Mechanically biased Maintenance Team Leader

Travail Employment Group; Goole; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to £50,000 DOE

Days only, no shifts

Early finish every Friday

Lead and develop a small engineering

Stable and growing manufacturer

Varied machinery including filling, 21

Job summary

Travail Employment Group is assisting a well-established manufacturing business in Goole to recruit a Mechanically biased Maintenance Team Leader. You will lead a small engineering team while remaining hands-on with maintenance, fault finding and continuous improvement activities.

This days-based role offers no weekends, with a salary up to £50,000 and opportunities to drive reliability and site improvements across filling, blending and packaging machinery.

Qualifications

• Apprentice trained maintenance engineer or equivalent qualification.
• Strong mechanical maintenance background in manufacturing.
• Experience with conveyors, pumps, gearboxes and hydraulics/pneumatics.
• Ability to diagnose faults with a logical, structured approach.
• Hands-on repair, disassembly and reassembly of mechanical equipment.
• Computer literacy with CMMS and maintenance records.

Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and support a small team of engineers.
• Manage and develop the Preventative Planned Maintenance programme.
• Prioritise maintenance activities and coordinate resources.
• Diagnose and repair mechanical and electrical faults.
• Drive continuous improvement to equipment performance.
• Support production with engineering solutions.
• Maintain compliance, documentation and safety standards.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Leadership

Fault finding

Continuous improvement

Safety focus

Maintenance planning

Education

Apprentice trained Maintenance Engineer

Tools

Conveyors

Pumps

Gearboxes

Bearings

Hydraulics

Pneumatics

Job description

Mechanically biased Maintenance Team Leader

Goole (DN14)

Up to £50,000

Days Only | Mon-Thu 8am-4:30pm | Fri Finish 2pm

Join a well-established manufacturing business as the Mechanical Maintenance Team Leader, leading a small engineering team while remaining hands‑on with maintenance, fault finding and continuous improvement activities. This is an excellent opportunity for a maintenance engineer ready to step into leadership, or an experienced team leader looking for a stable days-based role with no weekend working.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and support a small team of one electrically biased and one newly qualified engineer.


• Manage and develop the Preventative Planned Maintenance (PPM) programme.


• Prioritise maintenance activities and coordinate engineering resources.


• Diagnose and repair mechanical and electrical faults.


• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve equipment performance.


• Support production teams with engineering solutions.


• Maintain compliance, documentation and safety standards.


• Assist with contractor management and site improvement projects.

Requirements

Essential

• Apprentice trained Maintenance Engineer (or equivalent qualification).


• Strong mechanical maintenance background within a manufacturing or production environment.


• Experience working with conveyors, pumps, gearboxes, bearings, hydraulics and pneumatics.


• Ability to diagnose faults and resolve mechanical failures using a logical and structured approach.


• Hands‑on experience carrying out repairs, disassembly, alignment, rebuilding and reassembly of mechanical equipment.


• Computer literate with the ability to use maintenance management systems and maintenance records.


• Positive attitude with a commitment to safety, reliability and continuous improvement.

Desirable

• Multi‑skilled with electrical maintenance experience.


• Knowledge of Lean, Kaizen or other continuous improvement methodologies.


• Experience maintaining filling, blending and packaging machinery.

Benefits

• Up to £50,000 DOE


• Days only, no shifts and no weekends


• Early finish every Friday


• Lead and develop a small engineering team


• Stable and growing manufacturer


• Varied machinery including filling, blending and packaging equipment


• Genuine opportunity to influence reliability and site improvements

This is an excellent opportunity to join a secure and growing manufacturer, working with a range of filling, blending and packaging machinery in a supportive and friendly environment.