Maintenance Team Leader

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

Maintenance Team Leader - 3 shift rotation

A recognised high volume manufacturer are currently looking to strengthen their Maintenance department with the appointment of a Maintenance Team Leader.

As Maintenance Team Leader, you will be responsible for the coordination and leadership of the maintenance team currently on shift. They will liaise with the production team leader and supervisor to achieve manufacturing targets specifically around plant availability and PM completion.

Working from their manufacturing facility in Shropshire, the Maintenance Team Leader will be responsible for:

• Promoting the companies 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.

Previous experience in leading Maintenance teams, time served apprentice in mechanical and/or electrical engineering.

Experience within heavy engineering, machining environments desirable.