Maintenance Team Leader / Engineering Team Leader

Questech Recruitment Ltd; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client is seeking a Maintenance Team Leader to guide a multi-skilled engineering team in a heavy manufacturing environment. You will prioritise pro-active and reactive maintenance tasks, delegate work, and monitor performance to maximise machine uptime.

Salary is £49,395 with a £3,301 shift allowance (£52,696 total). The role operates on a 4 on 4 off schedule with day and night shifts. You should be an experienced, time-served engineer with relevant qualifications and leadership ability.

Qualifications

• Leadership and people management experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Strong technical knowledge in heavy manufacturing and maintenance.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing and CI techniques.

Responsibilities

• Lead the shift on day-to-day maintenance activities and ensure high machine availability.
• Coordinate workload, plan preventive/planned maintenance and improvements.
• Mentor and develop maintenance engineers and apprentices to build succession plans.
• Ensure compliance with H&S standards and ISO 9001/14001 requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Heavy manufacturing

CI techniques

Agility Maintenance Planning

Team mentoring

Education

ONC/HNC/HND/NVQ3

Job description

Our client is a well-established and successful manufacturer, they are looking for a Maintenance Team Leader / Engineering Team Leader to join their team.

As the Maintenance Team Leader, you will be a hands on member of the maintenance team providing leadership and motivation. You will be responsible for identifying and prioritising pro-active and reactive maintenance tasks on a daily basis. You will lead a team of multi-skilled Engineers, including the delegation of work, and monitoring both individual and team performance.

Salary: £49,395 + a shift allowance of £3,301 (£52,696 total)

Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off, days and nights on rotation (average of 42 hours per week)

PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:

• You have a qualification in Engineering, ONC qualified of equivalent (HND / HNC / NVQ Level 3)
• You are a time served Engineer with a strong technical knowledge in heavy manufacturing
• Previous experience of leading a team
• Knowledge of modern Maintenance techniques, Lean Manufacturing and other CI Techniques
• Exposure to the S, Q, C, P, D (or equivalent) model of communication is desirable, but not essential
• Experience with Agility Maintenance Planning would be advantageous, but not essential

Responsibilities:

• To operate in line with all H&S Standards and the implementation and adherence to safe working practices in accordance with legislation.
• COMAH responsibilities as defined in the documents Management Structure & Responsibilities and General Emergency Duties
• Lead the shift on day to day maintenance activity maintaining machine availability.
• To co-ordinate the work load and maintain planned work including PPM and improvement work.
• Liaise with Engineering Manager regarding Continuous Improvement and long term projects.
• Maintain maintenance monitoring.
• Provide hands on support for shift teams, providing consistency between shifts.
• Coach and Mentor Maintenance Engineers to develop succession planning
• Identify training requirements of maintenance team
• Mentor Apprentices within the maintenance department
• Follow and maintain compliance with the sites' ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 certifications as denoted in Management System documentation.

This would suit someone with a previous job title such as; Maintenance Team Leader / Maintenance Supervisor / Maintenance Manager / Engineering Team Leader / Engineering Supervisor / Engineering Manager / Engineering Team Lead / Maintenance Team Lead / Maintenance Lead / Engineering Lead / Supervising Engineer / Senior Maintenance / Engineering Shift Manager / Engineering Team Manager / Maintenance Team Manager / Engineering Team Supervisor / Maintenance Team Supervisor / Multiskilled Engineering Leader / similar