Quality & Maintenance Team Lead – Excellent Benefits

Oliver Valves; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 31 days

Pension

Cash plan for medical expenses

Life Assurance

Long service awards

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Oliver Valves in Knutsford is seeking a Quality & Maintenance Team Leader to guide the QA and maintenance activities on site. You will coordinate calibration, asset management, and maintenance plans while ensuring safe practices and regulatory compliance.

You’ll lead the team, monitor performance data, and drive improvements across quality and maintenance processes. The role offers a structured environment in a family-owned valve manufacturer with strong growth and industry recognition.

Qualifications

• Understanding of calibration systems and processes.
• Knowledge of planned preventative and reactive maintenance.
• Understanding of asset management and equipment maintenance systems.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise workloads.
• Clear communication with colleagues and external contractors.
• Good IT skills and meticulous record keeping.
• Awareness of Health, Safety and Environmental requirements.
• Experience in monitoring performance measures and identifying improvements.

Responsibilities

• Allocate and prioritise work for the QA Technician and Maintenance Technician.
• Coordinate planned and reactive maintenance, ensuring safe, efficient work with minimal disruption.
• Manage internal and subcontracted calibration activities to keep equipment in calibration.
• Maintain the asset register and identify inspection, calibration, maintenance and legislative needs for new equipment.
• Monitor equipment reliability and availability, identify opportunities to reduce breakdowns and improve performance.
• Set, monitor and review maintenance and calibration KPIs using data to drive improvements.
• Maintain accurate maintenance, calibration and asset records.
• Coordinate approved subcontractors and work with production, inspection and quality teams.
• Manage day-to-day team administration including holidays, absence records and overtime.
• Ensure activities comply with procedures, quality standards and HSE requirements.

Skills

Calibration systems

Maintenance planning

Asset management

Organization

Communication

IT skills

Health, Safety & Environmental

Performance monitoring

Job description

Oliver Valves in Knutsford is seeking a Quality & Maintenance Team Leader to guide the QA and maintenance activities on site. You will coordinate calibration, asset management, and maintenance plans while ensuring safe practices and regulatory compliance.

You’ll lead the team, monitor performance data, and drive improvements across quality and maintenance processes. The role offers a structured environment in a family-owned valve manufacturer with strong growth and industry recognition.