Maintenance Engineer

Job Title:

Maintenance Team Leader

Location:

Kempston, Bedford
Salary: £51,000 - £53,000

Shift: 3 Shift

Job Role of the Maintenance Team Leader:

As a Maintenance Team Leader, you will lead the engineering team within a fast-paced logistics and distribution environment, ensuring that all machinery and equipment operate efficiently and safely. You will coordinate planned and reactive maintenance across a variety of automated systems, conveyors and material handling equipment.

You will be responsible for allocating engineering workloads, supporting engineers with complex breakdowns, managing maintenance schedules and ensuring that all engineering activity is accurately recorded through the Maximo CMMS system. You will play a key role in driving engineering standards, reducing downtime and ensuring planned maintenance is completed effectively.

The Maintenance Team Leader will remain hands-on when required, supporting the engineering team with electrical and mechanical fault finding while also managing day-to-day engineering priorities.

Sector – Factory Maintenance

Logistics / Distribution / Automated Material Handling

Non-Negotiable Requirements for the Maintenance Team Leader:

Previous experience working with Maximo CMMS is essential

Previous experience leading or supervising an engineering/maintenance team

Strong electrical and mechanical maintenance experience

Experience carrying out planned and reactive maintenance

Experience working within a fast-paced automated environment

Engineering qualification such as NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, HNC or equivalent

Requirements for the Maintenance Team Leader:

Confident allocating workloads and managing engineering priorities

Strong fault-finding and breakdown experience

Experience working with automated machinery, conveyors and material handling systems

Ability to manage PPM schedules through Maximo

Strong understanding of engineering health and safety procedures

Comfortable remaining hands-on and supporting engineers during complex breakdowns

Strong communication and leadership skills

Desirable Requirements for the Maintenance Team Leader:

Previous experience within logistics, distribution or automated warehousing

PLC fault-finding experience

Experience driving engineering improvements and reducing downtime

Previous experience managing engineering KPIs and maintenance performance

Benefits for the Maintenance Team Leader:

£51,000 - £53,000 salary

Excellent opportunity within a highly automated engineering environment

Career progression and development opportunities

Training and further engineering development

Benefits package

If you are a Maintenance Team Leader with strong engineering leadership experience and, importantly, hands-on experience using Maximo CMMS, this is an excellent opportunity to join a highly automated logistics and distribution operation.

Candidates without previous Maximo CMMS experience will unfortunately not be suitable for this position.

Please contact Joe McAuliffe at Pioneer Selection for further information regarding the Maintenance Team Leader position