing environment ideally heavy manufacturing (clay, refractory, quarrying, cement) or FMCG
• At least a year's leadership experience in a Team Leader / Supervisor role or similar
• Strong leadership, communication and motivational skills
• Excellent attention to detail with a keen attitude and a positive approach
• Good exposure to health & safety standards
• Good working knowledge of EHS
• Strong organisational & planning abilities
• Passionate about improvement with knowledge of Lean manufacturing
• Ability to use common sense to deal with any issues that arise
• Analytical, fault finding and problem-solving skills
• Experience and diagnostics experience of hydraulic, pneumatic, drive chain fault finding, bearing fitting / alignment and electrical control systems
• Knowledge of cutting & grinding regulations
• Maintenance experience and diagnostics of hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical control systems

What's on Offer

• Annual salary up to £48,800
• Annual bonus scheme
• Ability to purchase additional holidays
• Company Pension
• SIP - ability to become a shareholder via our Share Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Flexible benefits offering (including health, wellbeing and money saving opportunities)