Maintenance Team Leader

Base Innovate; Worksop; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in innovative technology seeks a Maintenance Team Leader in Worksop. This role involves overseeing a maintenance team, ensuring safety and performance standards, and implementing strategic initiatives. Ideal candidates will have extensive engineering background and proven leadership in manufacturing environments.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits package

Ongoing learning and development opportunities through Eaton University

Great company benefits including onsite parking

Qualifications

• Multiple years of supervisory/managerial experience.
• Trained via a recognised industry apprenticeship.
• IOSH Managing Safely certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead a maintenance team in achieving repair and maintenance activities.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety policies.
• Promote initiatives aligned to Industry 4.0.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Education

HND or equivalent in Engineering

Tools

Maintenance management systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Unlock Your Potential at Eaton: Where Diversity Drives Innovation. No matter where you come from, your aspirations matter to us. We believe in the power of different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds to ignite innovation and drive success. We're in the business of empowering people, and that includes you. Your journey here is not just about a job; it's about a shared vision for a brighter, more sustainable future.

Our site in Worksop is seeking a Maintenance Team Leader.

What You'll Do

1. Overall responsibility for leading a Maintenance team in achieving repair and maintenance activities, safety standards, legal requirements, and customer requirements. Coordinates with all manufacturing and service groups to meet customer demands. Drives performance to achieve or exceed financial plans and strategic goals. Motivates team to create a high-performance culture.
2. Lead, coach, and develop maintenance team in line with customer expectations to achieve departmental key performance indicators, specifically reactive maintenance downtime, TPM, and OEE.
3. Site LOTO, TPM, and electrical safety subject matter expert. Lead training initiatives and refreshers, ensuring annual validation of competencies.
4. Own maintenance policies, procedures, and other documentation, ensuring it is accurately maintained and followed in line with health and safety requirements, to ensure consistent and compliant manufactured product.
5. Contribute towards strategic initiatives, prepare revenue budgets, and promote areas for improvement, e.g., capital investment through to timely completion.
6. Leverage Eaton Business System tools (e.g., Management of Change, Problem Solving Techniques, and Lean Principles) to support the plant in achieving world-class performance.
7. Drive and champion manufacturing initiatives aligned to Industry 4.0, engaging with cross-functional teams to drive best practices across the plant.

Qualifications

• HND or equivalent in Engineering - electrical bias preferred
• Multiple years of related professional and supervisory/managerial experience
• Trained via a recognised industry apprenticeship
• IOSH Managing Safely
• Significant maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (required)
• Knowledge and competency to effectively deploy LOTO, TPM, OEE (required)
• Knowledge of injection moulding machines, power presses, and high-speed automation (preferred)
• Experience using maintenance management systems (e.g., Production)
• Leadership including coaching and change management
• Analytical thinking
• Ethical mindset at all times
• Interpersonal and influencing skills, ability to coordinate
• Organisational skills, ability to multi-task and problem-solve
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including good presentation skills
• Understanding of Microsoft Office packages
• Strong ability to plan and execute own work initiatives

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Challenging projects in a dynamic collaborative team
• Great company benefits including onsite parking
• We encourage internal promotion whenever possible
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities through Eaton University
• Commitment to reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability
• Focus on employee health and safety, fostering a supportive environment

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination based on age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected status by law.