Senior Maintenance Engineer

Gates Corporation; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing firm in the UK seeks a Maintenance Supervisor to oversee plant equipment maintenance and ensure safety standards. You will manage a team, ensuring they are trained and develop maintenance systems. The ideal candidate has 5-7 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment and holds an HND in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering. Strong communication and people management skills are essential for this role, which aims to improve operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years' experience supervising and developing staff, ideally within manufacturing.
• Requires a comprehensive understanding of Plant and Equipment maintenance in a comparable industry.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all maintenance personnel are adequately trained to perform their duties safely.
• Identify and implement improvements to plant, equipment and buildings.
• Manage planned, preventive and breakdown maintenance systems.

Skills

Supervision

Communication skills

People management

Education

HND or equivalent in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Primary responsibility is to ensure all plant equipment and buildings are maintained and kept to all current safety standards, including management of Maintenance Team.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring all maintenance personnel are adequately trained to perform their duties safely.
• Ensuring all machinery spare parts are stocked to necessary levels and up to date.
• Identifying & Implementing improvements to plant, equipment and buildings to relevant standards and requirements.
• Responsible for all Planned, Preventive and Breakdown maintenance systems.
• Responsible for site LOLER & LOTTO systems.
• Development, implementation and monitoring of maintenance systems, PPMs and performance metrics.
• Management of maintenance operators covering electrical, mechanical and control skill areas including development, discipline and performance reviews.
• Primary contact for infrastructure and site related topics.
• Primary contact for subcontractors and issues Permit to Work to sub-contractors on factory site.
• Identification, selection and development of new suppliers/ contractors for associated activities.

Keys to Success

• Requires understanding and application of procedures and practices within own area and basic knowledge of other areas.
• Understands how the team relates to other closely related teams to improve efficiency.
• Are you inspired by challenging the status quo? Do you thrive in collaborative environments that drive results? If so, Gates could be for you.
• Has formal supervisory responsibilities; sets priorities for and coaches associates to meet deadlines.
• Has performance management and people development responsibility for associates under their care.
• Requires excellent written and oral communication skills to successfully address internal and external challenges facing the Manufacturing Team.
• People management skills.
• Requires a comprehensive understanding of Plant and Equipment maintenance in a comparable industry.

Requirements and Preferred Skills

• 5-7 years' experience supervising and developing staff, ideally within manufacturing.
• HND or equivalent in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.

Gates is a leading manufacturer of application-specific fluid power and power transmission solutions. We push the boundaries of material science to engineer solutions that continually exceed customer expectations. Founded in 1911 in Denver, Colorado, Gates is publicly traded on the NYSE. While we might operate in a vast amount of time zones we operate as 'One Gates' and have a common goal of pushing the boundaries of materials science. We invest in our people, bringing real-world experience that enables us to solve our customers' diverse challenges of today and anticipate those of tomorrow.