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Maintenance Team Leader - Leicester

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Leicester

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GBP 42,000 - 50,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Maintenance Engineer to lead engineering functions and support the Engineering Manager. This role involves mentoring the engineering team, ensuring adherence to maintenance schedules, and planning for production needs. The ideal candidate will possess strong strategic thinking and business acumen, along with proven industrial maintenance experience. Join a dynamic team focused on continuous improvement and lean culture, where your contributions will significantly impact operational efficiency and team development. This is a fantastic opportunity for those looking to advance their career in a supportive and innovative environment.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in industrial maintenance or production is essential.
  • Degree level education or NVQ Level 5 in engineering is required.

Responsibilities

  • Mentor the engineering team ensuring adherence to PPMs and SSOWs.
  • Plan and coordinate resources for maintenance and production requirements.
  • Deliver training on new machinery to engineers and operators.

Skills

Strategic Thinking
Business Acumen
Industrial Maintenance
Production Experience

Education

Degree in Engineering
NVQ Level 5 in Engineering
NEBOSH Qualification

Job description

Job Description

Senior Maintenance Engineer / Team Leader

Days
£48,000 - £50,000

I am currently supporting a well-established engineering company in Leicester who are looking for a Senior Maintenance Engineer to support the Engineering Manager and act as the deputy. You will work closely with the production and engineering team to continuously improve site overall equipment effectiveness, people development, and a lean culture. You will be responsible for developing and leading all engineering functions as agreed with the Engineering Manager.

Responsibilities:

  1. Support the engineering team with hands-on experience to mentor the team ensuring that PPMs, SSOWs, and working procedures are followed.
  2. Support the Engineering Manager with the planning, organizing, and coordinating resources to meet production requirements of ongoing maintenance, machine replacement, and unplanned issues.
  3. Plan and direct the installation, testing, operation, maintenance, and repair of facilities and equipment as per production requirements.
  4. Support the Engineering Manager to deliver training to engineers and operators on new machinery, using the machinery documentation and SSOWs.
  5. Ensure PPM schedule is adhered to and highlight issues to the Engineering Manager.

Skills & Requirements:

  1. A strategic thinker with good business acumen and the ability to think from the customer's perspective.
  2. Proven experience of industrial maintenance or production.
  3. NEBOSH qualification (desirable).
  4. Educated to degree level or NVQ Level 5 in a relevant engineering field.

This role requires flexibility on holiday coverage where occasional shift/weekend work is required.

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'. Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specializing in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology, and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Job Tenure: Permanent
Salary: £42,000 - £50,000 per annum
Location: Leicester, Leicestershire

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