Maintenance Team Leader in Plymouth, Devon

Maintenance Team Leader 534 / 28745 (AR)

Plymouth, Devon - easily commutable from Ivybridge, Saltash, Tavistock, Newton Abbot, Torquay, Exeter, Paignton, Liskeard and surrounding areas.
£45,000 - £50,000 + Early Friday Finish + Matched Pension + Benefits
Monday to Friday role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Maintenance Team Leader to join a well-established and highly successful manufacturing business.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys the balance of hands-on engineering and people leadership. You'll lead a skilled maintenance team, drive planned maintenance and reliability, support complex breakdowns and play a key role in continuous improvement across a busy manufacturing site.

They are particularly interested in engineers who have worked with automated manufacturing equipment, conveyors, sensors, pneumatics and associated production machinery.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Lead, support and develop a multi-skilled maintenance engineering team
• Plan daily engineering priorities and allocate resources effectively
• Drive Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) activities across the site
• Support engineers with complex breakdowns and technical fault finding
• Use structured Root Cause Analysis to identify recurring problems and implement permanent solutions
• Help develop and improve preventative maintenance routines
• Use the site CMMS to manage work orders, maintenance schedules and completed work
• Support TPM and Continuous Improvement activities
• Analyse downtime and equipment performance to identify improvement opportunities
• Work closely with Production, Engineering and Quality teams
• Support new machinery installations, upgrades and automation projects
• Manage critical engineering spares
• Coach and develop engineers, identifying training and development opportunities
• Ensure maintenance activities are carried out safely and in line with site procedures
• Promote strong communication and effective engineering handovers

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Previous experience within a manufacturing, production or automated engineering environment
• Experience leading, supervising or mentoring Maintenance Engineers
• Strong hands-on mechanical and/or electrical engineering background
• Good understanding of manufacturing machinery including conveyors, sensors, pneumatics and automation
• Strong fault-finding and breakdown experience
• Practical experience of Root Cause Analysis, using techniques such as 5 Whys, Fishbone, 8D or similar
• Good understanding of PPM / Planned Maintenance and how effective preventative maintenance improves equipment reliability
• Experience using a CMMS or computerised maintenance system, such as SAP, ShireSystem or similar
• Experience of Continuous Improvement and/or TPM environments would be advantageous
• Strong communication and leadership skills
• Time-served Engineer, HNC or equivalent qualification in Electrical, Mechanical or Multi-Skilled Engineering

Benefits

• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
• Early Finish Every Friday
• 4% Matched Pension
• Life Assurance
• Retail Discount Scheme
• Genuine opportunity to shape the site's automation strategy and grow the role as investment continues

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Maintenance Team Leader 534 / 28745 (AR)

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