Technical Team Leader

Siemens Healthineers; Sudbury CP; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days' holiday

Pension contribution

Share and bonus scheme

Private medical and dental cover

CSR volunteering days

Job summary

Siemens Healthineers is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead and coach the engineering team, plan day-to-day maintenance and maintain high safety standards. You will drive compliance for maintenance and calibration, support quality processes, and coordinate with Operations, Quality, EHS and Planning to keep production running smoothly.

The role requires experience in leading technical teams, strong problem-solving skills, and proficiency with CMMS systems.

Qualifications

• Leading and coaching technical teams to maintain performance.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, process instructions and quality standards.
• Experience coordinating maintenance, calibrations and engineering interventions during live production.
• Strong problem solving using structured methods (e.g., 5 Why, Ishikawa, DMAIC).
• Competence in managing non-conformances, deviations, CAPAs and change controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach the engineering team, setting direction and developing capability.
• Plan and schedule day-to-day maintenance activities and prioritise work.
• Promote safety leadership and ensure compliance in projects improving safety.
• Oversee maintenance and calibration compliance and audit readiness.
• Coordinate the site Quality Management System changes, CAPAs and deviations.
• Supervise annual maintenance shutdowns and ensure safety and quality.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Team coaching

Problem solving

Engineering drawings

Live production coordination

Non-conformances management

Safety leadership

CMMS experience

Tools

CMMS systems

Job description

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions.

Your Role

• Lead and coach the engineering team. You set clear direction, develop capability, and maintain team performance.
• Plan and schedule day to day maintenance activities. You ensure the correct priorities are followed.
• Promote safety leadership. You ensure 100% compliance and lead projects that improve engineering and equipment safety.
• Ensure 100% Maintenance and Calibration compliance.
• Ensure that all the departments Non Conformances, deviations, CAPAs, and change requests are completed in line with the sites Quality Management System.
• Oversee the yearly processing plant maintenance shutdown and ensure activities meet safety and quality requirements.
• Drive maintenance improvement from preventive to condition based approaches.
• Ensure 100% audit readiness through accurate documentation and full compliance.
• Resource maintenance tasks for future projects and support cross functional planning.
• Hold full day to day authority for technical and managerial decisions linked to maintenance operations.
• Act as the engineering link to Operations, Quality, EHS, and Planning. You resolve issues quickly and keep all functions aligned.

Your Expertise

• Knowledge of manufacturing equipment and the maintenance of automated systems.
• Experience leading or coaching technical teams.
• Strong technical problem solving using structured methods such as 5 Why, Ishikawa, or DMAIC.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, process instructions, and quality standards.
• Experience coordinating maintenance, calibrations, and engineering interventions during live production.
• Competence in managing non conformances, deviations, CAPAs, and change controls.
• Leadership experience in enforcing safety rules, quality discipline, and procedural compliance.
• Experience with CMMS systems.

Our Benefits

• 26 days' holiday with the option to buy or sell an additional 10
• Up to 10% employer pension contribution
• Share and bonus scheme
• Access to our flexible benefits from private medical insurance to dental cover
• Corporate Social Responsibility opportunities including 2 paid volunteering days per year and support from our 24/7 employee assistance programme

Who we are

We are a team of more than 71,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

How we work

When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from individuals with disabilities.

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