Maintenance Team Leader: Lead Engineers & Plant Reliability

UNAVAILABLE; Kettering; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private healthcare

Income protection

Employee discounts

Health and wellbeing support

Training and development opportunities

Career progression within Alpro andDan

Job summary

Alpro, part of Danone, is recruiting a Maintenance Team Leader for the Kettering site. You will lead engineers, plan preventive and reactive maintenance, coordinate with SAP systems, and drive reliability and performance across manufacturing operations.

The role requires strong leadership, technical knowledge in mechanical/electrical systems, and a passion for developing people within a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Proven maintenance leadership experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong technical knowledge of mechanical, electrical and automated systems.
• Experience with PLC-controlled equipment, pneumatics, utilities and maintenance planning systems.
• Excellent organisational, communication and problem-solving skills.
• A passion for developing people and driving continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Leading, coaching and developing a team of skilled maintenance engineers.
• Planning and coordinating preventive and reactive maintenance activities using SAP and owning the maintenance planning and scheduling system for site.
• Prioritising work requests and ensuring jobs are fully prepared with the right resources, materials and instructions.
• Driving rapid response to breakdowns while balancing planned maintenance priorities.
• Leading fault-finding, root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Managing contractors and specialist service providers when required.
• Collaborating with Production, QA and Engineering teams to maximise plant performance and reliability.
• Championing safety, quality, GMP and engineering best practices across the site.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Mechanical knowledge

Electrical knowledge

Automated systems

PLC control

Pneumatics

Maintenance planning

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

People development

Job description

Alpro, part of Danone, is recruiting a Maintenance Team Leader for the Kettering site. You will lead engineers, plan preventive and reactive maintenance, coordinate with SAP systems, and drive reliability and performance across manufacturing operations.

The role requires strong leadership, technical knowledge in mechanical/electrical systems, and a passion for developing people within a fast-paced environment.