Maintenance Shift Supervisor

Our client is a leading heavy industry manufacturer and due to their continued success, Staffbase have been appointed to recruit for the position of Engineering Supervisor.

The successful applicant will lead a small team of maintenance engineers at our client's busy manufacturing plant near Stafford.

The Role:

The Maintenance Shift Supervisor will provide 'hands-on' maintenance supervision for a small team of maintenance engineers.
Ensuring the planned preventative maintenance schedule is implemented and the effective allocation of resources to reactive maintenance needs, your duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Supervise a team of engineers to ensure the effective delivery of planned and reactive maintenance in a busy heavy industry plant.
• Hands-on training and supervision of engineers.
• Update maintenance schedule / PPM and produce accurate hand-over sheets for incoming maintenance teams.
• Work on motors, inverters, contactors, sensors, relays, switch gear, plc fault find and repair (Siemens).
• Mechanical maintenance and repair of machinery including furnaces, foundry plant, conveyors, overhead cranes, heat treatment, cooling plant, and more.
• Hydraulics, pneumatics, compressors, pumps, motors.
• Manage contractors, ordering spare/replacement parts.
• Manage work schedule, rotas, HSE talks, motivate staff.
• Project work.

Candidates:

The successful candidate will be an experienced multi-skilled maintenance engineer with supervisory experience.

Applicants ideally will have previous experience in heavy industry manufacturing (e.g., steel, aggregates, mining) and will have at least 3 years of supervisory or management experience.

Ideally, you will have excellent 3-phase electrical installation, fault find, and repair skills.

Hours of work:

12 Hour days Monday to Thursday.
12 Hour nights Tuesday to Friday.
Rotating every month.

Benefits:

Excellent basic salary £48K + OT.
28 days annual leave (pro rata).
Pension.